Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border (Series 2)

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The foreclosure mess threatened to become full-blown chaos Friday as the nation's largest bank, of America, halted all foreclosure procedures nationwide.

Bank of America halts all U.S. foreclosures

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Several days ago a 20-year-old student discovered a GPS tracking device hidden on his car. After his friend posted a picture of it online, speculating about its ties to a secret FBI investigation, the feds themselves came a-knockin', according to Wired.com. They wanted their toy back.

FBI busted tracking student, demands gear return

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Drillers pound and grind their way to the lower reaches of a gold and copper mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months, preparing for a breakthrough Saturday.

Breakthrough nears for Chile miners

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A British aid worker working for a USAID project — kidnapped in Afghanistan last month — was killed by her captors during rescue attempt Friday night, the U.K. government said Saturday.

Kidnapped aid worker killed during rescue mission

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Chile's 33 trapped miners finally have a way out. A drill broke through to their cavern more than 2,000 feet underground, creating a shaft just wide enough for a specially designed escape capsule to pass through.

Drill breaks through to trapped Chilean miners

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Chile's 33 trapped miners may start coming to the surface Wednesday after a drill broke through to their cavern more than 2,000 feet underground.

Chilean miners may reach surface Wednesday

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NYT: With many Americans seized by anxiety about the country's economic decline, candidates from both political parties have suddenly found a new villain to run against.

NYT: U.S. politicians tee off on new scapegoat

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The escape shaft drilled to rescue the trapped Chilean miners is firm enough to allow the men to be hoisted out as early as Wednesday, the country's mining minister said Sunday.

Early rescue planned for Chile miners

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The government is expected to announce this week that more than 58 million Social Security recipients will go through another year without an increase in their monthly benefits.

No cost-of-living hike for Social Security again

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The wall of a reservoir filled with caustic red sludge will inevitably collapse and unleash a new deluge of red sludge that could flow about a half-mile to the north, a Hungarian official said Sunday.

Second wave of sludge expected in Hungary