2 FBI agents killed in training accident in Va.

|Sunday, May. 19, 2013

Two FBI special agents on the agency's elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia, officials said Sunday.Read more

NYers furious over photos taken through windows

| |Friday, May. 17, 2013

In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap.Read more

California fuels $550 million Powerball jackpot

| |Friday, May. 17, 2013

The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it joined the madness over Powerball, which has seen its jackpot soar to $550 million for Saturday's drawing.Read more

Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

| |Friday, May. 17, 2013

Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign.Read more

Authorities: Crime not ruled out in Texas blast

| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013

Investigators working in the remnants of an exploded Texas fertilizer plant sifted by hand through untold kernels of corn, moved tons of debris and conducted more than 400 interviews, while searching for the missing piece to solve what many officials compared to an extraordinary puzzle.Read more

House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern

| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013

IRS Political Groups

The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican said Friday.Read more

California fuels $550 million Powerball jackpot

| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013

Powerball Jackpot

The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $550 million.Read more

Sanford returns to Congress, says he’ll focus on finances

| |Wednesday, May. 15, 2013

The comeback is complete. Former Gov. Mark Sanford is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives again after being sworn into office Wednesday during a ceremony in the House chamber in Washington, D.C.Read more

Obama: IRS actions 'intolerable,' 'inexcusable'

| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013

President Barack Obama says a government watchdog's report shows intolerable and inexcusable behavior by the Internal Revenue Service in targeting tea party groups.Read more

Ouster of IRS official isn't ending investigations

| |Wednesday, May. 15, 2013

IRS Political Groups

Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting commissioner.Read more