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In sports-crazy Argentina, sports journalism schools have cropped up to train aspiring reporters and broadcasters. Here, Argentine national soccer team coach Sergio Batista arrives for a press conference in Cordoba, Argentina, last year.

Sports Journalism Is The Goooaal At Argentine School

Argentina is mad for sports — and soccer in particular. There are plenty of opportunities for sportswriters and broadcasters, spawning an education industry that specializes in sports journalism.

Asia Strategy In Focus As U.S., Chinese Leaders Meet

Xi Jinping, expected to become China's next president, begins highly anticipated meetings in Washington on Tuesday. The trip comes as the Obama administration seeks to shift the emphasis of its U.S. strategy toward the Asia-Pacific region — including changes the Chinese aren't sure they like.

For the second year in a row, the Ford Fusion won J.D. Power's dependability prize in the mid-size sedan category. Pictured is the 2013 model of the car, unveiled in January.

Auto Dependability Hits 22-Year High In New Study

Toyota and Ford won the most awards in the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study, which came out today. Vehicles made by Toyota led the way with eight awards, while Ford models received three. In general, vehicle dependability was the best since 1990, J.D. Power says.

According to Google, spellers in the Northeast can be embarrassing (New Hampshire) and baffling (New Jersey).

Misspellings, Mapped: America The How-Do-You-Spell-Beautiful?

Just in time for the National Spelling Bee, Google published a map of the words people in each state have a hard time spelling. The results are not pretty. (And what's up with New Jersey?)

Edgar Maddison Welch of Salisbury, N.C., surrenders to police in December in Washington, D.C.

'Pizzagate' Gunman Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison

Edgar Maddison Welch pleaded guilty in March after entering the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington, D.C., brandishing a rife in order to "investigate" a baseless conspiracy theory.

Qatar's neighbors have told it to shut down its Doha-based news network Al-Jazeera and affiliates, one of 13 demands made Friday.

Neighboring Arab Nations Slap Qatar With 13-Point List Of Demands

If Qatar wants to end a recent diplomatic standoff, Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states say the country has 10 days to comply with a steep list of demands, including shutting down Al-Jazeera.

Dave Mullins (right) sits with his husband, Charlie Craig, in Denver. The owner of a cake shop refused to make a wedding cake for the couple, citing his religious beliefs, and the couple then filed with the state's civil rights commission.

High Court To Hear Case Of Cake Shop That Refused To Bake For Same-Sex Wedding

Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop in suburban Denver says a state law compelling him to produce wedding cakes for gay couples violates his right to free speech.

EU antitrust Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, pictured last summer, announced a fine against Google over the way it ranks shopping services in its search results.

Google Hit With $2.7 Billion Fine By European Antitrust Monitor

The European Commission says Google "abused its market dominance as a search engine by promoting its own comparison shopping service in its search results, and demoting those of competitors."

Protesters Killed During Demonstration Over Massive Bomb Attack In Kabul

Demonstrators had been marching on the presidential palace, protesting government failures after Wednesday's massive bombing and demanding the Afghan president's ouster. Then, police began to fire.

MillerCoors To Continue Brewing Pabst Blue Ribbon

After MillerCoors said it wouldn't extend the brewing contract for Pabst Blue Ribbon, Pabst sued and settled this week with an agreement for the beer to keep being brewed.

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