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Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06am

Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say the gunman who killed a gay man on a Manhattan street in an apparent hate crime has a previous arrest for attempted...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>First lady Michelle Obama hugs Jenika Headley-Greene as Obama hands out diplomas during the graduation ceremony for Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.</p>

First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06am

First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college...

Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06am

Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Officials investigating a train collision in Connecticut have ruled out foul play and are studying a rail fracture...

FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06am

FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>Jeff Lauderdale sorts pine lumber at the Rough & Ready Lumber Co. mill in O’Brien, Ore. The mill is closing as timber towns continue to look for a new economic future 20 years after environmental constraints forced steep cutbacks in national forest logging.</p>

Timber country ponders a future with fewer logs

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06am

By JEFF BARNARD

Associated Press

O’BRIEN, Ore. — Jennifer Phillippi’s grandparents started producing lumber in this corner of Oregon timber country in 1922, when a man could set up a...

Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06am

Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets

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

With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is...

Obituaries for May 19

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:07am

Philomina K. Eblacas, 87, of Oahu, formerly of Hilo and Kona, died May 11 on Oahu. Born in Kalaupapa, Moloka‘i, she was a housewife, musician, vocalist, practitioner of hula and traditional...

<p>Gov. Neil Abercrombie, right, offers some pointers to incoming Hawaii County Democratic Party Chairman David Tarnas and his wife, Carolyn Stewart, at the party’s annual convention Saturday in Volcano.</p><p>NANCY COOK LAUER/Stephens Media </p>

Big Island Democrats name Tarnas to lead party

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:07am

By NANCY COOK LAUER

Stephens Media

VOLCANO — Former state Rep. David Tarnas on Saturday took the helm of the Hawaii County Democratic Party, replacing Steve Pavao, who is stepping down...

Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06am

Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer’s bullet killed a New York college student during the response to a home invasion at...

Hong: Yagong, Kawauchi claim too much attorney-client privilege

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:07am

By ERIN MILLER

Stephens Media

The attorney representing two county elections workers suing former county officials for defamation is asking a 3rd Circuit Court judge to require the...