Euro area finance ministers agreed early Tuesday on the terms of a bailout for Spain's troubled banks, saying that 30 billion euros can be ready by the end of this month.The finance ministers for the 17 countries that use the euro as their official currency will return to Brussels on July 20 to finalize the agreement, having first obtained the approval of their governments or parliaments, eurozone

World Business July 10, 2012

American adults may boost their life expectancy by two years by sitting for fewer than three hours a day, researchers said Tuesday, while admitting this was a tough task.Reducing television viewing to under two hours a day could similarly add1.4 years, the U.S. team said in a paper in the online journal BMJ Open.A recent study found that U.S. adults spend about 7.7 hours per day engaged in "sedent

Technology July 10, 2012

Samsung Electronics Co. won an intellectual property ruling against Apple Inc. as a U.K. judge said the Galaxy tablet isn’t “cool” enough to be confused with the design for the iPad. The Galaxy tablet doesn’t infringe Apple’s registered design, Judge Colin Birss said in a ruling today in London. He said that consumers weren’t likely to get the two tablet computers mixed up. The Galaxy tablets “do

Technology July 9, 2012

A woman, accused of adultery, died after being fired on several times in an Afghan village, a video of the public execution showed, CBS Evening News reported.The video showed the woman died in a village in Parwan province near Kabul and that village males cheered after the woman was killed, the report said.Gov. Abdul Basir Salangi told CBS News his province, though peaceful until now, has seen the

World News July 9, 2012

New York City's "Naked Cowboy" has threatened a lawsuit against the up-and-coming "Naked Indian" over turf in Times Square.The Cowboy, Robert Burck, who has been playing guitar and singing in his underwear and cowboy hat in Times Square for years, now has a rival in the Indian, Adam Davis, the New York Daily News reported Saturday.Burck, who said there are no ill feelings between him and Davis, ha

Travel July 9, 2012

Two minor presidential candidates of the ruling Saenuri Party said Monday they have decided not to compete in the party's primary for the December race, as they consider it designed to comfortably select the long-time favorite Park Geun-hye.Reps. Lee Jae-oh and Chung Mong-joon had called on the party leadership to fully open its primary voting to non-party members in what is dubbed an "open primar

Politics July 9, 2012

Police said an Indiana man was arrested after his young daughter died while locked in the family car amid a sweltering heat wave.Joshua Stryzanski was booked by Greenfield police Saturday night on a charge of neglect of a dependant resulting in death after his 3-month-old daughter was pronounced dead at a hospital.The Indianapolis Star said another parent in Fishers was arrested after her 16-month

World News July 9, 2012

Seven affiliates of SK, the country's No. 3 conglomerate, have been fined a combined 34.6 billion won ($30.4 million) for unfairly supporting another group affiliate, the country's corporate watchdog said Sunday.The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said it has imposed the fine on group affiliates, including top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and leading oil refiner SK Innovation Co., for paying higher-t

Industry July 8, 2012

The North Korean economy is believed to have marginally grown last year after contracting for two straight years on increased agricultural production, South Korea's central bank said Sunday.The Bank of Korea (BOK) estimated that the communist country's economy grew 0.8 percent on-year in 2011, compared with a 0.5 percent contraction a year earlier. The 2011 data contrasted with a 3.6 percent expan

North Korea July 8, 2012

A 58-year-old Florida man accused of letting his 88-year-old mother lie in her own feces for three days has pleaded not guilty to elder abuse charges.Michael Nolan entered the plea in court Tuesday, the Northwest Florida Daily News reported.Nolan was arrested June 5 for the May 2 incident in which he allegedly let his mother lie in her own feces for three days before he called for help, an Okaloos

July 8, 2012

The authoritarian president of Turkmenistan has shaken up his government after a disappointing grain harvest and has sought to forestall discontent by announcing salary hikes after a spike in bread prices.President Gurbanbuly Berdymukhamedov fired the agriculture minister for poor performance and rebuked four provincial governors for various shortcomings, state newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan repor

World News July 8, 2012

Flash floods deluged Russia's southern Krasnodar, killing at least 134 people in the region's worst natural disaster in decades, officials and witnesses said Saturday.President Vladimir Putin inspected the damage by helicopter and held a brief meeting with local officials in Krymsk amid recriminations from residents who accused the authorities of abandoning them.Television footage showed torrents

World News July 8, 2012