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Tony Kanaan finally wins Indy 500, ends heartbreak

Posted: 26 May 2013 12:52 PM PDT

Tony Kanaan, of Brazil, drives through the first turn during the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman)After 12 attempts, Tony Kanaan has finally won the Indianapolis 500.

Tony Kanaan finally wins on record day at Indy 500

Posted: 26 May 2013 12:36 PM PDT

Tony Kanaan, of Brazil, drives through the first turn during the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman)After losing in 12 previous attempts, Tony Kanaan has finally won the Indianapolis 500.

Obama says gov't, people behind hard-hit Oklahoma 'all the way'

Posted: 26 May 2013 12:06 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks across the tarmac to greet people as he arrives on Air Force One, Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, Okla., en route to the Moore, Okla., to see the response to the severe tornadoes and weather that devastated the area. He will also visit with the families affected, and with first responders. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)President Barack Obama flew to tornado-ravaged Oklahoma Sunday, offering moral and monetary support to people still reeling from lost lives and shattered neighborhoods. He told survivors, "You've got folks behind you" across America.

Sen. Paul questions drone use, says scandals hurt Obama's 'moral authority'

Posted: 26 May 2013 11:34 AM PDT

Sen. Rand Paul Questions Drone Policy, Says Scandals Threaten President Obama's 'Moral Authority'Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said on "This Week" that the recent controversies engulfing the White House over the IRS, reporter leak investigations, and Benghazi have threatened President Obama's "moral authority to lead the nation.'

Obama visits Oklahoma town digging out after tornado

Posted: 26 May 2013 11:20 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama greets first responders as he arrive to survey tornado damage in OklahomaBy Jeff Mason MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - President Barack Obama arrived in Moore, Oklahoma, on Sunday to tour the town that was hammered last week by a powerful tornado that killed 24 people and assure its residents that the federal government would provide long-term help. His first stop was Plaza Towers Elementary School, where seven children died and several students and teachers were injured by the May 20 afternoon storm. Piles of boards, brick and cinder blocks that used to be buildings and houses lined the side of the street. ...

Indy 500 under way with crash in opening laps

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:04 AM PDT

Indy 500 under way with crash in opening lapsThe green flag dropped with a chill in the air for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, and it didn't take long for J.R. Hildebrand to bring out the first caution of the race.

NY Angel Flight dead ID'd as cancer patient, wife

Posted: 26 May 2013 09:18 AM PDT

First responders gather at a staging point in Ephratah, N.Y., Saturday, May 25, 2013, before continuing their search for the pilot of a light plane that crashed in the wooded area day before. The twin engine plane was flown by an Angel Flight volunteer pilot and was carrying at least two passengers when it took off from Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass., and was headed to Rome, N.Y. on Friday. Angel Flight is a nonprofit group that arranges free air transportation for sick patients from volunteer pilots. (AP Photo/The Daily Gazette, Bethany Bump) NO SALESEPHRATAH, N.Y. (AP) — A volunteer pilot with Angel Flight says the two passengers who died in the upstate New York plane crash were a cancer patient and his wife.

GOP continues to slam new Obama war approach

Posted: 26 May 2013 08:17 AM PDT

President Barack Obama walks with Col. Greg Urtso to board Air Force One, Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Moore, Okla., to visit with families and first responders in the wake of the tornadoes and severe weather that devastated the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Republicans keep slamming President Barack Obama's push to move away from a war footing and recalibrate his counterterrorism strategy.

Aid group describes siege of Afghan compound

Posted: 26 May 2013 07:46 AM PDT

Foreign troops, part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), investigate the site a day after an assault on an international compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 25, 2013. A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an international compound in Kabul left many people dead including, the attackers.(AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)Ten terrified international aid workers huddled inside a fortified room in Kabul for two hours as a Taliban attack raged around them until they were rescued by Afghan police, the aid group's country chief said Sunday.

Obama set to tour Oklahoma tornado response today

Posted: 26 May 2013 07:16 AM PDT

Tina Taylor salvages items at her brother-in-law's tornado-ravaged home Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)As tornado victims are laid to rest in Moore, Okla., President Barack Obama is visiting Sunday to survey damage from Monday's storm.

NYPD investigating Amanda Bynes' sexual harassment claims

Posted: 26 May 2013 07:00 AM PDT

The NYPD Are Investigating Amanda Bynes' Sexual Harassment ClaimsThe New York Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau has launched an investigation into Amanda Bynes' claim she was sexually harassed by the two officers who arrested her for throwing a bong out of a window. 

Police: Kenya arrested 1 of London attackers

Posted: 26 May 2013 06:13 AM PDT

FILE - Michael Adebolajo, front, shouts slogans as Muslims march in London in a protest against the arrest of 6 people in anti-terror raids, in this Friday April 27, 2007 file photo. Adebolajo has been identified as one of the two men who attacked and killed a British soldier on a street in south London on Wednesday May 22 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file) MAGAZINES OUTAn anti-terrorism police official in Kenya says one of the suspects who killed a British soldier on a London street in a savage attack was arrested in November 2010 near the East African country's border with Somalia.

