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Sheila Sutton updates the Powerball prize money sign at the Super C convenience store in Lincoln, Neb., Friday, May 17, 2013. Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. Sutton sold a million dollar powerball ticket on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Lay Down Rules With Powerball Office Pools

Saturday, May 18, 2013

In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream. The office lottery pool is a way to improve your odds and have a little fun with co-workers. And besides, who wants to be the only person at work the next day when everyone quits? With $600 million …

FILE - In this May 18, 2012, file photo, provided by Facebook, Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, rings the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market, from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Amid the hype and excitement surrounding Facebook's initial public offering, there were looming doubts. Potential investors wondered whether the social network could continue growing its advertising revenue without alienating users. One year later, much has changed at Facebook in a year, including the addition of mobile advertisements, the launch of a search feature and the unveiling of a branded smartphone. (AP Photo/Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla, File)

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Zac Anaya, from left, James Sheehan, Dan Douglas and Ryan Day lead a procession from the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity house to the University of New Mexico's Alumni Memorial Chapel for a memorial service in honor of their fraternity brother Christian Gurule, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in Albuquerque, N.M. Gurule was killed in a car accident, near the Norbertine Community of Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey, at Coors and Pajarito Road on Monday. (AP Photo/Albuquerque Journal, Marla Brose)

Mom Chases Down Child Abductor Man Arrested

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Albuquerque, n.m. — A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt and the arrest of the suspect, Albuquerque police said Thursday. The young girl was playing in her yard at St. Anthony’s Plaza Apartments in Albuquerque’s North Valley about 6:30 …

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Family members talk with a Cabot Funeral Home employee at the scene of an accident that killed Norma Sawyer, of Bridgewater, in Woodstock yesterday. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Another Route 4 Tragedy: Bridgewater Woman, 84, Is Fourth to Die on Road Since March
Volunteer Wendy WIndsor, of Hartford, talks over dress choices with Hartford High School senior Jordan Schaal, 18, while volunteer Betsy Durkee ,of Lebanon, back left, mends a dress and Hartford senior Rhyan Mavilla, back right, searches the racks at the Cinderella Project shop in the Raq-On Dance Studio on the Lebanon Mall Wednesday. The Upper Valley Cinderella Project is an all-volunteer effort providing a choice of about 250 donated prom dresses to girls attending the spring dances throughout the Upper Valley. The shop is open Wednesdays from 5 - 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 - 2 p.m. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Preparing for Prom
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Stricter Drunken Driving Rules Urged

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Washington — The National Transportation Safety Board recommended yesterday that states lower their threshold for drunken driving with the goal of reducing alcohol-related fatal crashes, which have held steady for much of the past 15 years. The board voted 5-0 to encourage states to change the minimum blood …

Chinese ‘Censors’ Watch Endless Porn

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Beijing — In the annals of bizarre bureaucratic desk jobs, the Chinese government may have all others beat. Officials in charge of censoring pornography for the southern province of Hunan gave a rare and revealing peek into the strange (and quite possibly libido-numbing) demands of their job in …

CBO: Federal Deficit Shrinking Faster Than Expected

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Washington — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government’s long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said yesterday, in a report that could strengthen the Obama administration’s hand in the budget battles with congressional Republicans. The budget …

IRS Scandal To Be Probed For Crimes

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Washington — The Justice Department is investigating the Internal Revenue Service for targeting tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status, Attorney General Eric Holder said yesterday, widening a probe that includes investigations by three committees in Congress. Ineffective management at the IRS …

Russia Expels a U.S. Diplomat Accused of Recruiting Spies

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Moscow — An American diplomat accused by Russia of spying for the CIA was ordered to leave the country yesterday after a highly publicized arrest that seemed designed to embarrass the United States and its premier intelligence service. The expulsion of Ryan Fogle was announced by the Russian …

Report: Ambassador Said No to Security

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Cairo — In the month before attackers stormed U.S. facilities in Benghazi and killed four Americans, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens twice turned down offers of security assistance made by the senior U.S. military official in the region in response to concerns that Stevens had raised in a still-secret …

FILE - This Feb. 26, 2012 file photo shows actress Angelina Jolie, right, and actor Brad Pitt at the 84th Academy Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in an op-ed she authored for Tuesday's New York Times under the headline, "My Medical Choice." She writes that between early February and late April she completed three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, file)

Jolie’s Mastectomy Puts Focus on Agonizing Choice

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

What does it mean when Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood actress and activist who epitomizes beauty and sexual power, tells the world that she’s just had a double mastectomy? It’s almost as if Marilyn Monroe announced she had her …

Garcon, This Cricket In My Crepe is Delicious

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Paris — French chef David Faure says diners don’t complain about the crickets he started serving with his foie gras starter last month. Some say they wouldn’t mind more. Faure, who runs the Michelin-starred restaurant Aphrodite in Nice, praises the popcorn flavor of crickets and the nutty tones …

Thousands filled the Minnesota State Capitol as they waited for word that the Senate had passed the gay marriage bill Monday, May 13, 2013 in St. Paul, Minn. The bill now goes to the governor who is expected to sign it. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Bangladesh Safety Accord Backed by Large Retailers

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

New York — Some of the world’s largest retailers have agreed to a first-of-its-kind pact to improve safety at some of Bangladesh’s garment factories. The move comes nearly three weeks after a building collapse in the country killed …

Philly abortion doctor guilty in 3 babies’ deaths

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Philadelphia — An abortion doctor was convicted yesterday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy, “house of horrors” clinic. In a case that became a grisly flashpoint in the nation’s …