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Chicago commuter headache as 'L' train line shut for five months

Posted: 18 May 2013 12:51 PM PDT

Chicago will shut down part of its "L" elevated rail system's busiest line for five months starting on Sunday, forcing thousands of commuters to seek other routes and creating the biggest such U.S. transit disruption in two decades.

Majority of number combos picked for Powerball pot

Posted: 18 May 2013 11:50 AM PDT

A customer, right, waits for his Powerball lottery ticket at a convenience store in Chicago on Saturday, May 18, 2013. A little more than a year after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory. Should nobody pick the correct six numbers, the prize money will roll over to next week's drawing and almost certainly eclipse the $656 million doled out to winners in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland in the Mega Millions game in March 2012. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)It's all about the odds.With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot on Saturday night.

Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean

Posted: 18 May 2013 10:34 AM PDT

In this May 2, 2013 photo, a leatherback turtle heads back into the ocean after burying her clutch of eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. In years past, poachers from Grande Riviere and nearby towns would ransack the turtles' buried eggs and hack the critically threatened reptiles to death with machetes to sell their meat in the market. Now, the turtles are the focus of a thriving tourist trade, with people so devoted to them that they shoo birds away when the turtles first start out as tiny hatchlings scurrying to sea. (AP Photo/David McFadden)Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad.

Despite controversies, Obama agenda marches on

Posted: 18 May 2013 08:00 AM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies and political triage by the administration.

IRS probe ignored most influential groups

Posted: 18 May 2013 06:12 AM PDT

There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

Activists: Rebel groups clash in northern Syria

Posted: 18 May 2013 05:56 AM PDT

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows black smoke rising from what rebels say is a helicopter that was shot down at Abu Dhour military airbase which is besieged by the rebels, in the northern province city of Idlib, Syria, Friday May 17, 2013. Rights activists have found torture devices and other evidence of abuse in government prisons in the first Syrian city to fall to the rebels, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)A wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings between rival Islamic militant groups in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo risks sparking large-scale internal fighting between rebels.

Hard-line Afghan MPs block law protecting women

Posted: 18 May 2013 05:25 AM PDT

Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked a law on Saturday that aims to protect women's freedoms.

Afghan parliament fails to pass law banning violence against women

Posted: 18 May 2013 05:09 AM PDT

An Afghan woman in a burqa walks along a road on a windy day on the outskirts of KabulThe Afghan parliament's failure is a severe blow to women's rights in the conservative Muslim country.

Spin meter: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash

Posted: 18 May 2013 04:54 AM PDT

House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., center, questions the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service Steven Miller, lower right, as the Republican-run committee held a hearing on the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, Friday, May 17, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Top row, from left are, Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp , R-Mich., and the committee's ranking Democrat Rep. Sander Levin, D-Michigan, D-Mich. Front row, from left are, Rep. Todd Young, R-Ind., Kelly, and Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service employees.

Memorial Day countdown: Will the Jersey Shore be ready?

Posted: 18 May 2013 04:38 AM PDT

Memorial Day Countdown: Will the Jersey Shore Be Ready?Sometimes, numbers are the only way to tell the true tale of a disaster incomprehensible in scale and indescribable in words.

Powerball jackpot closing in on another record

Posted: 18 May 2013 02:50 AM PDT

Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, 2013. Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory once again.

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

Posted: 18 May 2013 01:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 16, 2013 file photo, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law. But no one appears to have connected the factual dots yet, and it's unclear whether they will. Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.

Landing gear issue leads to plane's belly landing

Posted: 18 May 2013 01:34 AM PDT

An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.

2 fires north of LA persist after long fire week

Posted: 18 May 2013 01:03 AM PDT

A pair of tamed but persistent wildfires still burned in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 after a wild week of burning brush in the area north of Los Angeles.

Cops investigating after NY college student killed

Posted: 18 May 2013 12:31 AM PDT

Hofstra University students gather near the house where another student and an armed intruder were killed during an overnight house break-in next to the campus, Friday, May 17, 2013, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her blog.

'Harry Potter' first edition annotated by author up for auction

Posted: 17 May 2013 10:58 PM PDT

British author JK Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter series of books, poses during the launch of new online website Pottermore in LondonEver wondered what went through author J.K. Rowling's mind when she wrote the first "Harry Potter" novel?

Lawyer for accused singer: steroids had ill effect

Posted: 17 May 2013 10:28 PM PDT

The lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer's mind has been ravaged by steroid use.

Conn. commuter trains collide; 60 go to hospitals

Posted: 17 May 2013 09:42 PM PDT

Emergency workers arrive the scene of a train collision, Friday, may 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn. A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. The railroad says the accident involved a New York-bound train leaving New Haven. It derailed and hit a westbound train near Fairfield, Conn. Some cars on the second train also derailed. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Denis O'Malley) MANDATORY CREDITTwo commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour.

Amazing videos in the face of tornadoes

Posted: 17 May 2013 07:23 PM PDT

Watch: Amazing footage of Texas tornadoA roundup of some of the best footage of the Texas twisters.

Charges filed against man in Nevada killing spree

Posted: 17 May 2013 06:37 PM PDT

This image provided by Lyon County Sheriff's Office shows Jeremiah Bean, a A 25-year-old person of interest who has been arrested after five people were found dead in one morning in northern Nevada. Bean was arrested Monday, April 13, 2013, on suspicion of burglary after he was found with items from one of the crime scenes. (AP Photo/Lyon County Sheriff's Office)A 25-year-old suspect allegedly killed a newspaper deliveryman and a couple nearby.

Powerball jackpot at record $600 million

Posted: 17 May 2013 05:20 PM PDT

An electronic street sign displays the current value of the Powerball lottery in New YorkIt may hit $1 billion if no one draws the winning numbers this weekend.

At least 20 hurt in Conn. train crash

Posted: 17 May 2013 04:50 PM PDT

Emergency workers arrive the scene of a train collision, Friday, may 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn. A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. The railroad says the accident involved a New York-bound train leaving New Haven. It derailed and hit a westbound train near Fairfield, Conn. Some cars on the second train also derailed. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDITSome 20 to 25 people were injured on Friday in a train accident near Fairfield, Connecticut, a Fairfield Police spokesman said on Friday. He said there were no known fatalities and none of the injuries appeared to be life threatening.

Death toll from new bird flu in China rises

Posted: 17 May 2013 02:18 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The United Nations health agency said the four deaths were from cases that had already been identified in laboratories. Since May 8, there have been no new cases of infection with H7N9, it added. ...

Joining an office pool? Watch yourself

Posted: 17 May 2013 01:32 PM PDT

Sheila Sutton updates the Powerball prize money sign at the Super C convenience store in Lincoln, Neb., Friday, May 17, 2013. Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Sutton sold a million dollar powerball ticket on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)A record Powerball jackpot inspires workplace groups, but they could be trouble.
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