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Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady

Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05am

By JIM KUHNHENN

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected...

Quick, somebody tell me how this ends

Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05am

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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...

Up to 60 injured after car drives into parade

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06am

By DEBRA McCOWN

Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of...

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...

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...

Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that...

Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones

Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

By HENRY C. JACKSON

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The growing use of unmanned surveillance “eyes in the sky” aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting...

Benghazi probe co-chair subpoenaed by House panel

Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

By MATTHEW LEE

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the independent review board that...