Bad weather forces Air Methods 4Q profit down 27 percent

Storms cut Air Methods 4Q profit by 27 percent

World War II-era plane crashes at small suburban Phoenix airport, killing pilot

1 dead after plane crashes at small AZ airport

World War II-era plane crashes at small airport in suburban Phoenix; hangars evacuated

World War II-era plane crashes at small AZ airport

Reid’s wife, daughter recovering in hospital from injuries from accident

Reid’s wife, daughter injured in accident

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday — the wife with a broken back and neck — after their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, authorities said.

US raises concerns about human rights in Pakistan

WASHINGTON - Extrajudicial killings by the Pakistani military in the ongoing fight with insurgents have further added to human rights concerns in the country, the US State Department said Thursday.

Two Israeli soldiers indicted for actions during Gaza offensive

TEL AVIV - Israeli military prosecutors indicted two Israeli soldiers Thursday for allegedly ordering a Palestinian child to open bags suspected of containing explosives, during Israel’s Gaza Strip offensive last year, a military statement said.

Ban calls for more protection for women

NEW YORK - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday called on UN members to offer more protections for women who are victims of violence and other crimes.

Toyotas and texters aside, highway deaths fall to lowest number in more than half-century

Highway deaths drop to lowest level since 1950s

Senate weighs legislation to boost regional airline safety after crash exposed weaknesses

Senate seeks to boost regional airline safety

Chile swears in conservative president as strongest quake aftershock prompts tsunami alert

More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over

NY police: Driver who claimed Prius accelerated on its own was taking it in for pedal check

Cop: Driver in NY Prius crash was headed to dealer

Pinera becomes Chile’s president amid strong aftershocks that send citizens fleeing for hills

Pinera assumes Chile presidency amid strong quakes

Bomb planted outside store kills 4, wounds 21 in NW Pakistan

Bomb planted outside store kills 4 in NW Pakistan

Strongest aftershock, magnitude 7.2, rocks Chile as president sworn in before foreign leaders

Biggest aftershock hits Chile on inauguration day

Kidnappers release 2 European aid workers; 1st reported kidnappings in months

Haiti: Kidnappers release 2 European aid workers

2 strongly felt quakes rock Chile moments before presidential inauguration

Strongly felt quakes shake Chile inauguration

Highway fatalities fall to lowest levels in more than half-century

Highway deaths drop to lowest levels since 1950s

Investigator says third phase of Air France crash search delayed by weather, other factors

Search for Air France black boxes delayed

PARIS — The search for the black boxes of an Air France flight that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris has been delayed by weather conditions and trouble getting a search ship to Brazil, officials said Thursday.

1 person is killed, several homes are damaged after tornadoes cut path through Arkansas

1 killed, many homes damaged in Arkansas tornadoes

Suicide bombing targeting troops in NW Pakistan instead wounds 3 children

Suicide bombing in NW Pakistan wounds 3 children

British Airways employee in court charged with plotting suicide bombings

BA employee in court on suicide bombing charge

Protesters clash with police in Athens demonstration during Greek general strike

Greece hit by strikes over austerity plan

ATHENS, Greece — Savage street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as more than 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government’s austerity measures.

Spain honors victims of Madrid train bombings on 6th anniversary of massacre

Spain marks 6th anniversary of Madrid bombings

Bachelet says she leaves Chile in good shape for Pinera, despite disaster recovery challenges

Bachelet says Chile is in good shape for Pinera

800 people trapped by rising floodwaters in central Mozambique, awaiting rescue

800 people trapped by floodwaters in Mozambique

Girlicious singer arrested with cocaine

LONDON - Natalie Mejia, a member of US band Girlicious, has been arrested after drugs were found in her purse, police told The Los Angeles Times.

Homemade bomb kills 5 civilians in northeastern Afghanistan, 4 of them children

Bomb kills 5 Afghan civilians, including 4 kids

Nepali held for selling drugs to students

PANAJI - A Nepali national working as a security guard at an educational institution here was arrested Thursday for selling drugs to college students, police said.

Manipur man arrested with heroin worth Rs.4 crore

LUCKNOW - A 24-year-old drug peddler from Manipur has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli district with heroin worth Rs.4 crore, supplied from Pakistan, police said Thursday.

60-year-old woman helps nab burglars

AUCKLAND - A 60-year-old woman who helped police nab burglars at her home in New Zealand said that she was furious like a mother angry at her child on seeing the thieves, a media report said.

British boy abducted in Pakistan rescued

ISLAMABAD - A British boy who was kidnapped in Pakistan has been recovered and two people have been arrested, media reports said Thursday.

Peruvian cop arrested for YouTube video

Lima, March 11 (IANS/EFE) A Peruvian police officer who posted a video on YouTube to complain about corruption and irregularities on the force has been arrested, a media report said.

Ten mobile phones seized from Bihar jail

PATNA - Ten mobile phones were seized from the inmates of a Bihar jail Thursday morning, according to police sources.