WASHINGTON (AP) -- The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses. It's not clear, however, how Republicans can best capitalize on Democrats' woes, legislatively or politically....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian government forces pushed deeper into a strategic opposition-held town near the Lebanese border Monday, battling rebels in fierce street fighting, state-media reported. An activist group said at least 23 elite fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group fighting alongside regime troops have been killed in the clashes....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has roiled the Pentagon and been condemned by President Barack Obama as ""shameful and disgraceful."...
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A string of car bombs and shootings killed at least 57 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting in the country....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Long Island college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer....
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) -- Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left of the community she called home....
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut commuters planned for long, slow trips to and from work Monday following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City....
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) -- It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million....
A Dallas Firefighter is Trapped inside Massive Northeast Dallas Condo Complex Dallas Observer (blog) A good chunk of the Heartwood Condominiums is a total loss at this point. The Northeast Dallas complex has been consumed in a massive, six-alarm fire that broke out there early this morning, bringing dozens of firetrucks to the intersection of Abrams and ...
Oklahoma tornadoes - in pictures The Guardian A massive storm front swept north through the central US, from Texas to Minnesota, creating tornadoes and bringing with it hail and blinding rain, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City.
Gunmen shoot into Calif. home, 10-year-old killed Kansas City Star SAN FRANCISCO - Authorities were searching for at least two gunmen who walked up to the door of a Northern California home and opened fire, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring her parents.
China asks NKorea to release fishing boat, crew Boston Herald BEIJING - China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies.
Battle for Strategic Syrian City Rages On New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon - Fighting raged on Monday in the strategic Syrian city of Qusayr, as the government unleashed new airstrikes and rebels resisted fiercely in parts of the city even as their makeshift hospitals overflowed with wounded, Syrian opposition ...
Yahoo to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash Reuters India Mon May 20, 2013 6:04pm IST. REUTERS - Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) said it is acquiring blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, a bold bet by Chief Executive Marissa Mayer to revitalize the struggling Internet pioneer by co-opting a Web property with strong ...
Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash Independent Online Hundreds of meteoroid impacts on the moon, detected by Nasa's lunar monitoring program, are pictured in this undated Nasa handout photo.
$590 Million Powerball Ticket Sold in Florida ABC News Now, to the latest on that winning ticket. Almost $600 million, the largest jackpot in powerball history. Will the lucky winner come forward today?
