Posted: 3:55 AM U.S. agricultural economists are dismissing reports of a global bacon shortage that dominated headlines and Twitter feeds last week.

Posted: 11:02 PM Forecasters say Hurricane Nadine is making a loop while out in the eastern Atlantic far from land.

Posted: 4:00 AM After forming on September 11th, fading briefly and then returning, Nadine could become a hurricane once more.

Updated: 1:05 AM Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says it is clear that terrorists were behind the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in eastern Libya.

Posted: 4:12 PM The Swiss-based Mona Lisa Foundation unveils a painting which they say proves Leonardo Da Vinci painted an earlier version of the iconic Mona Lisa.

Posted: 4:06 AM The fifty-ninth advisory on the storm known as Nadine shows the long-running tropical system is regaining strength once more.

Posted: 3:56 AM Tropical Storm Mariam, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, will likely continue to weaken over the next day or so.

Posted: 3:52 PM Obama says protecting religious rights and free speech is universal

Updated: 7:25 AM Police are clashing with protesters who hurled petrol bombs and bottles in central Athens after mass anti-government rally turned violent.

Updated: 4:07 AM South of Baja California, Miriam has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm.

Posted: 3:59 AM Philippine officials say more than 100 marines have left southern Sulu province, where they helped battle al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants for years, to a western province to help reinforce the country's claims in disputed South China Sea territories.

Updated: 4:07 AM Tropical Storm Nadine is now in its fifteenth day as a tropical system in the Atlantic Ocean.

Posted: 2:40 AM Spanish police say 38 people were arrested and 64 people injured when officers clashed with protesters demonstrating against austerity cutbacks and tax hikes.

Posted: 3:55 AM Now two weeks old, Tropical Storm Nadine continues its trek through the Atlantic Ocean.

Posted: 3:49 AM As of the latest advisory, Hurricane Miriam was still a strong Category 2 storm in the Pacific Ocean.

Posted: 12:33 AM The U.S. weather satellite that tracks the East Coast and Atlantic hurricanes is broken.

Posted: 4:23 AM U.S. forecasters say Miriam has rapidly strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane well off Mexico's Baja California peninsula, but poses no threat to land.

Posted: 3:59 AM British health authorities have alerted the U.N. of a new respiratory virus in a severely ill patient from Qatar.

Updated: 6:31 AM A group of charitable animation fans are teaming up to help raise money for an African orphanage.

Posted: 11:18 PM Hurricane Miriam has formed in the Pacific Ocean, but it poses no threat to land.

Updated: 2:56 PM Qatar backs investment in major Egypt refinery... Venezuela, China sign deal to develop gold mine...

Posted: 2:57 AM A South Korean official says the South's navy has fired warning shots toward North Korean fishing boats that crossed a disputed maritime boundary between the rivals.

Posted: 1:14 AM Surgery is safer worldwide according to a new study in the Lancet.

Updated: 4:12 AM The U.S. women's national soccer team beat Australia 6-2 in an international friendly.

Posted: 4:42 PM American Airlines is sending layoff warning notices to more than 11,000 employees although it expects job losses to be closer to 4,400.