Jurors in George Zimmerman case will stay anonymous, judge rules
The identities of potential jurors in the Florida trial of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of murdering teenager Trayvon Martin, will be kept confidential, the presiding...
View ArticlePhiladelphia building collapse: Search goes on; death toll at 6
Nearly a day after six people died when a four-story building collapsed in downtown Philadelphia, rescuers returned to the site hoping for a miracle rescue, such as the one of a 61-year-old woman...
View Article14th survivor pulled from rubble of Philadelphia building
PHILADELPHIA — Searchers found a woman buried beneath the rubble of a collapsed building early Thursday and took her to a hospital. Philadelphia Deputy Fire Chief Robert Coyne said 61-year-old Myra...
View ArticleAndrea, year's 1st named storm, heads to Fla.; other states warned
Andrea, the first named storm of the season, worked its way through the Gulf of Mexico toward the Florida coast Thursday, pushing heavy rains and bringing the possibility of scattered tornadoes. The...
View ArticlePennsylvania girl given opportunity for adult lung transplant
A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl has been given a chance at a transplant that could save her life after a judge ordered that the desperately ill child be added to the list of those hoping to receive an...
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Winning numbers of $600-million Powerball drawing announced
The winning numbers of Saturday’s Powerball drawing – with a jackpot estimated at $600 million – are 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and Powerball 11. Lottery officials have not announced whether there were any...
View ArticlePowerball: Long lines as $600-million jackpot grows
Powerball fever continued Saturday as people purchased $2 tickets ahead of this evening's Powerball draw that is expected to exceed $600 million. WINNING NUMBERS: Powerball drawing Lines were forming...
View ArticlePreakness notes: A different kind of trainer helped Gary Stevens
BALTIMORE — Gary Stevens on Saturday became the oldest jockey to win the Preakness, and the Hall of Famer has Clark Masterson to thank. Masterson, a personal trainer based in Bellevue, Wash., helped...
View ArticlePowerball jackpot resets to $40 million after record draw
And now the Powerball jackpot is back to a paltry $40 million. Thousands of California players woke up Sunday morning disappointed to discover that, in fact, they did not live in the small town of...
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S.F. tenants win a battle over rental conversions
— They are two of the faces of this city's housing crisis. Cindy Zhao, 48, works two jobs to keep her dream of home ownership afloat. Like thousands here, she bought a flat in a tenancy-in-common — a...
View ArticleCurtis Tarr dies at 88; switched military draft to lottery system
Curtis Tarr, the director of the U.S. Selective Service System who altered the lottery for the draft during the Vietnam War to make the process more random, died June 21 of pneumonia at his home in...
View ArticleFive things to know about the Tour de France
MONTPELLIER, France — Here are five things to know as the Tour de France enters its seventh stage Friday: 1. LOTTO'S LOTTERY: Thursday provided mixed fortunes and emotions for the Lotto-Belisol squad....
View ArticleSummer is scam season
Summer is here, people are traveling and scammers are turning up the heat. I'm talking about what the Federal Trade Commission calls family emergency scams, often known as the grandparent scam because...
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