The Wire

  • Inaugural tournament cut to 54 holes

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:00pm

    (AP) — The LPGA Tour's first trip to Paradise Island is being cut short by rain.

  • One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 5:00pm

    (AP) — Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. It was as if the storm outside were a living, breathing thing — and it was trying desperately to get in.

  • Jennifer Lopez to open cellphone stores

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:56pm

    (AP) — "Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her.

  • Kerry: US, allies ready to step up aid to rebels

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:56pm

    (AP) — The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the Assad regime's military gains and Washington still unwilling to join those providing the rebels with lethal military aid.

  • A divided Fed wrestles with when to slow bond buys

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:50pm

    (AP) — The Federal Reserve is torn over when to slow its aggressive efforts to stimulate the economy.

  • Obama to honor Carole King at White House concert

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:49pm

    (AP) — President Barack Obama is showing singer-songwriter Carole King that she has friends at the White House.

  • Twitter adds security measure to logins

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:49pm

    (AP) — Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users' accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins.

  • Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:48pm

    (AP) — A key House committee chairman on Wednesday sharply criticized a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee, underscoring the difficulties ahead as the politically volatile measure moves forward in a divided Congress.

  • Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:46pm

    (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states.

  • Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:41pm

    (AP) — Electric car maker Tesla Motors says it has repaid a loan from the U.S. government nine years early.

  • FDA panel backs experimental Merck insomnia drug

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:39pm

    (AP) — A federal panel of medical experts says that an experimental insomnia drug from Merck & Co Inc. appears safe and effective, despite evidence from company trials that the pill can cause daytime sleepiness and difficulty driving.

  • AG: 4 Americans killed since 2009 in drone strikes

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:39pm

    (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009.

  • Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:39pm

    (AP) — A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot to death early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said.

  • Egypt leader claims victory in captives' release

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:39pm

    (AP) — The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government is mismanaging the country.

  • Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:38pm

    (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America has started its meeting in which members of its national council are to decide whether to change the group's long-standing ban on openly gay boys.

  • Judge apologizes for lag in unsealing documents

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:37pm

    (AP) — A federal judge is apologizing for an 18-month delay in unsealing documents in a case involving an alleged leak of classified information to a reporter.

  • Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:30pm

    (AP) — The Vatican took another step Wednesday to show greater financial transparency by publishing the first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announcing new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing.

  • Senators warm to transportation nominee

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:27pm

    (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee for transportation secretary is getting a friendly reception from senators of both parties laced with warnings that the nation needs to make a host of transportation improvements with no clear way to pay for them.

  • Judge seals affidavit of Maine man in teen's death

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:27pm

    (AP) — Police laid out their case Wednesday against a man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl whose body was found in a wooded area miles from her home, but the details remained hidden from public view after a judge sealed a crucial affidavit at the request of the suspect's lawyer.

  • Man who kidnapped 2 Iowa girls had long record

    Posted on May 22, 2013 at 4:25pm

    (AP) — When Michael Klunder enticed two girls to enter his pickup truck near a rural Iowa school bus stop Monday, it was at least his third kidnapping in a long criminal history in which he was ordered to receive sex offender treatment as a teenager, according to police.