High-tech industry big immigration bill winner

Posted: 26 May 2013 05:57 AM PDT

FILE – In this May 9, 2013, file photo Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, confers with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, right, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, as the Senate Judiciary Committee meets to address immigration reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. More than any other group, the high-tech industry got big wins in the immigration bill approved last week. It amounted to a bonanza for the industry, granting unlimited green cards to foreigners with certain advanced U.S. degrees, and greatly boosting visas for highly skilled foreign workers. And thanks to Hatch's intervention, the industry succeeded in greatly curtailing controls sought by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., not shown, who aimed to protect U.S. workers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)More than any other group, the high-tech industry got big wins in an immigration bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee last week.

Israel's Peres calls for return to peace talks

Posted: 26 May 2013 04:40 AM PDT

Israeli President, Shimon Peres, arrives to give a brief statement at the World Economic Forum, in Southern Shuneh, 34 miles (55 kilometers) southeast of Amman, Jordan, Sunday, May 26, 2013. Peres says it is possible for Israelis and Palestinians to overcome differences and skepticism over peacemaking and that it is time to restart serious negotiations and conclude a peace treaty that has long dogged the two warring sides. AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)Israel's president urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Sunday to overcome differences and resume peace negotiations, saying the sides could not afford "to lose this opportunity."

U.K. sets up task force to target radical preachers

Posted: 26 May 2013 04:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2005 file photo, Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed gestures while talking to the media, in Beirut, Lebanon. The slaying of a British soldier in east London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife. It also raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the group.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)Britain's government is setting up a new terrorism task force to tackle radical preachers and extremism following the brutal killing of a British soldier.

Suspected rebels kill 24, wound 37 in east India

Posted: 26 May 2013 03:38 AM PDT

In this Saturday, May 25, 2013 photo, unidentified relatives of an injured of a rebel attack cry outside a government hospital in Raipur, India. About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in the country's east, killing at least 28 people and wounding 24 others, police said. (AP Photo)Officials reacted with outrage Sunday to an audacious attack by about 200 suspected Maoist rebels.

Iran fields 'massive' number of missile launchers

Posted: 26 May 2013 01:35 AM PDT

An Iranian semi-official news agency reports the country has fielded a "massive" number of new long-range missile launchers.

Report: New controversy at scandal-scarred Rutgers

Posted: 25 May 2013 11:04 PM PDT

The woman hired to clean up Rutgers' scandal-scarred athletic program quit as Tennessee's women's volleyball coach 16 years ago after her players submitted a letter complaining she ruled through humiliation, fear and emotional abuse, The Star-Ledger reported Saturday night on its website.

2 rockets hit Lebanese Hezbollah stronghold

Posted: 25 May 2013 10:33 PM PDT

Lebanese security officials say two rockets have slammed into a Beirut neighborhood that is a Hezbollah stronghold, wounding 3 people.

San Antonio flooding kills 2; 200-plus rescued

Posted: 25 May 2013 08:33 PM PDT

A kayaker pulls a raft with children around a flooded baseball park in San Antonio, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio. San Antonio International Airport recorded more than nine inches of rain since midnight. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Torrential rains swamped San Antonio with flash floods on Saturday, leaving at least two people dead as emergency workers rushed to rescue more than 200 residents stranded in cars and homes.

Missouri highway buckles after rail cars hit overpass

Posted: 25 May 2013 06:46 PM PDT

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a train derailment near Rockview, Mo. on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass in southeast Missouri, injuring seven people. (AP Photo/The Southeast Missourian, Fred Lynch)A highway overpass in southeast Missouri collapsed early Saturday when rail cars slammed into one of the bridge's pillars after a cargo train collision, authorities said. Seven people were injured, though none seriously.

San Antonio flooding kills 1; 200-plus rescued

Posted: 25 May 2013 06:33 PM PDT

Flood waters cover eight lanes of Highway 281, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio. The San Antonio International Airport by Saturday afternoon had recorded nearly 10 inches of rain since midnight. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Torrential rains swamped San Antonio with flash floods on Saturday, leaving at least one person dead as emergency workers in boats rushed to rescue more than 200 residents stranded in cars and homes. Authorities were searching for at least two other people .

Graduates in tornado-raked Oklahoma town vow to stay

Posted: 25 May 2013 06:33 PM PDT

Southmoore High School senior Jake Spradling, hugs a classmate as they get ready to attend their commencement ceremony in Oklahoma City Saturday, May 25, 2013, five days after a tornado destroyed a large swath of their attendance area in Moore, Okla. Spradling's home was among those destroyed after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to Moore.

Protesters in over 400 cities march vs Monsanto

Posted: 25 May 2013 06:01 PM PDT

People carry signs during a protest against Monsanto in Montpelier, Vt. on Saturday, May 25, 2013. Marches and rallies against seed giant Monsanto were held across the U.S. and in dozens of other countries Saturday. Protesters say they want to call attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food and the food giants that produce it. Monsanto Co., based in St. Louis, said Saturday its seeds improve agriculture by helping farmers produce more from their land while conserving resources such as water and energy. (AP Photo/Mark Collier)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Organizers say two million people marched in protest against seed giant Monsanto in hundreds of rallies across the U.S. and in over 50 other countries on Saturday.

NYPD investigating actress Bynes allegations

Posted: 25 May 2013 05:45 PM PDT

Twitter Latest News: Amanda Bynes Claims Sexual Harassment by CopsInternal Affairs officers on Saturday were looking into allegations made by actress Amanda Bynes that New York Police Department officers sexually assaulted her when she was arrested for heaving a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment Thursday night.
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