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WASHINGTON – A Defense Department review of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, has found the doctors overseeing Maj. Nidal Hasan’s medical training repeatedly voiced concerns over his strident views on Islam and his inappropriate behavior, yet continued to give him positive performance evaluations that kept him moving through …

BERLIN – Roman Polanski missed his own party, but was still the center of attention Friday as his first movie in five years made its debut at the Berlin film festival. “The Ghost Writer,” based on a novel by Robert Harris, stars Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister, …

CHICAGO – A man accused of being one of the leaders of a powerful Mexican drug cartel pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he conspired to import and sell large amounts of cocaine and heroin in the United States. Jesus Vincente Zambada-Niebla, 34, listened silently to an interpreter as …