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Powerball
47 minutes ago

Winning $590.5 Million Powerball Ticket Sold in Florida

Winning $590.5 Million Powerball Ticket Sold in FloridaGetty Images
A Powerball ticket sold in Florida Saturday evening matched all six numbers drawn, according to the Powerball website. The winning numbers in Saturday's $600 million Powerball drawing were: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 with a Powerball of 11. The jackpot was a record for Powerball and the second largest U.S. lottery pot in history. The lump sum cash prize is an estimated $376.9 million before taxes. The odd of winning the big prize were pretty small -- 1 in 175.2 million -- but that didn't discourage Americans across the country from purchasing about 80 percent of all possible combinations, NBC News reported. Read »
metro-north
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 6:17 PM

FBI Rules Out Foul Play in Connecticut Train Crash

FBI Rules Out Foul Play in Connecticut Train Crash
The FBI has ruled out foul play in their investigation into Friday night's rush hour train crash in Connecticut that injured 72 people. National Transportation Safety Board officials are looking into a broken part of the rail that underwent repairs last month, but have not determined whether it was a pre-existing fracture or if it occurred as a result of the accident, according to NTSB spokesperson Earl Weener, who provided an update at a news conference on Saturday afternoon. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy and other officials spoke at a news conference hours earlier and described a grisly scene after a commuter train derailed and was hit by an oncoming train. "The damage is absolutely staggering," said Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal. "Ribbons on the sides of cars are torn away like ribbons of clothes." The eastbound Metro-North train derailed just after 6:00 p.m. and was hit by a westbound train between the Bridgeport and Fairfield stations, officials said. Read »
Dog
Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 1:36 AM

Dognapped Yorkie Found Safe Near Home

Dognapped Yorkie Found Safe Near Home
A deaf 11-year-old mini Yorkie that was snatched by dognappers who demanded $1,000 from his owners was safely dropped off near his owner's home on Saturday, according to NBC Los Angeles. Someone driving a white car with tinted windows dropped off the dog named Walter. A woman who had been walking her own dog spotted Walter and called his owners with the number listed on his dog tag. Walter was last seen Thursday afternoon before he was stolen. Read »
Preakness
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 10:53 PM

Orb Denied: Oxbow Wins Preakness in Upset

Orb Denied: Oxbow Wins Preakness in UpsetAP
History will have to wait at least one more year. Orb, the Kentucky Derby champion who many hoped would become the first Triple Crown winner in 35 years, finished fourth in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, as 15-1 longshot Oxbow pulled off a surprise wire-to-wire win. "It's so special," said Oxbow jockey Gary Stevens, who came out of retirement this year at age 50. "We were kind of flying under the radar after the Derby. Didn't get a lot of respect." Oxbow trainer D. Wayne Lukas seemed to take pleasure from dashing Orb's Triple Crown hopes. "I get paid to spoil dreams," Lukas said. Click through for the full story. Read »
NBCNews.com
42 minutes ago

President of Syria Says "No Dialogue with Terrorists"

AP Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview that peace talks with Syria would not reduce terrorism in the country and that it is unrealistic to believe they will succeed, according to Reuters. The interview, published in Argentine newspaper Clarin on Saturday, reports Assad discussing interventions with Syria proposed by the United States and Russia. He said the talks are not likely to help the conflicted country that has been in a state of war for the past two years. "There is confusion in the world between a political solution and terrorism," Assad said. "They think a political conference will halt terrorists in the country. That is unrealistic." Assad also said he would not resign and that the opposition was too divided to negotiate any form of agreement. "No dialogue with terrorists," he said. Clips of the interview are posted on Clarin's website. Get More at NBC News

NBCNews.com
3 hours ago

Female Politician Killed in Pakistan

AP A senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan was killed by gunmen Saturday night, according to Reuters. It is not clear who shot Zohra Shahid Hussain of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party as of yet. The PTI endeavors to lessen endemic corruption in the country. PTI leader Imran Khan immediately blamed the killing on the Muttahida Quami Movement. The MQM has a grip on politics in Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi. He also said police claimed two gunmen shot Hussain dead outside her home. The death is the latest act of violence to occur around the election campaign in which Nawaz Sharif claimed victory. Around 150 were killed leading up to the elections last week. Results are still pending from constituencies that have been accused of rigging votes. The death of Shahid Hussain occurred hours before a re-polling took place in an area accused of fraudulent voting. Get More at NBC News

