ZURICH – FIFA has suspended 11 people, including two of its vice presidents, from all football-related activities following a U.S. criminal investigation into corruption in world soccer. The vice presidents — Jeffrey Webb of the Cayman Islands and Eugenio Figueredo of Uruguay — were arrested in Zurich early Wednesday after …

QUETTA, Pakistan – Around 20 armed men hijacked two buses in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, killed 19 passengers and battled with security forces on Friday, a Pakistani official said. Baluchistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said the gunmen let around 50 passengers go and took at least 25 into the mountains. …

MEXICO CITY – A protest movement organized over social media in Honduras has led to large demonstrations in cities around the Central American country. The protesters are upset over a scandal involving a purported multimillion-dollar embezzlement of Social Security funds, with some of the money allegedly going to finance the …

When a soldier is seriously injured in Iraq or Afghanistan, there’s a good chance he’ll soon be flying thousands of miles to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, where doctors are waiting to put him back together. One year ago, Dr. Dean Lorich, associate director of orthopedic trauma service at …

NASA engineers hope to begin reviving the ailing Hubble Space Telescope Wednesday with a days-long switch to a backup system after a hardware failure cut off its ability to transmit images back to Earth last month. The switch will take at least two days, with engineers working around the clock …

The second day of the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show opened with a stark reminder that despite the electric cars and alternative-fuel concepts in attendance, petroleum products are set to maintain their dominance as the fuel of the foreseeable future. The diesel-powered Volkswagen Jetta TDI was named 2009 Green Car …

American real estate agents say there’s a surefire way to help the country’s plummeting real estate market: Let foreigners retire here after they buy. Miami agent Tony Macaluso is leading the charge to create a special new “Silver Card visa” that would ease restrictions on older immigrants — but the …

NEW YORK – For Christians who’ve always wanted to dabble in “Guitar Hero,” but can’t bear riffing to songs like “Cheat on the Church,” “Cowboys From Hell” or “The Number of the Beast,” finally, there’s a video game for you. Next month, video-game developer Digital Praise releases “Guitar Praise,” a …

You’ve all heard the sad news on the passing of Ohio Democratic Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones; she had suffered a brain hemorrhage. I had the congresswoman as a guest on my show many times and, agree or disagree with her, she was never disagreeable. And you know what else? She …

As the weather gets cooler and we bundle up for fall, there’s nothing more important than a great, big, beautiful….BAG! That’s right, ladies. It may not keep you warm, but as we pile on the sweaters, coats, socks and boots we still have to feel stylish. And no matter the …