Inaugural tournament cut to 54 holes
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Stacy Lewis brings more value to the LPGA Tour that just her golf.
4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama.
Phillips' strange double lifts Reds over Mets 7-4
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
NEW YORK — Brandon Phillips and the Cincinnati Reds are getting the good bounces right now. Ike Davis and the New York Mets certainly are not.
Chicago Board of Ed votes to close 50 schools
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
CHICAGO — The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define - for better or worse - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office.
Colo. governor delays convicted killer's execution
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
DENVER — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper indefinitely delayed the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap on Wednesday and said he was unlikely to allow it as long as he is governor.
Jury in Arias trial adjourns for day after impasse
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
PHOENIX — Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct them to keep trying.
Names of those killed in Oklahoma tornado
|Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified all 24 people killed in the tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including 10 children:
Fed weighed slowing its pace of bond purchases
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June - if the economy showed strong and sustained growth. But those officials appeared at odds over what evidence would demonstrate such gains.
Okla. City mayor: Up to 13K homes hit by tornado
|Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
MOORE, Okla. — Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb.
AP Source: Coach K returning to US men's team
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
Mike Krzyzewski had decided to remain coach of the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team.
Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
LONDON — Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime - shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into custody.
Who else took the 5th? Baseball star, banker, more
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — The baseball star, the Hollywood 10, Oliver North. And Lois Lerner of the IRS.
Bears LB Urlacher announces his retirement
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
CHICAGO — Brian Urlacher wasn't sure how dominant he could be any longer, so he's calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.
IAEA report: Iran expands nuclear technology
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
VIENNA — The U.N. atomic agency on Wednesday detailed rapid Iranian progress in two programs that the West fears are geared toward making nuclear weapons, saying Tehran has upgraded its uranium enrichment facilities and advanced in building a plutonium-producing reactor.
Okla. medical examiner identifies tornado victims
|Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified all 24 victims of Monday's tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area.
Okla. tornado damage: Thousands of homes, $1.5-$2B
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
MOORE, Okla. — The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said Wednesday as they gave the first detailed account of the devastation.
US home sales tick up to highest in 3 1/2 years
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale.
Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its extraordinary stimulus programs.
Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities in central Florida early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said.
Broke no laws, IRS official says _ then takes 5th
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer lawmakers' further questions, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself.
