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Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:51am

(AP) — Gunmen killed the entire family of an anti-terrorist policeman in Baghdad and a Sunni cleric in the Shiite-majority south on Saturday, part of a wave of attacks across Iraq that left eight dead, said officials.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:28am

(AP) — Syrian activists say that a wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings between rival Islamic militant groups in the northern city of Aleppo risks sparking large-scale internal fighting between rebels.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:17am

(AP) — An Afghan legislator says conservative lawmakers have blocked a law that aims to protect women's freedoms, saying parts of it violate Islamic principles.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 6:02am

(AP) — President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expand the middle class.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 5:30am

(AP) — Wrestling's governing body has approved new rule and constitutional changes aimed at modernizing the sport and keeping it in the Olympics after 2016.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 5:19am

(AP) — Iraqi authorities say gunmen have broken into the house of an anti-terrorism police officer in the southern suburbs of Baghdad, killing five people including him and his sleeping family.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:49am

(AP) — Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory once again.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:42am

(AP) — Former Olympics champion Poul-Erik Hoyer has pledged to improve the image of badminton after winning the presidency of the sport's world governing body.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:15am

(AP) — French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:59am

(AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters. Pyongyang routinely test-launches such missiles.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:49am

(AP) — Motorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan, an official said Saturday.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:49am

(AP) — Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:47am

(AP) — Flashy skirts, fake tans, fur and feathers: It's the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:44am

(AP) — An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which also features a bizarre opera pop number from Romania and an Armenian rock song written by the guitarist of Black Sabbath.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:27am

(AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:19am

(AP) — A pair of tamed but persistent wildfires still burned in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 after a wild week of burning brush in the area north of Los Angeles.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:16am

(AP) — Dan Bylsma has spent more than four years watching Sidney Crosby be Sidney Crosby.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:14am

(AP) — The last thing Keegan Bradley wanted to do at the 18th hole with a cozy lead was flirt with the water on the left.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:13am

(AP) — There are only two outcomes when it comes to Saturday's Preakness Stakes — either the Kentucky Derby winner Orb wins the race to set up a Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes in three weeks, or another horse pulls an upset and prevents a shot at history.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:12am

(AP) — Orb is ready for his whirl at history.