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Posted on May 18, 2013 at 9:29am

(AP) — An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, 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 9:25am

(AP) — A little more than a year 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 9:20am

(AP) — The office of Syria's deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa province.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 9:11am

(AP) — There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 9:11am

(AP) — Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart attack.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 9:06am

(AP) — All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. The 3-year-old colt will take on eight challengers in the second leg of the Triple Crown. If he wins, Orb will attempt to become the first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978 at the Belmont Stakes on June 8. In the Preakness, Orb will be facing five horses he defeated in the Derby and three who did not run in the race.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 8:40am

(AP) — Police officials say gunmen have kidnapped eight Iraqi policemen who were guarding a post on the main highway to Jordan and Syria.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 8:36am

(AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, has discussed with Pope Francis how Europe's economy should better serve people.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 8:36am

(AP) — A wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings between rival Islamic militant groups in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo risks sparking large-scale internal fighting between rebels after clashes killed at least four militants earlier this week, activists said Saturday.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 8:26am

(AP) — Serbian police say Predrag Danilovic, who played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, is seriously injured after being stabbed in a fight.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 8:01am

(AP) — Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that injured 70 people.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 7:51am

(AP) — Ryder Cup-winning teammates Graeme McDowell, Nicolas Colsaerts and Francesco Molinari are through to the quarterfinals of the World Match Play Championship.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 7:49am

(AP) — A week out from the French Open, Serena Williams is one victory away from winning her fourth consecutive title this year.

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 4:42am

(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.