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Sat, 18 May 2013 07:50:00 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRAINS_COLLIDE_CONN?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By SUSAN HAIGH 2013-05-18T07:50:00Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_CONGRESS?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.... Sat, 18 May 2013 07:28:07 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_CONGRESS?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DAVID ESPO 2013-05-18T07:28:07Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_POLITICAL_GROUPS_HEALTH_CARE?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.... Sat, 18 May 2013 08:37:40 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_POLITICAL_GROUPS_HEALTH_CARE?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR 2013-05-18T08:37:40Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OJ_SIMPSON?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LAS VEGAS (AP) -- O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when they went to a hotel room together to reclaim some sports memorabilia.... Sat, 18 May 2013 07:26:34 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OJ_SIMPSON?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By KEN RITTER and LINDA DEUTSCH 2013-05-18T07:26:34Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_POWERBALL_JACKPOT?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory once again.... Sat, 18 May 2013 08:50:08 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_POWERBALL_JACKPOT?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT 2013-05-18T08:50:08Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NJ_KILLING_HATCHET_HITCHHIKER?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) -- Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker.... Sat, 18 May 2013 04:39:52 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NJ_KILLING_HATCHET_HITCHHIKER?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By KATIE ZEZIMA 2013-05-18T04:39:52Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_WILDFIRE?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) -- A pair of tamed but persistent wildfires still burned in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 after a wild week of burning brush in the area north of Los Angeles.... Sat, 18 May 2013 07:42:29 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_WILDFIRE?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT 2013-05-18T07:42:29Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEXAS_STORMS?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GRANBURY, Texas (AP) -- Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said Friday.... Sat, 18 May 2013 01:40:32 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEXAS_STORMS?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By ANGELA K. BROWN 2013-05-18T01:40:32Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MOM_CHASES_ABDUCTOR?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Melissa Torrez didn't even think when teenagers in her apartment complex said a man had just grabbed her 4-year-old girl and drove away.... Fri, 17 May 2013 22:41:50 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MOM_CHASES_ABDUCTOR?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By RUSSELL CONTRERAS 2013-05-17T22:41:50Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RAC_PREAKNESS?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BALTIMORE (AP) -- Orb is ready for his whirl at history.... Sat, 18 May 2013 07:12:22 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RAC_PREAKNESS?SITE=ILALT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By RICHARD ROSENBLATT 2013-05-18T07:12:22Z