SANTIAGO, Chile – The older daughter of former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet was detained Wednesday upon arrival in Washington after failing to obey a summons by a Chilean judge who indicted her on tax evasion charges, Chilean and U.S. officials said. Lucia Pinochet “was the target of an international arrest …

JERUSALEM – Even before it embarks on its first effort at governing, the militant group Islamic Hamas faces serious problems — international isolation because of its extremist policies and an inherited money crunch. Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that after Hamas sets up a government, Israel will …

WASHINGTON – With drugs, gangs and other negative influences, young people face many more dangers than earlier generations did and often have fewer people to help them, Laura Bush said Tuesday. The first lady said that families, schools and communities are three pillars of influence that can help disadvantaged youth …

ALBANY, N.Y. – Hidden cameras recorded nursing-home patients being left in their own waste while staffers watched movies, and 19 workers at two facilities have been arrested, prosecutors said Thursday. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer also filed civil charges against the owner of one facility, saying it received state Medicare money …

MERLIN, Ore. – A San Francisco father of four who left his family a week after their car got stuck on a snowy, remote road in Oregon made a tragic miscalculation of the distance he had to cover to find help. Oregon police said Thursday that James Kim, whose body …

CHICAGO – Like a dark and stormy night, bad writing has long shadowed the business world — from bureaucratese to mangled memos to the cliche-thick murk of corporatespeak. But in an era of nonstop e-mail and instant and text messaging, written communication skills within companies may be getting even worse …

ERDENHEIM, Pa. – An 11th-grader brought a rifle to school and shot himself to death in a hallway Tuesday morning between classes, according to officials and a witness. No one else was injured in the 9 a.m. shooting at Springfield Township High School in Montgomery County, the district said. The …

NEW YORK – Pale Male, the famed red-tailed hawk of New York City’s Central Park, was perched on the 22nd floor of the swank Beresford apartment building on Wednesday when the national emblem of the United States soared past, carrying a large fish in its talons. “Pale Male usually sits …

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BAGHDAD, Iraq – A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers and injured a fourth serviceman north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday. The soldiers were conducting a patrol to clear a route so that another unit could move through the area on Saturday, the military said in a statement. …