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

Small Fla. city wonders who won $590.5 million Powerball jackpot
The good news – and the bad news – for Obama in scandal-tinged polls
Republicans informed of IRS investigation last year
Tea party looks to take advantage of moment
Obama delivers historic Morehouse commencement
Syrian army, Hezbollah attack rebels in border town: opposition
Hofstra graduates honor student killed by police
North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters
AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
Pope: church should open up a bit but still follow teaching
Damaged trains being removed from wreck site
Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition
Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
Tunisian police clash with Islamists over banned rally
Swift, Bieber, more ready for Billboard Awards
A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
Britain's Cameron 'losing control' as rift with party core widens

Posted: 19 May 2013 10:34 AM PDT

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.

The good news – and the bad news – for Obama in scandal-tinged polls

Posted: 19 May 2013 08:04 AM PDT

Given the battering President Obama took this past week on a trio of political scandals, any public opinion survey results that aren't dreadful probably are viewed with some relief at the White House.

Republicans informed of IRS investigation last year

Posted: 19 May 2013 05:56 AM PDT

Much 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.

Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

Posted: 19 May 2013 09:54 AM PDT

Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups ...

Obama delivers historic Morehouse commencement

Posted: 19 May 2013 10:28 AM PDT

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 institution in Atlanta. "What I ask of you today is the same thing I ask of every graduating class I address," Obama [...]

Syrian army, Hezbollah attack rebels in border town: opposition

Posted: 19 May 2013 10:02 AM PDT

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops supported by Hezbollah militants launched an offensive to retake a major town near Lebanon from rebels on Sunday, the heaviest fighting yet involving Lebanese armed group, opposition activists said. At least 32 people were killed when rebel fighters clashed with mechanized Syrian army units and Hezbollah guerillas in nine points in and around the town of Qusair, 10 km (six miles) from the border with Lebanon's Bekaa valley, they said. ...

Hofstra graduates honor student killed by police

Posted: 19 May 2013 10:00 AM PDT

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.

North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters

Posted: 19 May 2013 03:57 AM PDT

South 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.

AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

Posted: 19 May 2013 09:54 AM PDT

The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.

Pope: church should open up a bit but still follow teaching

Posted: 19 May 2013 09:14 AM PDT

Pope Francis is calling for renewal in the Catholic church as he wrapped up two days of mass gatherings in St. Peter's Square aimed at energizing the faithful.

Damaged trains being removed from wreck site

Posted: 19 May 2013 08:21 AM PDT

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.

Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition

Posted: 19 May 2013 08:21 AM PDT

Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.

Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic

Posted: 19 May 2013 07:08 AM PDT

Five 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 ...

Tunisian police clash with Islamists over banned rally

Posted: 19 May 2013 10:24 AM PDT

- Supporters of a hardline Islamist group clashed with Tunisian police in two cities on Sunday after the government banned its annual rally and the regional arm of al Qaeda urged it to stand firm against the authorities.