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Angel Ruiz, the former custodian at the Pickleweed Park Community Center, enjoyed drinking coffee and coaching kid's soccer, so an altar honoring him at Saturday's Day of the Dead celebration at the center included a bright yellow soccer uniform and a cup filled with coffee beans.

After notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed, the son who many thought would succeed him fled Colombia, assumed a new identity and lived a low-profile life as an architect in Argentina.

Share + Nov 8, 2009 1:00 pm US/Central 1 of 1 President Barack Obama is calling the Iraqi parliament's passage of a much-delayed election law an a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future.

In New York the other day, a debtor drove 10 city blocks with a repo man clinging to the hood of her car.

Are you a T-shirt-and-jeans person with a chintz living room, or someone who loves the structure of a suit but wakes up in a shabby chic bedroom? The decorating world is shifting toward a streamlined look that, at the very least, complements the personal style that people already incorporate into their wardrobes.

The Duchess of Cornwall has been hailed as a Queen by an admirer who stole a kiss from the royal.

Those days are still here - consumers continue to be unprotected from closing cost shocks or intentional lowballing of fees - but in about eight weeks the situation should change dramatically.

A lot of lives have changed since Barack Obama won the presidential election one year ago last Wednesday, none so much as the life of Chicago's Sam Kass, the engaging, shaved-head assistant White House chef and food initiative coordinator, a crusader for healthy eating who has shot to fame in the almost 10 months the Obamas have been in the White ...

Reuters Posted: Saturday, Nov 07, 2009 at 1524 hrs IST Updated: Saturday, Nov 07, 2009 at 1524 hrs IST New York: Freddie Mac, the second largest provider of US residential mortgage funding, on Friday posted a loss of $5 billion in the third quarter and predicted it would need more government support amid a "prolonged deterioration" in housing.

Caption: Toni Braxton attends the Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation Breakthrough Ball, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, USA .... BRAXTON AND HUSBAND SPLIT? Soul singer TONI BRAXTON has reportedly split from her husband KERI LEWIS after eight years of marriage.

Its TV and print ads poke fun at the bait-and-switch tactics of other banks. Its interest rates on CDs have been the most generous in the industry.

Every two weeks, Naisi Obando and her children join the crowd at the water truck when it rumbles up a dusty road into their shantytown.

For months he had warned it was coming but that didn't ease the political shockwaves for President Barack Obama when unemployment topped 10 percent.

Police in Las Vegas say they arrested a fugitive in a 2004 nightclub slaying in Oakland, Calif.

When decorating our homes, we tend to consider things like beauty and comfort, the durability of pieces we might buy or the image they project.

Consumers likely reduced their borrowing for an eighth straight month in September, as layoffs continue and credit remains tight.

Banks borrowed slightly more from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week, while reducing their use of other credit programs designed to ease the financial crisis.

The Bank of England says it will pour another 25 billion pounds into the economy and keep its main interest rate at 0.5 percent for the eighth consecutive month.

A half-renovated Victorian era home is offered for sale in the Angelino Heights neighborhood.

Buying a home is about to get cheaper for a whole new crop of homebuyers -- $6,500 cheaper.