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U.S. track star Jesse Owens made history at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 75 years ago, when he destroyed the Nazi myth of Aryan supremacy. He brought home four gold medals, and four oak saplings. The whereabouts of those trees has been a mystery.

Federal officials said Thursday they've taken down a drug and weapons trafficking ring involving members of a U.S. Iraqi community and a major Mexican drug cartel that was caught selling large amounts of drugs, guns and grenades.

The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young adults and saddled them with housing and college debt.

As Congress prepares to examine whether the government mishandled reports of behavioral issues with Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, the suspected gunman in the Fort Hood shootings, one key question being raised is: Could terrorism have been a motive? Investigators warn it's too early to speculate.

The two retail giants continue to battle on price, but Target's inroads in grocery sales have helped drive higher profits, a retail analyst said.

The wanton destruction of ancient U.N. World Heritage sites in fabled Timbuktu has come to symbolize the twin crises in Mali. In a matter of weeks, the once apparently stable Sahara Desert nation imploded with a rebellion in the north, followed by a coup in the south.

European leaders keep losing their jobs amid voter anger over shrinking economies and tough austerity measures designed to weather the eurozone crisis. Will French President Nicolas Sarkozy be the next to fall?

Gustavo Anaya marketed his mortgage services to Spanish-speaking homeowners in Arizona and Nevada.

Kevin Roose's Young Money follows a group of new college graduates trying to make it on Wall Street in the era after the 2008 financial crash. What motivated them to give up their lives, to work 100-hour weeks and endure sneers when the reputation of big finance was at its lowest? And, most importantly, how did the experience change them?

For the past week, the world has been waiting for news about who will be North Korea's next leader. But in a time when nearly everyone learns everything at the same moment, North Korea has somehow managed to keep its secrets from thousands of prying eyes.