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Lottery TIcket Worth $2.3 Million Sold in San Jose
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Lottery TIcket Worth $2.3 Million Sold in San Jose

Lottery officials list their lucky retailers which include several convenience stores that have a history of selling winning tickets. Read »

6 hours ago
Report: Yahoo Board Approves $1.1B Acquisition of Tumblr

Report: Yahoo Board Approves $1.1B Acquisition of Tumblr

Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as... Read »

4 hours ago
White House Defends IRS Handling, McConnell Asserts

White House Defends IRS Handling, McConnell Asserts "Culture...

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said the IRS scandal reflects a "culture of intimidation" from the... Read »

5 hours ago
Police Kill Armed Man Vandalizing Patrol Cars

Police Kill Armed Man Vandalizing Patrol Cars

Police officers fatally shot a machete-wielding man who was allegedly smashing patrol car windows in front of... Read »

2 hours ago
Yahoo Board Approves $1.1B Acquisition of Tumblr

Yahoo Board Approves $1.1B Acquisition of Tumblr

Yahoo's board of directors met Sunday and approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of online content-sharing... Read »

2 hours ago
Some Lipstick, Lip Gloss Products Contain Lead

Some Lipstick, Lip Gloss Products Contain Lead

Some common cosmetics contain harmful substances, according to a UC Berkeley study. Read »

2 hours ago
Five-Year-Old Fell From Window in San Francisco

Five-Year-Old Fell From Window in San Francisco

A five-year-old child was hospitalized after falling out of a window in San Francisco's Sunset District this morning... Read »

2 hours ago
Napa Taco Bell Robbed

Napa Taco Bell Robbed

Napa police are looking for the person who punched and robbed a Taco Bell employee Sunday morning. Read »

2 hours ago
Delays to Construction Projects Hit German Reputation for Efficiency

Delays to Construction Projects Hit German Reputation for Efficiency

Germany's world-famous reputation for being efficient is in jeopardy after a catalog of problems are... Read »

2 hours ago
Tens of Thousands Run and Celebrate in San Francisco's Bay to Breakers

Tens of Thousands Run and Celebrate in San Francisco's Bay to Breakers

More than 30,000 people, many of them dressed in costumes, participated in the 102nd annual Bay to Breakers... Read »

2 hours ago
Amtrak Train Derails in Chicago, Leads to Delays, Cancellations

Amtrak Train Derails in Chicago, Leads to Delays, Cancellations

An Amtrak train traveling from New Orleans to Chicago derailed Sunday with at least 197 passengers on... Read »

3 hours ago
WATCH: Obama Delivers Commencement Address at Morehouse College

WATCH: Obama Delivers Commencement Address at Morehouse College

President Obama speaks to the class of 2013 at Morehouse College. Read »

5 hours ago
Plains States Brace For Tornadoes

Plains States Brace For Tornadoes

A severe weather outbreak is expected as the threat of tornadoes ramped up Sunday, and metropolitan areas from... Read »

May 19, 2013
Clean-Up Begins at the Connecticut Train Crash Site

Clean-Up Begins at the Connecticut Train Crash Site

The MTA says that the clean-up process has begun at the Metro-North Railroad crash site after Friday's rush... Watch »

23 minutes ago
Navy Pier Worker Sets New Ferris Wheel World Record

Navy Pier Worker Sets New Ferris Wheel World Record

The world record for longest ride on a Ferris wheel was broken over the weekend at Chicago's Navy Pier,... Watch »

6 minutes ago
Al Qaeda Supporters Fight with Police in Tunisia

Al Qaeda Supporters Fight with Police in Tunisia

Supporters of the stout Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia fought with Tunisian Police after their annual rally... Read »

May 19, 2013
IRS Chief:

IRS Chief: "Foolish Mistakes" Behind Scandal

Outgoing IRS chief Steven Miller Friday blamed "foolish mistakes" for the agency's targeting of conservative... Watch »

May 18, 2013
More Young People Having Strokes, Study Says

More Young People Having Strokes, Study Says

A recent study in the journal Neurology found that the proportion of young people who are having strokes... Read »

May 19, 2013
David Beckham Plays Emotional Final Match

David Beckham Plays Emotional Final Match

Never a stranger to the big stage, David Beckham was finally overwhelmed and reduced to tears as he went out in... Read »

May 19, 2013
President of Syria Says

President of Syria Says "No Dialogue with Terrorists"

Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview that peace talks for Syria would not reduce terrorism in... Read »

May 19, 2013
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