David Villa has millions of friends in Spain these days and two pretty good ones in South Africa — the goalposts at Ellis Park. Read More

A U.S. presidential panel to probe the cause of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and recommend new rules to prevent future disasters will hold its first public meeting in New Orleans on July 12 and 13, its co-chairs said on Saturday. Read More

The Palestinian militant who masterminded the deadly assault on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics died in Syria on Saturday, Palestinian officials said. Read More

In this May 13, 2009, file photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper walks near an entrance to the Guantanamo detention facility at dawn, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. In a statement released Friday, July 2, 2010, a three-judge panel in a U.S. federal appeals court reversed a lower court decision that Algerian deportee and Guantanamo detainee Bensayah Belkacem's imprisonment was legal; the new decision states he deserves a new lower court review to determine whether he was part of al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)" border="0" /></a>AP - A U.S. appeals court says an Algerian protesting his Guantanamo detention deserves a new lower court review &mdash; to determine whether he was part of al-Qaida, not just a supporter. Read More

A New Jersey man was charged with vehicular manslaughter after a boat crash near the Statue of Liberty that killed a groom-to-be and injured two other men. Read More

Vice President Joe Biden returned Saturday to Iraq to coax its government into picking a new prime minister, months after elections left the nascent democracy in a state of gridlock as the U.S. prepares to pull out its troops. Read More

The Russian diplomat's daughter accused of being a spy is "embarrassed" by photos of her that have turned up in media reports and fears she will be deported, her lawyer said. Read More

The government is handing out nearly $2 billion for new solar plants that President Barack Obama says will create thousands of jobs and increase the use of renewable energy sources. Read More

A U.S. presidential panel to probe the cause of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and recommend new rules to prevent future disasters will hold its first public meeting in New Orleans on July 12 and 13, its co-chairs said on Saturday. Read More

Gulf of Mexico cleanup crews working to block millions of gallons of oil from reaching land may soon have a giant on their side, if a weekend test of a new skimmer goes well. Read More

US General David Petraeus appealed Saturday for a united effort to end almost nine years of war against the Taliban as he made his public debut as the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan. Read More