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Few could accuse Rupert Murdoch of losing his sense of perspective. Amid the threats posed to his global media business interests by the phone-hacking scandal, the media mogul retains an almost childlike fascination for the weather and nature.

The British girl who vanished in Portugal in 2007 may still be alive, UK authorities say. Police released an image that shows what she might look today at age 9.

The media tycoon spent hours today downplaying his influence, but Prime Minister Cameron said British politicians have been too close to Murdoch for years.

U.N.-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan has expressed dismay over reports that the Syrian government resumes brutal attacks on cities once U.N. monitors leave -- the latest sign that diplomatic efforts are failing to quash the bloodshed in the country.

At issue is whether states can regulate immigration or whether that's the exclusive role of the federal government.

The USDA said it remains confident in the health of the national herd and the safety of beef and dairy products.

An alleged hit man for the most powerful Mexican drug cartel lived in the small town of Sandusky, Ohio, for 10 years before being arrested earlier this year, the U.S Border Patrol told CNN on Tuesday.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace has been suspended for seven games without pay over an elbow blow he delivered to the head of an opposing player, the National Basketball Association said Tuesday.

Margo Balboni is cramming college into three years to cut down on the cost of her student loans. As it is, the University of North Carolina sophomore expects to graduate in a few years with $20,000 in debt.

A man who was with a deployed Marine's wife the last time she was seen alive was arrested on suspicion of murder Tuesday, authorities said.

Nine Secret Service employees have now resigned or are being forced out because of a Colombia prostitution scandal.

The fourth-most wanted al Qaeda leader in Yemen was killed on Tuesday in an airstrike in the northeastern province of Mareb, the Yemeni government announced.

The success of France's anti-euro National Front party in the first round of the country's presidential elections thrust the far right into the headlines.

The Louisiana State Police said Tuesday that they have joined the FBI in investigating allegations that New Orleans Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis had the ability to eavesdrop on opposing coaching staffs for nearly three seasons.

Mexican migration to the United States may have stalled, as a new study shows, but the political and social debates over immigrants living in the United States aren't going anywhere, experts say.

It seemed a promising development, a team of investigators tearing up a basement in hopes of answering a three-decade-old question: What happened to Etan Patz?

Mark NeJame says racism is so tangled up in the Trayvon Martin case that it's easy to forget that facts must determine the outcome.

Donations to the fundraising page of a young woman who died less than one mile (1.6km) from the London Marathon finishing line, are heading towards the $1 million mark.

The rejection of the resignation plan for the embattled police chief in the Trayvon Martin case leaves the city in "limbo," the city manager said Tuesday.

A fugitive accused of stealing $2 million from an armored truck he was driving and killing his partner was caught early Tuesday in Florida, according to the FBI.