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It will be a few years before Chinese cars are selling in U.S. showrooms, but their presence at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit is creating quite a stir. Five Chinese auto-makers are represented, sending a clear signal that China is setting its sights on the lucrative American market.

NATO troops and Afghan government forces are battling Taliban militants on the outskirts of the southern city of Kandahar. Taliban fighters seized villages in the Arghandab valley, just north of Kandahar earlier this week.

Aleksandr Krushelnitckii and his wife have given up their mixed doubles medal after he tested positive for a banned drug. It's unwelcome news for a Russian delegation already embroiled in scandal.

Another, larger chunk has fallen off the monolith rising over Yosemite Valley in California. One injury is reported. In yesterday's fall at the same place, one climber was killed and one injured.

Hurricanes have dominated weather news lately. When it snowed on Thursday in the Sierra Nevada, it not only added a new weather element to the news mix, it got resorts thinking about ski season.

The reclusive half of OutKast dropped two new soul-baring solo songs — and jumped into social media — to celebrate and mourn his mom and dad.

A track from the rapper's latest album drags like slowly dripping syrup, as he introduces the listeners to nightmare apparitions only he can see.

The former Democratic congresswoman, who was voted out by her Florida constituents last year, had been convicted of soliciting donations for a sham charity — then pocketing that cash herself.

Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered to run for a third term. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had reportedly urged him not to run, and the announcement caught many people by surprise.

After two decades of deadly conflict, the neighboring countries are rapidly reconciling. Demand was huge for the historic commercial flight, which was marked with champagne and roses.