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Winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Florida - USA Today - USA TODAY
Even if you didn't nab that grand prize, players should check their tickets to see if they won one of the lesser prizes, which could be as high as $2 million. powerball tix. Kelly Branscom buys 2 Powerball lottery tickets from a walk up window at a H... |
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Hofstra student was killed by police, authorities say - Fox News
MINEOLA, N.Y. – A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Junior public... |
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Car plows into parade crowd, trapping some underneath - CNN International
(CNN) -- A 1997 Cadillac plowed into a parade crowd in Virginia, injuring dozens of spectators and leaving others pinned underneath the car. The accident Saturday injured up to 60 people, with 10 hospitalized, but none of the injuries appeared... |
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Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup - Seattle Post Intelligencer
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Investigators will look closely at a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the commuter train derailment and collision outside New York City that left dozens injured, as the focus begins to shift toward cle... |
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North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row - Reuters
By Jane Chung. SEOUL | Sun May 19, 2013 6:19am EDT. SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast on Sunday, a day after launching three of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said, ignoring calls for restraint... |
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Pakistan holds re-vote in Karachi despite killing - USA Today - USA TODAY
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan is holding a repeat election in an upmarket area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging. The vote is going ahead Sunday despite the shooting death of a senior member of... |
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Palestinian scales Mt. Everest - Ynetnews
Four alpinists from Arab countries scaled Mount Everest as part of a 64-man group, thus setting a triple mountain-conquering precedent: The first Palestinian, the first Saudi woman and the first Qatari national to climb to the top of the world's high... |
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Watch the Biggest Explosion Ever Seen on the Moon - Wired
NASA scientists recorded the biggest explosion from a meteorite impact seen on the moon in eight years of monitoring. The lunar burst was caused by a 40-kilogram boulder-sized rock slamming into the surface at about 90,000 kph. It generated a flash 10... |
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Opportunity Breaks NASA's 40-Year Roving Record - Discovery News
After nine years of hard Mars roving, Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity has broken a 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record. On Thursday, the tenacious six-wheeled robot drove 80 meters (263 feet), nudging the total distance traveled since... |
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Requiem for Kepler? NASA's pioneering planet-finder (pictures) - CNET
Since its 2009 launch, NASA's Kepler space telescope has chalked up an impressive list of firsts and logged a tidy tally of newly discovered exoplanets (planets outside our solar system): 132 confirmed, plus another 2,740 unconfirmed "candidates... |
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After ravages of flesh-eating bacteria, Aimee Copeland uses new bionic hands - CNN
(CNN) -- Flesh-eating bacteria amputee Aimee Copeland now uses the latest technology in prosthetic hands to chop vegetables, pick up tiny items like Skittles, and comb and iron press her hair. With the bionic hands, Copeland is looking forward to cleaning... |
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EMA: Benefits Outweigh VTE Risks With Hormone Drugs for Acne - Medscape - Medscape
London, United Kingdom — The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a recommendation that the benefits of the hormonal acne treatment Diane 35 (cyproterone acetate/ethinylestradiol) and its generics outweigh the risks, provided that several... |
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Shocks to the brain improve mathematical abilities - Nature.com
Benefits of electrical brain stimulation lasted months but critics point to study's small size as a weakness. Ewen Callaway. 16 May 2013. A gentle electrical stimulation to the brain improved university students' abilities at performing simple a... |
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Beyoncé pregnant: Singer expecting second child with husband Jay-Z, sources ... - New York Daily News
Queen Bey has another baby on board. Beyoncé Knowles is expecting her second child with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, sources confirmed exclusively to E! News. PHOTOS: WAS BEYONCE PREGNANT ON TOUR? HER HOTTEST MOMENTS... |
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Bassnectar Showers Hangout Fest Fans With Lights And Beach Balls - MTV.com
Freestyle DJ one of many EDM artists at the fest, including Afrojack, Wolfgang Gartner and more to come Sunday. By Elizabeth Lancaster (@LizzyDL). GULF SHORES, Alabama — As if a typical Bassnectar show weren't epic enough, the ante was offi... |
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Eurovision 2013: Denmark win, Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed - what celebs said ... - Mirror.co.uk
People across the UK scoff loads of sweets and popcorn or play drinking games at Eurovision parties every spring. And even celebs get in on the weird and wonderful action of the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Britain had Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler as... |
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House to Vote Yet Again on Repealing Health Care Law - New York Times
WASHINGTON — The 37th time won't be the charm. But House Republicans are charging forward anyway this week on a vote to repeal President Obama's signature health care overhaul, which will put the number of times they have tried to elim... |
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Markey tells supporters Massachusetts is the 'Brain State' - Worcester Telegram
WORCESTER — In one of his first visits to the city since winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. Edward Markey told a crowd of supporters gathered yesterday afternoon in the Straight Up Cafe that he is running on what makes... |
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Ellis: Herseth Sandlin avoids two-way attacks - Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Well, Democrats lost their best chance to retain the only statewide office they hold in South Dakota. When Stephanie Herseth Sandlin declined to run for the Senate seat held by the retiring Tim Johnson, Democrats lost their most electable candidate. That&... |
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Leaning Down: Facebook's Stock At Its IPO Anniversary - Forbes
It has now been one year since Facebook Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rang the bell to open trading on Nasdaq from Menlo Park, Calif., flanked by his cheering chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, and a smiling Robert Greifeld, Nasdaq's CEO, who... |
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Consumer Sentiment Index in U.S. Rose to 83.7 in May from 76.4 - Bloomberg
Americans' confidence in the economy climbed in May to the highest level in almost six years as rising real estate values and record stock prices boosted household wealth. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer... |
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Will American's New Boarding Process Work? It Failed at Virgin America. - Forbes
Give American Airlines credit for trying a new method to board passengers more quickly. Airlines constantly tinker with the boarding process, and this time American says it has found a way to cut an average of two minutes from the 40 minutes to 45 minutes... |
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6 Ways Google Glass Can Supercharge Your Workflow - Terra.com
This is the second in a four-part weekly series as I test Google Glass for personal and business uses. At $1,500, the developer edition of Google Glass might seem like an expensive but ultimately superfluous toy. At least that's how I felt when I fir... |
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Windows 8: 5 Hopeful Signs - InformationWeek
Thanks to new apps and smaller, cheap devices, Windows 8 is primed for a rebound -- if Windows 8.1 delivers. 1 Comments. Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Michael Endler | May 18, 2013 09:06 AM. 8 Free, Must-Have Windows 8 Apps. (click image for ... |
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Aston Martin Shows New Design Direction With One-Off CC100 Concept - Forbes
Aston Martin has splurged on a present for itself as the company celebrates its 100th birthday this year. The British automaker has built a special one-off car called the CC100 Speedster Concept, whose styling pays homage to the legendary Aston Martin... |
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