Kevin West

Venezuelans began examining the rifts that led to a flip-flop coup over the weekend and nearly ripped the nation apart. But so far, there seemed to be as much bitterness as forgiveness.

Authorities said Wednesday that the three men accused in last week's sniper-style murder of Sheriff Sam Catron had different goals in mind before committing the crime.

Hewlett-Packard Co. shareholders appear to have narrowly approved the company's bitterly contested $20 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp., an independent proxy certifying firm said Wednesday. However, the result is not final.

Online payment provider PayPal Inc. reported the first quarterly profit in its brief history Wednesday, providing investors with another reason to become enchanted with its recently enticing stock.

Delphi Corp., North America's largest auto parts maker, said Wednesday it will pare 6,100 more jobs even as it announced sharply narrower losses and said it was starting to see results from earlier cuts.

Thanks to brisk demand for its new iMac, Apple Computer Inc. posted a second-quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates.

Former King Mohammad Zaher Shah returned to Afghanistan on Thursday after 29 years in exile marked at home by war, poverty and fanaticism.

Cherokee County authorities charged an Acworth man with reckless conduct after he left two of his children unattended in a car to play video poker at a gas station.

DeKalb County police are looking for a driver who struck and killed a woman as she walked on a road.

A trial date was set for a Fayette County man accused of killing his wife, who disappeared five years ago.