NBCNews.com
2 hours ago

Congress Considers Making Cuts to Food Stamps

NBC10 Philadelphia Almost 47 million people, or one out of every seven Americans, uses food stamps for some of their daily food consumption, according to the Department of Agriculture, NBC News reported. Heated battles are occurring on Capitol Hill over possible cuts to the food stamp program. However, ever since the financial collapse of 2008 the number of people relying on the program has risen almost 70 percent which has in turn caused costs to rise from $35 billion in 2007 to $80 billion last year. As the economy gets healthier, food stamp usage has not declined. Legislation now pushing through Congress would lower funding by billions of dollars to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as food stamps. Last week, a Senate committee approved a $4.1 billion cut from the program over a 10 year period and a House committee supported cuts five times as big. Get More at NBC News

hofstra university shot killed home invasion
2 hours ago

Hofstra Student Was Killed by Police Gunshot: Officials

Hofstra Student Was Killed by Police Gunshot: OfficialsFacebook/NBC 4 New York
The 21-year-old Hofstra student who was killed during a Long Island home invasion was shot dead by a police officer as the gunman had her in a headlock and was trying to drag her out of the house, officials said Saturday. Nassau County Police said at a news conference that the student, Andrea Rebello, was killed by police. An officer shot eight rounds, seven of which hit the suspect Dalton Smith, 30, and one that hit Rebello in the head, police said. Read »
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 5:52 PM
 

I get paid to spoil dreams.  

— Oxbow trainer D. Wayne Lukas after his horse won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.
Damascus
2 hours ago

Up to 60 Injured After Car Drives Into Va. Parade

Up to 60 Injured After Car Drives Into Va. ParadeWCYB-TV
Up to 60 people were injured Saturday after a car drove into a group of hikers at a parade in Virginia, an emergency official told The Associated Press. There have been no reports of fatalities, but at least three people were reportedly flown out to hospitals via helicopter. The status of the driver wasn't released. Multiple witnesses described him as an elderly man.The accident occurred around 2:30 p.m. Saturday during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival, an annual celebration of the Appalachian Trail in Damascus, a small mountain town near the Tennessee state line about a half-hour drive east of Bristol. Read »
nyc
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 7:36 PM

Man Fatally Shot in Head in NYC's Greenwich Village Investigated as Hate Crime: Police

Man Fatally Shot in Head in NYC's Greenwich Village Investigated as Hate Crime: PoliceNBCNewYork
New York City authorities are investigating the deadly overnight shooting of a 32-year-old man in Greenwich Village as a hate crime after detectives learned the suspect taken into custody at the scene may have made anti-gay remarks to the victim before pulling the trigger, authorities said. Law enforcement officials say victim Marc Carson and a friend were near a 99 Cent Pizza shop on Sixth Avenue around midnight when the suspect, who was with two other men, hurled anti-gay slurs at them. Carson made some remarks in response to the suspect's taunts and walked away, law enforcement sources said. A short time later, the suspect, who was by himself, confronted Carson and his friend again near a building on West Eighth Street, and words were exchanged for a second time, law enforcement officials said. Then the suspect allegedly pulled out a .38 caliber revolver and shot Carson in the face, killing him. Read »
France
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 7:54 AM

France Becomes 14th Country to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

Getty France became the 14th country to legalize same-sex weddings after French President Francois Hollande signed a bill into law extending the right to marry to gay couples, according to NBC News. The legislation is one of the biggest social reforms the country has witnessed since abolishing the death penalty in 1981. The bill, which had been pledged by the Socialist president, had sparked much debating from conservatives in France. Opponents of the bill have engaged in heated protests, some of which have been violent. Frigide Barjot, a political activist and humorist, has said a protest is slated for May 29 will draw millions into the streets. However, polls show that more than half of the country supported gay marriage. Get More at NBC News

Newark
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 10:46 AM

Plane Makes Belly Landing at Newark Airport

Plane Makes Belly Landing at Newark AirportNBCNewYork
An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported. US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson tells The Associated Press that a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m. Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing gear retracted at about 1 a.m. Saturday. Anderson said the flight, being operated by Piedmont Airlines, was carrying 31 passengers and three crew members. He says the plane circled Newark in a holding pattern while working to get the gear down. After several failed attempts to get the gear down, the plane landed on its belly. Anderson says the passengers were evacuated to the terminal by bus. He says US Airways is cooperating with the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the incident. Read »
north korea
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 7:13 AM

North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles

AP North Korea shot three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, according to NBC News. North Korea fired two missiles in the morning and one in the afternoon, however, the intention behind the firings is unknown. A Japanese government source said none of the missiles ended up in Japan's territorial waters. It is not uncommon for the country to perform routine tests of such missiles. The tension that existed on the Korean peninsula has fallen over the past month. North Korea has previously released a series of escalating threats of nuclear war after the U.N. imposed tougher sanctions on Pyongyang following its third nuclear test in February. During this time, South Korea reported that the North had transferred missile launchers to its east coast for a possible medium-range missile launch. Get More at NBC News

NBCNews.com
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 8:07 PM

Plains States on Edge Under Tornado Watches


Severe storm warnings have been issued for parts of Nebraska and Kansas, and the storm could spread to Oklahoma City by early Monday. Residents are bracing for heavy downpours and potentially strong winds. Get More at NBC News

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