The EU is planning some even tougher sanctions on Iran.

Typhoon Chanthu kills two moving into China.

The Amazon rainforest deforestation is at last turning around .

1 dead, 42 injured after a train derails in Geneva, Switzerland.

Families flee Phoenix out of fear of the immigration law, and the city's economy suffers as a result.

The emergency alarm was not turned on the day the oil rig caught fire and exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.

This week hasn't been a great one for cyclists in Portland. Some cyclists found trip wire set up at Ladds Circle, and a TriMet bus driver posted a blog entry entitled "Portland! Kill this cyclist!" — his job has been suspended.

And finally, a man dressed as Darth Vader robbed a bank in Long Island yesterday. Here's a picture: