msnbc.com staff and news service reports KIEV, Ukraine — A severe and snowy cold snap has killed at least 48 people across central and eastern Europe. Officials have responded with measures ranging from opening shelters to dispensing hot tea, with p… more »

Associaed Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico Thirty-five animals at a zoo in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua have frozen to death during the region's coldest weather in six decades. Serengeti Zoo owner Alberto Hernandez says 14 parrots, 13 serpents,… more »

Sahra Bahrami was born in Iran but later gained Dutch citizenship BBC news   The Dutch government has frozen all contacts with Iran in protest over the hanging of a Dutch-Iranian woman. The Dutch foreign ministry said it was "shocked, shattered by… more »

By MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press Writer BOCA RATON, Fla. – Seniors prepared to cut back on everything from food to charitable donations to whiskey as word spread Monday that they will have to wait until at least 2012 to see their Social Security ch… more »

CNNMoney By Stacy Cowley, Tech Editor July 16, 2010   NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- If Facebook wants to buy its imminent 500 millionth user a drink to celebrate, it will be able to: A federal court judge on Friday struck down the restraining order that… more »