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  • Veteran DB Charles Woodson returns to Raiders

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:29pm

    (AP) — Charles Woodson is coming back home to Oakland.

  • Asia stocks rise as Fed official backs easy policy

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:22pm

    (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after investor confidence was boosted by a Federal Reserve official's comments that the U.S. central bank should stick with its super-easy monetary policy.

  • Singer Kellie Pickler named new 'Dancing' champ

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:13pm

    (AP) — Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first.

  • Garcia apologizes for "fried chicken" remark

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:05pm

    Sergio Garcia apologized for saying he would "serve fried chicken" while making a joke about having Tiger Woods over for dinner.

  • Senate panel approves immigration bill

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:05pm

    (AP) — Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.

  • Garcia, Woods take their shots at each other

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:01pm

    (AP) — Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia don't like each other, and they're making no effort to disguise their feelings.

  • Search for Okla. tornado survivors nearly complete

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:54pm

    (AP) — Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.

  • Owner: Chinese boat's captain beaten by NKoreans

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:46pm

    (AP) — Gunmen wearing North Korean military uniforms released a Chinese fishing boat after holding its crew for two weeks, beating up the captain and stealing the vessel's fuel, the boat's owner said. He added that the hijackers did not get the 600,000 yuan ($100,000) ransom they had demanded.

  • AP PHOTOS: Devastation, reunion in tornado wake

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:31pm

    Residents sift through the remnants of their homes and parents hug children outside a demolished elementary school. Emergency workers tend to the wounded.

  • Paille's goal puts Bruins on verge of East finals

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:31pm

    (AP) — Daniel Paille snapped a tie with 3:31 left in the third period, and the Boston Bruins put the New York Rangers on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Tuesday night.

  • Cavaliers win NBA draft lottery again

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:29pm

    (AP) — What's not to like? Being in the lottery every year.

  • Portland, Ore., voting on water fluoridation

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:23pm

    (AP) — Oral health and politics collided Tuesday as Portlanders — proudly nonconformist and environmentally minded — decided whether their city remains the largest in the U.S. without public fluoridation.

  • North Korean leader sends 'special envoy' to China

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:19pm

    (AP) — A "special envoy" for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Pyongyang on Wednesday for China, the North's only major political and economic benefactor. State media released few details, but the trip comes at a rocky time in ties between the allies.

  • North Korea says that a "special envoy" for leader Kim Jong Un has left for China

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 9:47pm

    (AP) — North Korea says that a "special envoy" for leader Kim Jong Un has left for China.

  • Library honors Carole King with US pop music prize

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 9:34pm

    (AP) — Carole King isn't done with music — not yet anyway.

  • Lawyer: Feds investigating Susan Powell case

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 9:21pm

    Updated on May 21, 2013 at 9:23pm

    (AP) — The lawyer for the family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell said Tuesday that even as local police close the active part of their investigation into her disappearance, federal authorities continue to review the case — a claim that was denied by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Salt Lake City.

  • Biden: Jewish leaders drove gay marriage changes

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 9:21pm

    (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is praising Jewish leaders for helping change American attitudes about gay marriage and other issues.

  • FBI ID's Benghazi suspects _ but no arrests yet

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 9:04pm

    (AP) — The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers.

  • 10 Things to Know for Wednesday

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 9:01pm

    Updated on May 21, 2013 at 9:02pm

    Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:

  • Canseco player-coach in indy league _ for a series

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 8:59pm

    (AP) — Jose Canseco is back in the independent United League as a player-coach. At least for one series.