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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi authorities have detained 147 suspected insurgents throughout the country, including a Saudi citizen, the government said Monday. A government statement identified the Saudi as Abdullah Hussein Ali (search), saying he was captured with three Iraqis in the northern city of Mosul. The statement said Ali was …

SINGAPORE – Critics have described his singing as less than heroic, but “American Idol” reject William Hung (search) says he wants to play only good-guys in his fledgling acting career. In Singapore to promote his first film, the action-comedy “Where Is Mama’s Boy?,” the Hong Kong-born Hung ruled out any …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Anguished family members on Sunday buried loved ones killed in a Buenos Aires (search) nightclub blaze, their grief overshadowing the New Year’s holiday weekend as the official death toll crept higher to 188. Authorities said more than 700 others were injured in Thursday’s fire, which investigators …

CONCORD, N.H. – Under an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (search), a man known as the “Spam King” will stop infecting computers with advertising programs until a federal lawsuit against him is resolved. Sanford Wallace (search) and his companies, SmartBot.net Inc. of Richboro, Pa., and Seismic Entertainment Productions Inc. …

MILWAUKEE – Families in the United States are asking about adopting children from areas devastated by the tsunami, but adoption officials say it’s too early to consider bringing orphaned children into the country. Aimee Klundt, executive director of Sunshine International Adoption Inc. (search), said Tuesday her agency had received about …

WASHINGTON – A hacker broke into a wireless carrier’s network over at least seven months and read e-mails and personal computer files of hundreds of customers, including the Secret Service (search) agent investigating the hacker, the government said Wednesday. The hacker obtained an internal Secret Service memorandum and part of …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Nightfall approached, the military curfew drew near and Baghdad (search) residents scurried from shop to shop on one of the city’s main streets to stock up on food, water and gasoline before Sunday’s national election. Umm Ahmed (search), a 33-year-old housewife, rushed to a store. Like many …

A large new study found that a blood-thinning drug (search) already available in Europe and Asia improves the chances of surviving a heart attack, while a simple, sugar-based solution that once looked promising does nothing to help victims. The mixed results involve two low-tech treatments that researchers have hoped could …

Hospitals should use computers to order drugs for patients, work harder at coordinating treatment and educate patients to help care for themselves, physicians groups said Tuesday in an effort to reduce medical errors. Doctors who treat disorders of the hormone systems — such as diabetes — issued the proposals after …

NEW YORK – Coming just two days after George W. Bush’s inauguration, Saturday’s anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion is dominated by the hopes of one side — and fears of the other — that the president will try to overturn Roe v. Wade (search) through appointments …