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Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball lottery sold in Florida

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:49:09 -0400

By Karen Brooks and Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A single winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won or where in the state the ticket was bought. The winning numbers from Saturday night's drawing were: 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball number of 11, and the odds of winning were put at one in 175 million. The winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a suburb of Tampa, according to CNN. ...

Danger and separation from families changing job of U.S. diplomats

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:53:32 -0400

By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda placed a bounty on her husband's head, Mary Feierstein learned of it from a friend who called and said, "You must be a mess!" U.S. Ambassador Gerald Feierstein was thousands of miles (km) away at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, without his wife and family on what is called an "unaccompanied" posting. He is one of more than a thousand U.S. diplomats on such tours of duty in danger spots around the world, part of a trend that is changing the definition of being a diplomat. ...

Training push fails to halt military sexual assault crisis

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:25:33 -0400

By Tabassum Zakaria and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under pressure to fight sexual assault, the U.S. armed forces in recent years rolled out education programs about proper sexual conduct through methods like role playing and video games. The increase in education has nevertheless failed to prevent what the nation's top general called last week "a crisis" after the Pentagon reported a 37 percent jump in the estimated number of sexual assault cases in 2012. ...

Residents capture amazing videos in the face of tornadoes

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:53:22 -0400

A series of 16 violent tornadoes ransacked north Texas this week, killing six people and flattening entire neighborhoods. Seven people who were reported missing early Friday morning have now been accounted for, but the storms aren't over yet. Severe thunderstorms are expected late Friday in Alabama and Mississippi, and the Plains and the Midwest face [...]

Police officer and good Samaritans lift SUV off trapped girl

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:26:18 -0400

Harrowing dash-cam footage shows officer Steve Nunez of the New Mexico State Police and some good Samaritans lifting an overturned SUV off of a little girl last week. Nunez spoke with KOAT.com about the incident. "It's always hard to see anybody in that situation, but especially children," he said. "And daddy mode kicked in." Nunez [...]

Woman who lost limbs to flesh-eating bacteria gets bionic hands

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:28:40 -0400

Aimee Copeland, the woman who lost her hands, one leg and her other foot to flesh-eating bacteria after a zip-line accident last year, spoke with WXIA.com and "Today" about her new bionic hands, which are helping her return to a normal life. Copeland, 24, is in the process of learning to use two state-of-the art [...]

Hoarding disorder gets spotlight in DSM-5

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:44:50 -0400

Regular viewers of hoarding reality shows are used to being stunned by someone's clutter. But behind the sensationalistic stories of rooms buried in trash, kitchens filled with rotting food, and yards overrun by goats are people suffering from a serious mental illness –hoarding–that for many years was misdiagnosed. The upcoming fifth version of the Diagnostic [...]

Parents of kids allegedly killed by nanny expecting a baby

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:41:31 -0400

The parents of two young children killed last fall allegedly by their nanny announced on Thursday that they are expecting a baby this fall. Kevin and Marina Krim broke the news on a Facebook page established in the memory of their children, Lulu, 6, and Leo, 2, who were found stabbed to death in their [...]

Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:11:44 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.

Aide: Obama learned about IRS from news accounts

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:03:17 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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."

Money tangle: The IRS and its tea party tempest

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:57:53 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It's the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck.

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:26:04 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.

Obama to address Morehouse College commencement

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:56:30 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni.

$590M-plus Powerball: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:38:45 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday.

Medical emergency eyed in Va. parade crash

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:20:06 -0400

DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — 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. Investigators were looking into whether the motorist had suffered a medical emergency before the accident.

Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:18:39 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Investigators will look closely at a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the commuter train derailment and collision outside New York City that left dozens injured, as the focus begins to shift toward cleanup and rebuilding ahead of challenging times for travelers and commuters along the Northeast Corridor.

Hofstra student killed by police during break-in

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:18:14 -0400

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University.

1 winning ticket sold in Fla. on Powerball

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:39:10 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — 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

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:38:11 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's all about the odds.

Today in History

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:01:12 -0400

Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.

Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:56:36 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's all about the odds.

Winning numbers drawn in Powerball jackpot

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:33:07 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials say the winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot have been drawn.

Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:24:58 -0400

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday.

Lottery officials: Winning numbers in $600M drawing are 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and Powerball 11.

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:07:31 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials: Winning numbers in $600M drawing are 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and Powerball 11.

1 of 2 fires north of LA contained

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:02:08 -0400

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — One of two wildfires burning in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles was fully contained Saturday and authorities were getting an upper hand on the second one.

Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:05:40 -0400

NEW YORK (AP) — A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York's police commissioner called an "anti-gay" hate crime.

FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:29:02 -0400

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

Ex-Pa. officer once hailed as hero faces charges

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:27:11 -0400

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes.

Two men charged with killing Malcolm X grandson

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:58:12 -0400

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - 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. David Hernandez and Manuel Perez, waiters at the Palace nightclub near Mexico City's popular Garibaldi Square, face charges of murder and robbery, the official said. Malcolm Shabazz, who police have said was 29, died May 9 at the Palace after a dispute over a $1,200 bill. Hernandez and Perez were arrested on Monday. ...

Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:56:14 -0400

DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident.

Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:26:14 -0400

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing chemicals.

Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:32:36 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails and prisons.

Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:23:37 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident.

Dozens injured as car plows through parade in Virginia

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:15:42 -0400

By Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a small-town parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, nine seriously enough to be sent to hospitals, authorities said. The incident occurred in the Appalachian town of Damascus at the start of the annual Trail Days festival, as the main street was filled with hikers making their way from one end of town to a park at the other, volunteer fire department chief Ben Sanders told Reuters. ...

Parking fees fight at Calif. state beaches heat up

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:15:35 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant. Not so along the less developed north coast where it's customary to ditch cars on the shoulder of Highway 1 to surf, swim or picnic.

Alaska volcano shoots lava up hundreds of feet

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:37:14 -0400

Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano was shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume was thinning Saturday and no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly nearby.

Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:37:03 -0400

By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Powerball jackpot Saturday night could exceed the $600 million figure being advertised, possibly rivaling the largest lottery payoff in U.S. history, a Texas Lottery official said on Saturday. "Oftentimes, the advertised amount is lower than what the actual jackpot ends up being," said Kelly Cripe, a spokeswoman for the Texas Lottery. "It's entirely possible this $600 million jackpot will end up being a bigger jackpot. ...