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Car hits parade, injuring up to 60

Posted: 18 May 2013 04:06 PM 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)A group of hikers was marching in a parade in a small Virginia town.

Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash

Posted: 18 May 2013 04:23 PM 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 ABRAHAMInvestigators of a train collision in Connecticut have ruled out foul play.

Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600M

Posted: 18 May 2013 03:37 PM PDT

People wait in line to purchase Powerball lottery tickets at the Port Authority bus station in New YorkThe Powerball jackpot Saturday night could be even higher than the record $600 million being advertised, possibly rivaling the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, a Texas Lottery official said on Saturday.

Cops investigate after NY college student killed

Posted: 18 May 2013 12:19 PM 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)A funeral has been scheduled for Wednesday for a 21-year-old Hofstra University student who was gunned down during a break-in at her apartment near the school's Long Island campus.

Plane makes emergency belly landing

Posted: 18 May 2013 03:20 PM PDT

In this image taken from video and provided to WABC TV News by an airport source, emergency personnel spray foam on the fuselage of a US Airways Express commuter plane after it made a belly landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Newark, N.J. The turboprop plane reportedly left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m., Friday, and landed safely at Newark with its landing gear retracted at about 1 a.m., Saturday. There were no injuries. (AP Photo/WABC TV News) MANDATORY CREDIT; NYC OUTAn airline official says a US Airways Express flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble.

First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams

Posted: 18 May 2013 02:08 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama jokes with a student as she hands out diplomas during the graduation ceremony for Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.

Paul McCartney kicks off 'Out There' tour in U.S.

Posted: 18 May 2013 01:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 file photo, British musician Paul McCartney performs during his "Up And Coming Tour" at the Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo. McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday, May 18, 2013. The massive production, which requires 31 trucks worth of equipment, includes lasers, huge pyrotechnics, and state of the art video displays, according to the website of the former Beatles star. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando.

Majority of number combos picked for Powerball pot

Posted: 18 May 2013 10:22 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.

Texas joins flood of states suing BP over 2010 Gulf spill

Posted: 18 May 2013 01:27 PM PDT

Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history.

North Korea fires three short-range missiles

Posted: 18 May 2013 10:14 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in PyongyangNorth Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea's Defence Ministry said, prompting Western powers to urge Pyongyang to exercise restraint.

Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean

Posted: 18 May 2013 09:57 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.

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

Posted: 18 May 2013 12:01 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.

Despite controversies, Obama agenda marches on

Posted: 18 May 2013 09:10 AM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)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.

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

Posted: 18 May 2013 09:33 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.

Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rights

Posted: 18 May 2013 08:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, April 11, 2013 file photo, an Afghan woman peers through the the eye slit of her burqa as she waits to try on a new burqa in shop in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan. Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked a law on Saturday, May 18, 2013 that aims to protect women's freedoms, with some arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles or encourage women to have sex outside of marriage. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience.

Merkel and Pope talk about a 'strong' Europe

Posted: 18 May 2013 09:01 AM PDT

Pope Francis meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, made a quick trip to Rome Saturday for a private meeting with Pope Francis.

Mystery of moon's magnetic field deepens

Posted: 18 May 2013 07:12 AM PDT

Mystery of Moon's Magnetic Field DeepensThe moon generated a surprisingly intense magnetic field until at least 3.56 billion years ago, 160 million years longer than previously thought, a new study reports.

Activists: Rebel groups clash in northern Syria

Posted: 18 May 2013 05:36 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.

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