From Yahoo! News: 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…
From the blog Puck Daddy: During her rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Memorial Cup in Saskatoon on Saturday night, Alexis Normand forgets the words around 15 seconds in. That’s OK. We’ve all seen this happen at a sporting event. It…
With the bionic hands, Copeland is looking forward to cleaning her house -- she's a neat freak, she tells CNN -- and cooking her own food. She's something of a foodie but has been able to eat only microwaveable foods, she adds.
By Eric Marrapodi, Co-Editor CNN Belief Blog (CNN) -- The Christian Broadcasting Network regrets the misunderstanding. Again. Pat Robertson, the network's 83-year-old founder, was not condoning adultery when he answered a viewer's quesion on "The 700 Club" this week, the network…
You sit here today, $30,000 or $40,000 in debt, as the latest victims of what may well be the biggest conspiracy in U.S. history. It is a conspiracy so big and powerful that Dan Brown won’t even touch it. It’s…
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast on Sunday, a day after launching three of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said, ignoring calls for restraint from
J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness took in roughly $22 million on Friday for a projected four-day debut of $83 million, in line with the opening of the director's 2009 reboot. The 3D sequel opened late Wednesday night in North America and…
The first revelation that the IRS was targeting Tea Party groups came in a planted question during a lawyers’ conference earlier this month, the attorney who asked the question confirmed Saturday with Fox News.
Johnson led the final 10 laps after a restart to begin the final 10-lap shootout and cruised to victory in the exhibition event at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the second consecutive season.
From the blog Team Mom: There's nothing better than a gooey grilled cheese sandwich. But now that it's warming up, you're probably craving less comfort food -- and something that tastes a little lighter for spring.
From Yahoo! News: 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…
LIKE ANY POPULAR food writer, Gary Taubes gets more than his share of e-mails about his work. So he didn't give it much thought one day two years ago when he got a five-line comment about a podcast he'd given the…
"Saturday Night Live" usually reserves their weekly musical guest spot for the biggest and brightest pop stars and last night was no different as Kanye West took the televised stage. The performance was definitely big, but there was nothing bright about Yeezy’s dark and…
When the veteran jockey, who unretired this year, hit the half with Oxbow in 48 3/5 seconds, he knew horse racing would have to wait at least another year for a Triple Crown winner.
Paramount has issued a second teaser for its upcoming sequel to "Anchorman."
The bar was set high for the annual Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco following a series of product announcements and surprises in 2012, and although no one jumped out of a plane wearing Google Glass this year, we were treated to some…
When Aimee Copeland took a trip on a homemade zip-line over the Lower Tallapoosa River last May, she had no idea that it would forever change her life. During the ride, she managed to cut her leg--and that's when the real trouble…
On Wednesday, police officers arrested a 22-year-old man attempting to trespass at the country super star’s Rhode Island home. Swift was not home at the time, and when he was questioned by the police the man allegedly said he was there to…
Google brands I/O as a conference for developers, and this year, with a range of new tools unveiled to attract more outside developers -- and boost the revenue from their services -- the company sought to deliver the goods to I/O's intended audience.
The construction industry saw hiring gains in April, but other sectors lost jobs. Above, job seekers attend a career expo in March at Angel Stadium. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times / March 21, 2013)
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment increased to 83.7, the highest since July 2007, from 76.4 in April, a report today showed. Separately, the Conference Board’s gauge of the economic outlook for the next three to six…
The growing role of the U.S. in world energy markets was underlined on Friday as the Obama administration approved wider exports of liquefied natural gas and international companies committed billions of dollars for new infrastructure.
US Airways Express 4560, operated by Piedmont, reported malfunctioning gear when approaching Newark from Philadelphia, officials said at 3:32 a.m. The pilot had to make a belly landing with the gear retracted.
Only three states -- Michigan, North Dakota and Wyoming -- still have a 0.10% blood-alcohol content threshold for drunken boating; every other state and Washington, D.C., now use the same 0.08% standard used for drunken driving.
