The Wire
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Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:55pm
(AP) — It's all about the odds.
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Syria state TV: Powerful blast rattles Damascus
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:54pm
(AP) — Syrian state TV says a powerful explosion has hit the nation's capital, causing an unknown number of casualties.
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Russia's Karjakin wins Norway chess tournament
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:52pm
(AP) — Russia's Sergey Karjakin won the €100,000 ($130,000) Norway chess championship on Saturday after drawing against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.
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Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:46pm
(AP) — Pope Francis toured St. Peter's Square to greet tens of thousands of people attending a rally of prayer, music and speeches Saturday, and he embraced the brother of a Pakistani politician who was assassinated in his country after calling for greater religious freedom for Christians there.
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SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:35pm
(AP) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.
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Blasts rock Libya's capital and eastern city
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:27pm
(AP) — Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported.
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Pacers not saying whether Hill play vs. Knicks
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:18pm
Updated on May 18, 2013 at 2:19pm(AP) — The Indiana Pacers won't know until Saturday night whether point guard George Hill will start in Game 6 against New York.
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Official: 'Amazing' no one died in train crash
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:16pm
(AP) — Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.
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Syria's Assad says he won't step down
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:14pm
(AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections are held, rejecting a demand by the country's opposition that any talks on ending the nation's civil war lead to his ouster.
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AP PHOTOS: Palestinians in Egypt exiled, forgotten
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:46pm
(AP) — In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. The 28-year-old and his family walked west for several hundred miles, crossing the Sinai Peninsula before settling in an area around 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Cairo.
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Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:44pm
(AP) — Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.
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A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:44pm
(AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.
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Plane catches fire landing in Moscow; no injuries
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:38pm
Updated on May 18, 2013 at 1:45pm(AP) — Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of its wings and shooting down an evacuation slide.
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Ivory Coast army arrests militia leader
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:32pm
(AP) — A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national park where his forces had been illegally occupying in the country's volatile western region, officials said.
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Chargers, Freeney agree to 2-year deal
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:21pm
(AP) — The San Diego Chargers have agreed to a two-year deal with star pass rusher Dwight Freeney that could be worth $13.35 million.
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Majority of number combos picked for Powerball pot
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:21pm
Updated on May 18, 2013 at 1:22pm(AP) — It's all about the odds.
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Attacks kill 16 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:18pm
Updated on May 18, 2013 at 1:20pm(AP) — A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country.
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Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 12:57pm
(AP) — Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their powerful front flippers to move their bulky frames onto the sand.
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Cannes helps actors Bejo and Rahim cross borders
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 12:57pm
(AP) — The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette.
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Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 12:57pm
(AP) — President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf — in the rain.















































































































