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Ricky Martin commands the stage with an air of confidence, yet the Latin superstar admits to being self-conscious at times.

Offshore drilling fees are financing the purchase of $41.6 million worth of new national forest lands in 15 states.

Major League Baseball is starting to spread the wealth.

Jose Valverde figured this day was coming. At some point, the jovial closer was finally going to blow a save and end a streak that dated to 2010.

Asian stock markets were muted Friday in holiday-thinned trade ahead of a monthly U.S. hiring report.

Students at the tiny Christian college where a gunman killed seven people and wounded three in a rampage this week are waiting for a police probe to advance enough to allow them to return to class.

The tee shots in the woods to the right may have been something subconscious, a reflex triggered by a long year of thinking about what might have been had he not hit one tee shot so terribly far left during his last Masters.

Malawi's president is being treated in South Africa for an undisclosed ailment, state media reported Friday.

Nothing like a snowman to put a damper on the party.

A Marine who criticized President Barack Obama on his Facebook page has committed misconduct and should be dismissed, a military board recommended late Thursday.

Seven people were burnt to death in southern Afghanistan when a fuel tanker supplying a NATO base crashed and set their vehicle on fire, officials said.

Sgt. 1st Class Shawn T. Hannon felt it was a privilege to serve his country and was proud to be a soldier, a job he did nearly 20 years while also working as a lawyer, his family said.

The notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, dubbed the Merchant of Death, made it clear he had heard enough in court, although a federal prosecutor was only two minutes into an argument urging a harsh prison sentence.

France's two-time world champion Gregory Bauge dominated qualifying for the men's sprint tournament at the world track cycling championships on Friday by clocking 9.854sec for the 200m flying lap.

A Palestinian militant leader said that his group's "struggle" against Israel will continue despite a cease-fire that stopped an exchange of fire between the Gaza Strip and Israel last month.

Keith Olbermann is moving his grievances with his former employer Current TV from the airwaves to the courtroom, suing the network for more than $50 million and blasting it for what he claims were shoddy production values.

The US Coast Guard sunk a Japanese "ghost ship" with bursts of heavy gunfire when it drifted into Alaskan waters more than a year after being set adrift by a devastating tsunami.

Even without the league's reigning MVP for a major part of the season, the Chicago Bulls have kept up their winning ways.

With his words and then his play, Lee Westwood shot down the notion Thursday that this Masters was a two-horse race.

Cam Atkinson scored three goals and Steve Mason stopped 35 shots, helping the Columbus Blue Jackets put an end to Colorado's postseason aspirations ? and put San Jose in the playoffs ? with a 5-2 win over the Avalanche on Thursday night.

The long, lonely voyage of the Japanese ghost ship is over.

Ben Scrivens didn't want to be part of Steve Stamkos' big milestone.

Police said Thursday they were investigating the possibility that a gunman who killed seven people at a tiny private Christian college had multiple targets that he intended to kill in his rampage.

Police said Thursday they were investigating the possibility that a gunman who killed seven people at a tiny private Christian college had multiple targets that he intended to kill in his rampage.

The U.S. Department of Defense has identified the remaining two soldiers from Ohio killed in a suicide attack this week in Afghanistan.

The Weinstein Co. said Thursday an edited version of the film "Bully" will be released across the U.S. on April 13 with a PG-13 rating.

"Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortenson will remain the face of the charity he co-founded, despite his having to repay $1 million after an investigative report released Thursday concluded he mismanaged the organization and misspent its money.

If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.

Keith Olbermann is moving his grievances with his former employer Current TV from the airwaves to the courtroom, suing the network for more than $50 million and blasting it for what he claims were shoddy production values.

An art and photo show focusing on the trade in firearms and their deadly effects in Mexico may soon be going to the United States, the same place where many of the weapons come from.

Critics of an Arizona proposal to limit birth control coverage have given a personalized gift to more than a dozen state lawmakers ? a fuzzy, knitted uterus with googly eyes.

Don't say he's back.

Keith Olbermann is moving his grievances with his former bosses at Current TV from the airwaves to the courtroom, suing the network for more than $50 million and blasting it for what he claims were shoddy production values.

An Afghan miner works inside a coal mine in Samangan province, north of Kabul.

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson plans to tell the struggling Internet company's employees more about his turnaround strategy next week.

A model displays a creation by a group of Kyrgyz designers 'NAH' during a Fashion Week in Bishkek.

NBC says Matt Lauer is sticking with the "Today" show.

LONDON (Reuters) - The average starting salary for senior workers in the UK financial sector fell 16.5 percent from February to March, the biggest such drop in a year as the number of vacancies slumped compared with a year ago, according to a report. Job vacancies at banks, asset managers and some insurance companies were down 57 percent in March compared with the previous year, data from recruitment consultancy Morgan McKinley showed. ...

Lee Westwood grabbed the lead under the rain and late in the day in the first round of the Masters on Thursday as he set out yet again on his lifelong quest to win a major title.

A US court sentenced the leader of Mexico's Juarez cartel, who allegedly admitted a role in over 1,500 murders, to life in prison Thursday on drug trafficking and racketeering charges.

A Marine facing dismissal from the military for his Facebook comments went as far as posting superimposed images of President Barack Obama's face on a donkey, a prosecutor said Thursday.

The Weinstein Co. says the rating for the documentary "Bully" has been lowered from R to PG-13.

Radioactive cooling fluid leaked at a French nuclear reactor Thursday following two small fires, but the spillage was safely collected in special tanks, officials said.

A venture capitalist who wants to build a sports arena to bring professional basketball back to Seattle will pay for a study to determine the impacts on traffic and parking following objections by his potential neighbor ? the Seattle Mariners.