Paper: Van der Sloot admits to Holloway extortion Joran van der Sloot admitted to a Dutch newspaper that he extorted money from the family of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama teen who disappeared in Aruba.

Help sought after spy found dead in bag Police asked for help in last month's death of a man who worked for British intelligence and whose naked body was found in a padlocked duffel bag in his bathroom.

Obama's economic push too little, late? President Obama rolls out an economic plan this week, but his fellow Democrats are confronting a difficult question: Is it too little, too late?

Petraeus warns against burning Qurans The U.S. commander in Afghanistan criticized a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning that it could endanger American troops.

Mexico: Gunmen behind massacre ID'd Six of the suspected gunmen responsible for the killings of 72 migrants in Mexico have been identified, Mexican authorities said Monday, the state-run Notimex news agency reported.

Winds fuel Colo., Okla., fires High winds helped fuel fast-moving wildfires in Colorado and Oklahoma on Monday, prompting evacuations in both states, officials said.

'Little Rock Nine' member dies Jefferson Thomas was risking his well-being by leaving an African-American school for Little Rock's all-white Central High School with eight other students in 1957.

Magic shrooms may help dying patients Terminally ill cancer patients struggling with anxiety may get some relief from a guided trip on the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, a new study suggests.

Ex-ELO cellist dies in hay-bale collision A former cellist with the rock group Electric Light Orchestra was killed in southwestern England on Monday in a car crash involving a large bale of hay, local police said.

'Vicious thugs' kill pizza delivery man Boston police have arrested three suspects who they say stabbed a Domino's pizza delivery man and drove off in his car.