| See realtime coverage | | Wall Street Journal | - 1 hour ago | | |
Lawmakers looked for answers - but didn't get many –about the IRS's targeting of conservative groups at a hearing Friday, questioning Steve Miller, the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service, and IRS watchdog J. Russell George. |
| See realtime coverage | | Wall Street Journal | - 26 minutes ago | | |
BUENOS AIRES--Former Argentine military dictator Jorge Rafael Videla died Friday at the Marcos Paz prison in Buenos Aires, where he was serving a life sentence for murder, torture, disappearances and the kidnapping of babies carried out by the military ... |
| See realtime coverage | | Fox News | - 24 minutes ago | | |
The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $600 million -- the third largest lottery in history -- as dreamers in all but the seven states where the game isn't played snatched up tickets for the minuscule change at a life on easy street. |
| See realtime coverage | Everything's a go for Orb. The Kentucky Derby winner was in a playful mood the day before the Preakness, making faces for photographers between nibbles of grass outside his stall at Pimlico Race Course. |
| See realtime coverage | | E! Online | - 19 minutes ago | | |
Blue Ivy's gonna be a big sis! That's right: Superstar supermom Beyoncé is expecting her second child with hubby Jay-Z, multiple sources exclusively confirm to E! News. |
| See realtime coverage | Hey four eyes! How about a fifth? A special, prototype version of Google Glass for eyeglass wearers was spied on the faces of at least three engineers and developers at the Google I/O conference, CNET's Seth Rosenblatt reported. |
| See realtime coverage | BAGHDAD - Bombs struck Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months, officials said, as a spike in violence has raised fears the country could be on the path to a new ... |
| See realtime coverage | Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY9 a.m. EDT May 17, 2013. Thieves allegedly broke into the hotel room of a Chopard employee. Sofia Coppola attends 'The Bling Ring' premiere at Cannes film festival. |
| See realtime coverage | | Bloomberg | - 26 minutes ago | | |
Like most Americans, one of the few things I know about Canada is that it's supposed to be better than us. It's an almost unbearably functional place, what with its non-collapsed banking system and strongly growing economy and harmonious, cosmopolitan ... |
| See realtime coverage | | Haaretz | - 8 minutes ago | | |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey calls shipment of anti-ship missiles 'ill-timed and very unfortunate. |
| See realtime coverage | | New York Times | - 1 hour ago | | |
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - In what officials called the first major terrorist attack since last week's general elections, at least 13 people were killed and 30 injured when two bombs ripped through two separate mosques on Friday in a remote mountainous village ... |
| See realtime coverage | | USA TODAY | - 13 minutes ago | | |
23-year-old was in Humvee that overturned; 7 others were injured. 081810 fort knox. The Chaffee Gate entrance to Fort Knox, Ky., where a Navy SEAL died Wednesday during a training exercise. |
| See realtime coverage | | Reuters | - 32 minutes ago | | |
By Joanne von Alroth. SPRINGFIELD, Illinois | Fri May 17, 2013 4:12pm EDT. SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) - The Illinois Senate on Friday voted to approve the use of marijuana for medical purposes, which if signed into law would make it the ... |
| See realtime coverage | | Seattle Post Intelligencer | - 5 hours ago | | |
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Uzbekistan national living in Boise said little during his first court appearance Friday on federal charges from Idaho that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist ... |
| See realtime coverage | | Wall Street Journal | - 1 hour ago | | |
Meanwhile, the “specialness” of Facebook's data has changed, he continued. Whereas pre-IPO, the allure of Facebook was the way it would connect advertisers with consumers through social-media, the whole tailoring effect, the ads have become “spammy,” ... |
| See realtime coverage | | USA TODAY | - 6 minutes ago | | |
Stocks defied skeptics again Friday, attracting attention from even the most hardened market-watchers. The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index closed at record highs. |
| See realtime coverage | | Bloomberg | - 23 minutes ago | | |
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. |
| See realtime coverage | | Businessweek | - 24 minutes ago | | |
The Freeport development, which is partly owned by ConocoPhillips (COP), Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) and Osaka Gas Co. (9532), is only the second approved by the Obama administration for exports to countries that don't have free-trade agreements with ... |
| See realtime coverage | SAN FRANCISCO–Android app developers this week saw a lot of new features and got advice directly from Google about how to run their businesses better. |
| See realtime coverage | Los Angeles Times 1 hour ago | | | | |
The U.S. Defense Department on Friday approved the use of iOS devices for its network and systems, setting up a fight among Apple, Samsung and BlackBerry for the department's business. |
| See realtime coverage | | E! Online | - 3 hours ago | | |
That's a wrap for Dunder Mifflin. How are all you Office fans holding up? Scranton left on a high note, with 5.4 million people tuning in to say goodbye, and achieving its best demo ratings since January 2012. |
| See realtime coverage | Los Angeles Times 47 minutes ago | | | | |
Iron Man performed a superheroic feat at the box office this week, and now Superman and Wolverine may be trembling in their boots. |
| See realtime coverage | New York Daily News 48 minutes ago | | | | |
The bad dream of a season for Fox's “American Idol” ended Thursday with a ratings nightmare, as the singing competition lost a staggering 7 million viewers from last season's finale. |
| See realtime coverage | | MLB.com | - 18 minutes ago | | |
Reid Ryan's tenure as president of the Astros began Friday, when Houston announced that the son of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan would take over the role vacated by George Postolos. |
| See realtime coverage | | USA TODAY | - 15 minutes ago | | |
ATLANTA (AP) - Braves right fielder Jason Heyward has been activated from the disabled list and is starting against the Dodgers. Heyward is hitting second in Friday night's lineup, his first appearance since his appendix was removed April 22. |
| See realtime coverage | | USA TODAY | - 16 minutes ago | | |
MEMPHIS - Two years ago, having already clinched a playoff spot but still within reach of the No. 6 seed, the Memphis Grizzlies rested starters and lost their final two games of the regular season. |
| See realtime coverage | | Indianapolis Star | - 31 minutes ago | | |
Pacers guard George Hill during Tuesday's playoff game against New York. / Matt Detrich / The Star. Written by. Mike Wells. Filed Under. |
| See realtime coverage | 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. |
| See realtime coverage | | Sky & Telescope | - 47 minutes ago | | |
Careful analysis of the gravity fields of our solar system's "ice giants", collected by Voyager 2 decades ago, suggests that weather patterns on these worlds are confined to a layer less than 600 miles (1,000 km) deep. |
| See realtime coverage | | CBS News | - 34 minutes ago | | |
Aimee Copeland became a national story last year as she battled back from a flesh-eating infection that robbed her of her left leg, right food and both hands. |
| See realtime coverage | | Medical News Today | - 2 hours ago | | |
Administering high-frequency electrical noise to the brain can actually boost math skills up to six months later, according to a small study at the University of Oxford. |
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