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Learn more about our <a href="http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/privacy">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/terms">Terms of Use</a>. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_CONGRESS?SITE=NYPLA&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 19:47:17 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_CONGRESS?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DAVID ESPO 2013-05-18T19:47:17Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RAC_PREAKNESS_WHAT_TO_WATCH_FOR_?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BALTIMORE (AP) -- All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. The 3-year-old colt will take on eight challengers in the second leg of the Triple Crown. If he wins, Orb will attempt to become the first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978 at the Belmont Stakes on June 8. In the Preakness, Orb will be facing five horses he defeated in the Derby and three who did not run in the race.... Sat, 18 May 2013 21:08:23 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RAC_PREAKNESS_WHAT_TO_WATCH_FOR_?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By RICHARD ROSENBLATT 2013-05-18T21:08:23Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RAC_PREAKNESS_NOTEBOOK?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BALTIMORE (AP) -- Early Saturday morning, Shug McGaughey was walking back and forth in front of the stakes barn at Pimlico.... Sat, 18 May 2013 21:06:11 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RAC_PREAKNESS_NOTEBOOK?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DAVID GINSBURG 2013-05-18T21:06:11Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VIRGINIA_PARADE_CRASH?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) -- About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.... Sat, 18 May 2013 21:43:57 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_VIRGINIA_PARADE_CRASH?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DEBRA McCOWN 2013-05-18T21:43:57Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_POWERBALL_JACKPOT?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It's all about the odds.... Sat, 18 May 2013 18:55:25 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_POWERBALL_JACKPOT?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ 2013-05-18T18:55:25Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRAINS_COLLIDE_CONN?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.... Sat, 18 May 2013 20:36:59 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRAINS_COLLIDE_CONN?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN 2013-05-18T20:36:59Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_OUTSIDE_GROUPS?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.... Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:36 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_OUTSIDE_GROUPS?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By KEN THOMAS and STEVE PEOPLES 2013-05-18T15:40:36Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HOFSTRA_STUDENT_SHOT?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- A wanted man with a criminal history dating back nearly 15 years was identified by police Saturday as the masked home invader involved in the death of a Hofstra University student early Friday morning.... Sat, 18 May 2013 20:38:16 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HOFSTRA_STUDENT_SHOT?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By FRANK ELTMAN 2013-05-18T20:38:16Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TOXIC_TAP_WATER?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) -- A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing chemicals.... Sat, 18 May 2013 13:51:21 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TOXIC_TAP_WATER?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By ALLEN G. BREED, MICHAEL BIESECKER and MARTHA WAGGONER 2013-05-18T13:51:21Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOY_SCOUTS_GAYS?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.... Sat, 18 May 2013 14:22:28 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOY_SCOUTS_GAYS?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DAVID CRARY 2013-05-18T14:22:28Z