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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in Santiago on Tuesday, pledging that the U.S. is "ready to help in any way" following the 8.8 magnitude quake and tsunami that struck on Saturday, devastating coastal areas. Meanwhile, Bachelet said the city of Concepcion was under control since thousands of troops had been deployed for security after widespread looting.

Fire managers across the Southwest are reckoning with strong winds that forecasters say could lead to explosive growth in wildfires this week.

Households' net worth rose 2.1 percent last quarter -- the four straight quarterly gain. Yet tumbling stock prices have reduced their wealth since then. Some economists say Americans' net worth may now be down slightly for the year. That helps explain why many say it will at least 2012 or 2013 before Americans' wealth returns to pre-recession levels.

Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to claim victory in the strategic port of Mariupol on Thursday, even as he ordered his troops not to storm the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance.

Mass MoCA is giving the rock band Wilco permission to transform its 200,000-square-foot facility -- and its sprawling 14-acre campus -- into a huge playground for musicians and thousands of fans. Wilco, its numerous side projects, and many other musicians and artists will participate.

Viktor Bout, 43, will face terrorism charges in the U.S. after a long legal battle. The former Soviet air force officer is reputed to have been one of the world's most prolific arms dealers. Russia described the extradition as "unlawful."

In the new animated feature Despicable Me, Steve Carell plays a supervillain with mommy issues and an exceedingly strange accent. NPR's Liane Hansen talks to Carell about his new film -- as well as his recent announcement that Michael Scott will leave Dunder Mifflin for good.

The number of young children injured in furniture tip-overs increased significantly between 1990 and 2007. According to a study published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics, the increase is due in large part to the growing number of TVs perched on top of tables and dressers. Nearly 50 percent of the injuries involved televisions.

The Swiss company has been named in more than 100 class action, personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits related to the April 20 rig explosion that killed 11 people on its Deepwater Horizon drill rig. Transocean planned to ask a federal court in Houston to cap its overall liability from the incident at less than $27 million.

As 10 Americans were charged with kidnapping after they attempted to remove a group of children from Haiti, the nation's longstanding restavek system, in which children become servants or worse, is under renewed criticism.