Italy top court: Amanda Knox conviction based on poor case

ROME (AP) — Italy's top criminal court has scathingly faulted prosecutors for presenting a flawed and hastily constructed case against Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, saying Monday it threw out their convictions for the 2007 murder of her British roommate in part because there was no proof they were in the bedroom where the woman was fatally stabbed.

For many US adoptees from Guatemala, a complicated legacy

NEW YORK (AP) — Scattered across the United States are more than 29,000 young people born in Guatemala and adopted by U.S. families before that troubled Central American nation shut down international adoption in 2008 amid allegations of rampant corruption and baby-selling.

Thai police award themselves $84K for arrest of bombing suspect

BANGKOK (AP) –  With much fanfare, Thai police had offered an $84,000 reward for tips leading to arrests in the Bangkok bombing.

2nd Georgia Man Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Bombing

Heart breaking news for a Peachtree City family--a second Georgia man has been identified as the victim in an August 22 suicide car bomb attack in Afghanistan. 

Big cats, coyote flown from Mexico to US wildlife sanctuary

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have put eight lions, two lynxes, a puma and a coyote aboard two military planes for a special trip to a Colorado wildlife sanctuary after the animals were found mistreated or abandoned.

Boy trips, punches hole through 17th century work of art

A 12-year-old boy accidentally punched a hole through a 350-year-old painting at a Taiwan art exhibit.