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Small Florida city wonders who won Powerball jackpot

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 11:47 a.m.

White House: Obama was not involved in IRS

WASHINGTON — A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 10:49 a.m.

Obama to speak on legality of drone program

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorm practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 10:37 a.m.

Rail crack looked at in train collision

Damage limits NYC-Boston service

Subscriber onlyOfficials investigating a train collision in Connecticut have ruled out foul play and are studying a rail fracture where a derailed commuter train was struck by another bound for New York City. Continue reading...

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS Posted: at 5:08 a.m.

IRS scrutiny a muddle

Review finds rules, oversight confusion

Subscriber onlyDuring the summer of 2010, the dozen or so accountants and tax agents of Group 7822 of the Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati got a directive from their manager. Continue reading...

By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, MICHAEL LUO AND NICHOLAS CONFESSORE THE NEW YORK TIMES Posted: at 5:08 a.m.

Cattle rustling in state often under the radar

Subscriber onlyMelbourne cattle farmer Hayden Wyatt has watched his herd more closely since someone stole 140 cows and calves from him and his partner a year and a half ago. Continue reading...

By Kenneth Heard Posted: at 4:46 a.m.

In the news

Subscriber onlyAimee Copeland, 25, an Atlanta-area woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease, returned home from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of “bionic” hands with 24 programmable functions that will improve her dexterity, her father said. Continue reading...

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Posted: at 4:43 a.m.

Names and faces

Subscriber onlyJustin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of dollars for his pet monkey’s twomonth stay at an animal shelter after it was seized by German customs, officials said Friday as a deadline expired for him to reclaim the animal. Continue reading...

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: at 4:42 a.m.

TV news shows

Subscriber onlyLineup of guests for today’s TV news shows: ABC’s This Week — White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer; Sen. Robert Menendez, D- N.J.; Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio ; Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.; Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. 9 a.m., KATV, Channel 7, Little Rock. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 4:42 a.m.

The nation in brief

Subscriber onlyQUOTE OF THE DAY “I learned to think the unthinkable. I learned that the most horrific of circumstances can produce the most inspirational and heroic of actions, not just by one single person, but by hundreds of them.” Ed Davis, Boston Police Department commissioner, on what he learned from the Boston Marathon bombings as the department and mayor’s office prepare to review the emergency response Article, this page Continue reading...

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS Posted: at 4:41 a.m.

The world in brief

Subscriber onlyQUOTE OF THE DAY “We continue to urge the North Korean leadership to heed President Obama’s call to choose the path of peace and come into compliance with its international obligations.” Caitlin Hayden, a spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council, after North Korea launched three short-range missiles into the sea Article, 1A Continue reading...

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS Posted: at 4:40 a.m.

Housing and Urban Development to take furloughs

Subscriber onlyThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday that all of its regional and field offices will take furloughs on seven selected Fridays as a result of automatic governmentwide spending cuts, while the Metropolitan Housing Alliance is still considering how to shoulder its budget cuts. Continue reading...

By Claudia Lauer Posted: at 2:23 a.m.

Police say after slurs, 1 shot dead

Subscriber onlyA young man screamed anti-gay slurs at another man on a street Friday night in Greenwich Village, then stalked him before pulling out a silver revolver and fatally shooting him, police said. Continue reading...

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: at 2:22 a.m.

Fed chief: More innovation ahead

Subscriber onlyFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven proved wrong. Continue reading...

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: at 2:22 a.m.

Linguists track words that bridge the millenniums

Subscriber onlyYou, hear me! Give this fire to that old man. Pull the black worm off the bark and give it to the mother. And no spitting in the ashes! Continue reading...

By DAVID BROWN THE WASHINGTON POST Posted: at 2:22 a.m.

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