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A South Korean court has sentenced the billionaire head of Samsung Group to five years in prison. He was found guilty in a corruption case involving the country's former president.

Philatelists are furious after a limited issue of a new souvenir duck stamp sold out within two hours of its release. The incident took place at a stamp show in Washington last week, the largest U.S. stamp show in history. The likely culprits are larger, wealthier stamp collectors and dealers who are snapping up stamps and selling them on eBay and other after-markets.

After last summer's devastating hurricanes, emergency relief for the Gulf Coast's seafood industry has been slow. The appropriations are still held up by Congress, and the industry hasn't seen a penny of federal money for industry rehabilitation. Mike Voisin, CEO of Motivatit Seafoods in Houma, La., talks with Liane Hansen.

The bilingual singer-songwriter from Guatemala floats as easily between Motown, folk and jazz as she does between Spanish and English.

The Labor Department released the jobs report for November on Friday morning. The report showed that 204,000 jobs were added to payrolls last month and the unemployment rate dropped to 7 percent, a five-year low.

Imagine spending a whole week sculpting a work of art. Then, just hours after it's finished, someone at a party whacks it to shreds with a stick. Such is the life of Roberto Gilberto Osorio, a San Francisco-based artist who makes his living making pinatas.

Sanctions imposed on Russia have targeted some of its wealthiest individuals, its oligarchs, for their ties to President Vladimir Putin. In reality, this group has varying degrees of influence.

The opposition in Venezuela overwhelmingly won parliamentary elections on Sunday. The victory brings an end to almost 17 years of socialist rule.

European leaders are meeting in Paris to discuss an emerging trans-Atlantic chasm over security and the war in Ukraine, while the U.S. will send negotiators to meet Russian diplomats in Saudi Arabia.

Brownsville is one of the largest cities in Texas — and for more than a decade, it hasn't had a single bookstore. That's about to change, and residents are rejoicing.