The robbery took place just hours after the cast of director Sofia Coppola's new film The Bling Ring walked the red carpet Thursday night for the premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The Bling Ring is a true story about a group of teens…
Rumours have been rife that Beyoncé has another superstar bump in the oven, and today the super-star singer took to Instagram to have a pop at all the people who said she might be pregnant. Well, we suppose it must be a bit annoying…
One of the winning tickets, sold at a 7-Eleven on Liberty Road in Milford Mill, was cashed in by three Maryland public-school educators. Those winners, who chose to remain anonymous, each chose $35 million lump-sum payments.
The law bans child marriage and the practice of selling and buying women to settle disputes. Kofi said the law was introduced in parliament on Saturday, but met such fierce opposition that it was withdrawn.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is fond of telling his cohorts that their journey is only one percent finished. Even if you quibble about the exact percentage, he's right that his company's vision is boundless and that the service, in its current incarnation, is…
Conn., NTSB officials to tour train crash site (AP) — Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad…
On the night of March 17, if you were looking at the moon at just the right moment, you may have noticed a bright flash of light. NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office has revealed that that flash was the result of a boulder-sized meteor…
IRS scandal takes center stage on Capitol Hill. What new comes out? … The White House is in damage-control mode – how they’re managing the three controversies … GOP tries to tie IRS to health care … Obama needs to fix IRS because credibility of go …
Tensions have been high on the Korean Peninsula since the North’s launching of a three-stage rocket in December and its third nuclear test in February. The United Nations Security Council responded by tightening sanctions against the North, which drastically escalated its usual bellicose…
From the blog Healthy Living: Juicing and smoothies are all the rage right now. While both can boost your fruit and vegetable intake and are great for getting a variety of produce into your diet, one is the better choice.
From Yahoo! Finance: Bill Gates became the world's richest person today, the first time he has held the title since 2007. His fortune was valued at $72.7 billion at 4 p.m. in New York, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires ...
Even non-soccer fans know how hooliganism can quickly turn a harmless match into a veritable war zone, full of riots, stabbings, even death. To help keep the peace at the 2014 W...
Jason Gay, sportswriter extraordinaire for The Wall Street Journal, this week offered up 29 Rules for College Grads. And his first rule was this: “Relax. Nobody expects anything from you for the first 80 to 90 years.”
Homes at Villa Trieste located in Summerlin Centre Village are seen in April. San Francisco-based Trulia said in a Tuesday report that local home prices are 24 percent below what's justified by market fundamentals.
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From the blog The Exchange: You can tell a lot about somebody by the way they manage their money. So the latest financial-disclosure details from Barack and Michelle Obama provide fresh insights into the character of the world’s leading power couple. The Obamas…
Watch the video Steak ‘n Shake server receives an over 7000% tip on Yahoo! News . CeCe Bruce, a 2-year server at a Steak ‘n Shake in Indianapolis, Indiana was overwhelmed by a very generous tip left by a regular customer. Miss Jo, who commonly…
The development comes amid growing pressure on the White House to show progress in the effort to catch those who killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans last September 11.
Mass layoffs in the private sector are down significantly--but pink slips are still plentiful in California. In fact, The Golden State is home to five of the 10 metro areas with the largest number of major layoffs in the first quarter of 2013.
The nation's tax collectors have long made it a practice to look for discrepancies, omissions and suspicious activity to uncover tax evasion and fraud. And lately, the IRS has expanded its monitoring to include social media.
Republicans are worried one thing could screw up the political gift of three Obama administration controversies at once: fellow Republicans. Top GOP leaders are privately warning members to put a sock in it when it comes to silly calls for impeachment or over-the-top…
House immigration negotiators emerged from a meeting Thursday with an agreement “in principle,” and plan to turn their attention to drafting a comprehensive reform bill. Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) made the announcement after the two-hour meeting. He declined to elaborate on the details…
The IRS official who led the tax-exempt organizations unit when Tea Party groups were targeted is now in charge of the IRS office responsible for ObamaCare, two Capitol Hill sources told Fox News.
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