UK-Poker-Payout-Withheld

An $11.7 million win at a London casino by top American poker player Phil Ivey has been referred to the British Gambling Commission, a source familiar with the casino confirmed Monday after media reports surfaced that the payout was being withheld.

Afghanistan-Violence

A suicide bomber killed two intelligence officers Monday in Afghanistan, officials said.

Ishmael-Beah-Child-Soldier

As a teenager in war-ravaged Sierra Leone, Ishmael Beah was brainwashed, drugged and forced to kill.

Maldives-Former-President-Arrested

Police in the Maldives arrested the Indian Ocean nation's former president Mohamed Nasheed on Monday after he didn't show up for a trial over accusations against him of abuse of power.

Sweden-Nobel-Medicine

The 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly Monday to Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for the "discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent" -- the ability to differentiate into specialized cells.

Israel-Gaza-Strikes

Palestinian militants say they have fired 20 mortar rounds from Gaza into Israel in retaliation for airstrikes that killed one person and wounded 15 others.

SPORT-Football-Red-Bulls-Stabbed

A British football coach working with the New York Red Bulls has been stabbed to death, the Major League Soccer club has confirmed.

SPORT-Cricket-Corruption-World-Cup

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an "urgent" investigation after an Indian TV station claimed six umpires were willing to fix matches ahead of the recent 20-over World Cup in Sri Lanka.

SPORT-Woods-Testicle-Warrington-Rugby

British rugby league player Paul Wood has lost a testicle after a collision during the English sport's showpiece final at Manchester's Old Trafford stadium on Saturday.

U.S.A.

MED-Meningitis-Exposure

Eight people have died from a rare, noncontagious form of meningitis linked to contaminated steroid injections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. In addition, 105 people in nine states have been infected with the illness as a result of the shots, the CDC said.

MED-Meningitis-Q-&-A

How did this meningitis outbreak happen and how does it affect you?

US-Obama-Chavez-Monument

Describing it as a "day that has been a long time coming," President Barack Obama made modern history Monday by announcing the creation of a monument to honor the late labor and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. The Cesar E. Chavez National Monument becomes the 398th unit in the National Park Service system, and the first honoring a Latino born later than the 1700s, the Park Service told CNN.

US-Cesar-Chavez-president-Obama

¡Si se puede!" Many people may not realize that the origin of "Yes We Can!" President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign slogan, was a direct translation of rallying cries of the farm workers movement led by César E. Chávez, founder of the United Farm Workers, an organization devoted to defending the rights of farmhands and field workers across the country.

US-Congressional-Report-Chinese-Telecommunications

The United States faces a potential security threat from two Chinese telecommunication companies operating inside the United States, according to a congressional report to be released Monday.

US-SpaceX-Engine-Failure