San Francisco Chronicle Powerball drawing follows late ticket-buying rushBoston.comDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's all about the odds. With four out of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes.Winning numbers [...]
New York Daily News Cops fired bullet that killed Hofstra student Andrea Rebello during botched …New York Daily NewsThe bullet that killed a beautiful Hofstra University student — while the terrified woman was being held hostage by an armed gunman — was fired by a Nassau County cop, authorities said Saturday night. Officials revealed the [...]
ABC News Crash derails travel plansBoston HeraldDerailed train passengers were scrambling yesterday to make alternate travel plans after two packed commuter trains collided outside Bridgeport, Conn., injuring 72 people and smashing the rail lines that serve one of the nation's busiest transit corridors.Connecticut train route closed in probeSan Francisco ChronicleOfficial: Broken rail eyed in Conn. [...]
ABC News Attorney angrily defends handling of OJ Simpson caseLos Angeles TimesLAS VEGAS — Over a day of often-vitriolic cross examination, O.J. Simpson's former defense attorney faced a barrage of pointed challenges that his representation was so shoddy and even duplicitous that the fallen football star deserves a new trial in a 2008 …OJ Simpson's [...]
New York Daily News Bay Staters hope to hit jackpotBoston HeraldPowerball mania has pushed tonight's jackpot to a job-quitting, island-buying $600 million — the third largest in Lottery history — leaving would-be millionaires racing to corner stores. “It's practically nonstop,” said Brandon Laporte, who works at the Howe …$600 million Powerball jackpot attracts a crowdPittsburgh [...]
Philly.com Amtrak Halts New York-Boston Line as Commuter Crash Hurts DozensBusinessweekTwo Metro-North Railroad commuter trains collided today in Bridgeport, Connecticut, injuring dozens of people and halting Amtrak service between New York and Boston in one of the worst U.S. rail accidents since 2008. Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy …Conn. Commuter Trains Collide; 60 Go to HospitalsABC [...]
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NPR Bipartisan group in House reaches deal on immigrationBuffalo NewsBefore bipartisan group announced deal, House Speaker John Boehner cites concern about ability to resolve “difficult issues” on immigration. Getty Images. By Erica Werner. ASSOCIATED PRESS. on May 17, 2013 – 12:30 AM. WASHINGTON – A bipartisan …Bipartisan House Group Reaches Preliminary Immigration DealNew York Times [...]
New York Daily News Head of Fort Campbell Harassment Program ArrestedABC NewsThe manager of the sexual harassment and assault response program at Fort Campbell, Ky., was arrested in a domestic dispute and relieved of his post, authorities said Thursday. Lt. Col. Darin Haas (HAHZ') turned himself in to police in Clarksville, Tenn., …Fort Campbell sexual [...]
San Francisco Chronicle Man in Much-Viewed Web Video Is Arrested in Connection With New Jersey KillingNew York TimesA hitchhiker who became an Internet sensation early this year when he used a hatchet to hit a man who had struck a utility worker with his car was arrested on Thursday night, on charges that he killed [...]