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British man in France admits slitting his two children's throats

Posted: 19 May 2013 12:24 PM PDT

LYON, France (Reuters) - A British father living in France has admitted to killing his two children by slitting their throats, blaming a rocky divorce from his wife, prosecutors said on Sunday. Police arrested the 48-year-old unemployed man on Saturday after the bodies of his 5-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son were found at his apartment in a suburb of the eastern city of Lyon. "He offered explanations linked to the children's custody," an official from the Lyon prosecutor's office told Reuters. ...

Horrible commutes ahead: Conn. train outage expected for days

Posted: 19 May 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAMCommuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash.

Obama delivers historic Morehouse commencement

Posted: 19 May 2013 11:08 AM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during the Morehouse College 129th Commencement ceremony, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. Morehouse is the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni. It is Obama's second graduation speech of the year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)President Barack Obama took a break from the trifecta of controversies—IRS, Benghazi, Deptartment of Justice—swirling around the White House on Sunday to deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all male school in Atlanta. "What I ask of you today is the same thing I ask of every graduating class I address," [...]

Small Fla. city wonders who won $590.5 million Powerball jackpot

Posted: 19 May 2013 10:36 AM PDT

A woman prepares to choose her numbers on a lottery ticket Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Chinatown district in Oakland, Calif. A record Powerball jackpot has climbed to $600 million, and lottery officials speculated the jackpot would continue to soar in the run-up to Saturday's drawing. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.

Hofstra graduates honor student killed by police

Posted: 19 May 2013 09:52 AM PDT

In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rubello is shown. Police said Rubello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High School)Students at Hofstra University wore white ribbons at their graduation ceremony to honor a fellow student who was accidentally killed by a police officer tackling an armed intruder.

Republicans informed of IRS investigation last year

Posted: 19 May 2013 09:52 AM PDT

Republicans Informed of IRS Investigation Last YearMuch has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year's the Presidential election.

Damaged trains being removed from wreck site

Posted: 19 May 2013 08:48 AM PDT

Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAMBRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said.

Damaged trains set to be removed from wreck site

Posted: 19 May 2013 07:48 AM PDT

Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAMThe transit agency that runs the Metro-North commuter rail line says trains damaged in a Friday crash in Connecticut are being removed in the first step to making repairs and restoring service.

Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic

Posted: 19 May 2013 07:32 AM PDT

Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topicFive months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized ...

Syrian army pushes assault on rebel-held town

Posted: 19 May 2013 07:02 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)AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Syrian troops backed by tanks and warplanes launched an assault Sunday on a strategic rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, pounding the area with airstrikes and artillery salvos that killed at least 30 people and forced residents to scramble for cover in basements and makeshift bunkers, activists said.

Aide: Obama learned about IRS from news accounts

Posted: 19 May 2013 06:16 AM PDT

A senior White House adviser insists President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting tea party groups "when it came out in the news."

Britain's Cameron 'losing control' as rift with party core widens

Posted: 19 May 2013 06:02 AM PDT

British PM Cameron speaks during a news conference at the U.N. headquarters in New YorkPrime Minister David Cameron is "losing control of his party," Conservative Party grandee Geoffrey Howe said on Sunday.

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

Posted: 19 May 2013 06:02 AM PDT

FILE – In this Jan.23, 2013, file photo U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham pounds her fist as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Republicans and Democrats began condemning each other's response to Benghazi within hours of the first shots fired. The issue has flared and dimmed ever since, revived by new testimony, reports or documents like newly released emails. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)Decisions on the incident made in Washington remain murky and in perpetual dispute.

Kenya police kill 'terror couple'

Posted: 19 May 2013 06:02 AM PDT

Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday.

Saudi vegetable seller dies from self-immolation

Posted: 19 May 2013 05:00 AM PDT

A Saudi newspaper says a vegetable seller who set himself on fire in Riyadh after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorized area has died.

Iran's Guard warns against post-election turmoil

Posted: 19 May 2013 04:14 AM PDT

An Iranian worshipper prays at the start of Friday prayers at Tehran University in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after next month's presidential election.

Netanyahu takes aim at weapons 'leakage' in Syria

Posted: 19 May 2013 03:11 AM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in JerusalemPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria.

North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters

Posted: 19 May 2013 02:55 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in PyongyangSouth Korea says North Korea has fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area.

Two men charged with killing Malcolm X grandson

Posted: 19 May 2013 01:08 AM PDT

Two men arrested in the fatal beating of the grandson of U.S. civil rights activist Malcolm X were sent to prison on Saturday to await trial, a Mexico City court spokesman said.

Medical emergency eyed in Va. parade crash

Posted: 19 May 2013 12:52 AM PDT

Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in Damascus, Va., Saturday, May 18, 2013. Witnesses said the car drove into a crowd at the parade and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known. (AP Photo/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl Neikirk)Witnesses described a frantic scene and close calls after an elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a small Virginia mountain town's parade.

Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup

Posted: 19 May 2013 12:22 AM PDT

Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAMThe focus begins to shift toward cleanup and rebuilding.

Chinese premier heads to India to boost ties

Posted: 18 May 2013 11:36 PM PDT

Chinese premier heads to India to boost tiesJust weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute ...

1 winning ticket sold in Fla. on Powerball

Posted: 18 May 2013 11:04 PM PDT

Joe Fajardo poses holding his Powerball lottery ticket after buying it at a store Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego. With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the lottery game's highest jackpot on Saturday night, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million.

Powerball drawing follows late ticket-buying rush

Posted: 18 May 2013 10:19 PM PDT

Joe Fajardo poses holding his Powerball lottery ticket after buying it at a store Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego. With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the lottery game's highest jackpot on Saturday night, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Officials have not yet announced whether there is a winner.

Winning numbers drawn in Powerball jackpot

Posted: 18 May 2013 09:03 PM PDT

Brianwa Flores, left, and Katie Cosentino from Illinois State Lottery greet hockey fans before Game 2 of an NHL hockey playoff Western Conference semifinal between the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks in Chicago, 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)Lottery officials have announced winning numbers in a massive jackpot.
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