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News: Kan., Ill., Md. tickets share lottery jackpot Obama calls on Congress to pass 'Buffett Rule' tax Why I'm returning my new iPad and buying a Kindle Fire Security breach hits U.S. card processors, banks Record Mega Millions numbers: 2-4-23-38-46, MB 23 Keith Olbermann Threatens Suit Over Current TV Firing Official: Winning lottery ticket sold in Maryland Protesters march in Fla. town where teen was shot Kansas man struck by lightning hours after buying lottery tickets Keith Olbermann fired from Current TV, replaced by Eliot Spitzer Man sings 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in police car after being arrested for public intoxication Spike Lee settles for retweeting wrong address Another $17 trillion surprise found in Obamacare Marchers again demand arrest in Trayvon Martin case 'Ghost ship' off Canada heralds arrival of tsunami debris Cruise ship drifting after fire off Philippines Could the Appetite For Chocolate Exceed the World's Supply? 7 California boys arrested in attack on teen Earth Hour observed all over the world $25,000 donated to child in wheelchair who was robbed of fundraising cash Clinton: Time running out for diplomacy with Iran Old photos may be deceptive in Fla. shooting case 7 people to blame for the Trayvon Martin hysteria Diver becomes fourth victim of fatal shark attack off southwest Australia since September In Canada, the penny's about to drop into history 3 winners, over 100 million Mega Millions losers Public opinion shifts on Trayvon Martin case Iraqi-American woman slain in US is buried in Iraq Scientists warn of 'emergency on global scale' Man Attacked by Mountain Lion, Saved by Bear Highway to the cuddle zone: Harry the baby pygmy hippo Americans bet nearly $1.5B to win record jackpot Milestone promotions for the US Capitol Police Prosecutors say two former Penn State officials lied multiple times Mother Who Baptized Children Without Consent Needs to Go to Jail Did you hear the 1 about the politician who ... Docs show evidence piled up in Utah disappearance Commentary: Rick Santorum: Obama a 'Government N--'?! What?! 'UNSURVIVABLE!' New tornado warnings aim to scare On the run, bin Laden lived in 5 houses Kan., Ill., Md. tickets share lottery jackpot Sat,31 Mar 2012 06:06 AM PDT Associated Press - Lottery ticket-holders in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland each selected the winning numbers for the world record-breaking $640 million Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said early Saturday. Full Story Top Obama calls on Congress to pass 'Buffett Rule' tax Sat,31 Mar 2012 10:02 AM PDT Associated Press - President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to increase taxes on millionaires, reviving a proposal he first pitched last September that aims to draw sharp election-year lines between the president and the Republican opposition. Full Story Top Why I'm returning my new iPad and buying a Kindle Fire Fri,30 Mar 2012 04:48 PM PDT CNET.com - Now that I've lived with both, I can safely say that I prefer a smaller, more affordable tablet. Full Story Top Security breach hits U.S. card processors, banks Fri,30 Mar 2012 04:39 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Four giant card-payment processors and large U.S. banks that issue debit and credit cards were hit by a data-security breach after third-party services provider Global Payments Inc discovered its systems were compromised by unauthorized access. It was not immediately clear how many cardholders became victims of the breach, which affected MasterCard Inc, Visa Inc, American Express Co and Discover Financial Services, as well as banks and other franchises that issue cards bearing their logos. U.S. ... Full Story Top Record Mega Millions numbers: 2-4-23-38-46, MB 23 Fri,30 Mar 2012 08:22 PM PDT Associated Press - Across the country, Americans plunked down an estimated $1.5 billion on the longest of long shots: an infinitesimally small chance to win what could end up being the single biggest lottery payout the world has ever seen. Full Story Top Keith Olbermann Threatens Suit Over Current TV Firing Sat,31 Mar 2012 11:54 AM PDT ABC News Blogs - Keith Olbermann has threatened to sue Current TV after the controversial host was fired from his primetime slot less than a year after he joined the network. Former Vice President Al Gore, the co-founder of Current TV, said in a statement that the network was... Full Story Top Official: Winning lottery ticket sold in Maryland Sat,31 Mar 2012 04:40 AM PDT Associated Press - Maryland lottery officials announced early Saturday that their state sold what could become the world's largest lottery payout of all-time, but it wasn't immediately clear if that ticket holder would get sole possession of the $640 million jackpot or have to split it with other winners. Full Story Top Protesters march in Fla. town where teen was shot Sat,31 Mar 2012 01:22 PM PDT Associated Press - Protesters and civil rights leaders are vowing to continue marching until there is an arrest in the case of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Full Story Top Kansas man struck by lightning hours after buying lottery tickets Sat,31 Mar 2012 01:36 PM PDT Reuters - KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - A Kansas man was struck by lightning hours after buying three Mega Millions lottery tickets on Thursday, proving in real life the old saying that a gambler is more likely to be struck down from the sky than win the jackpot. Bill Isles, 48, bought three tickets in the record $656 million lottery Thursday at a Wichita, Kansas grocery store. On the way to his car, Isles said he commented to a friend: "I've got a better chance of getting struck by lightning" than winning the lottery. Later at about 9:30 p.m. ... Full Story Top Keith Olbermann fired from Current TV, replaced by Eliot Spitzer Fri,30 Mar 2012 02:35 PM PDT The Upshot - Keith Olbermann has been fired by Current TV and has been replaced by Eliot Spitzer, previously of CNN. Olbermann's tenure at Current lasted less than a year. Previously he had been employed at MSNBC, where his "Countdown" program ran for eight years. In 2011, Olbermann left MSNBC for Current, but apparently things weren't going so [...] Full Story Top Man sings 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in police car after being arrested for public intoxication Thu,29 Mar 2012 12:38 PM PDT The Sideshow - In this hilarious video, a Canadian man arrested for being drunk in public is seen arguing (gently) in front of a squad car police camera. At first, the man denies "having been sort of intoxicated, as you proclaim." After stumbling over his words, he segues into a rendition of Queen's 1975 hit "Bohemian Rhapsody." As [...] Full Story Top Spike Lee settles for retweeting wrong address Fri,30 Mar 2012 06:25 AM PDT Associated Press - An elderly couple has reached a settlement with Spike Lee after the pair said they had to leave their Florida home after the director help spread a Twitter posting listing their address as that of the man who shot an unarmed teen. Full Story Top Another $17 trillion surprise found in Obamacare Fri,30 Mar 2012 06:32 AM PDT The Daily Caller - Senate Republican staffers continue to look though the 2010 Obamacare law to see what's in it, and their latest discovery is a massive $17 trillion funding gap. Full Story Top Marchers again demand arrest in Trayvon Martin case Sat,31 Mar 2012 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched through Sanford, Florida, on Saturday demanding an arrest of the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed an unarmed black teen a month ago. "We want arrests ... shot in the chest," they chanted in reference to 17-year-old victim Trayvon Martin, who was shot in the chest. Ben Jealous, president of the NAACP which organized the march, and civil rights leader the Rev. ... Full Story Top 'Ghost ship' off Canada heralds arrival of tsunami debris Tue,27 Mar 2012 10:58 AM PDT Reuters - An empty Japanese fishing boat drifting off the coast of western Canada could be the first wave of 1.5 million tons of debris heading toward North America from Japan's tsunami last March. The wreckage from flattened Japanese coastal towns - including refrigerators, washing machines, televisions, roofs and fishing nets - is heading inexorably east across the Pacific and could arrive sooner than expected, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ... Full Story Top Cruise ship drifting after fire off Philippines Sat,31 Mar 2012 07:35 AM PDT Associated Press - A fire in the engine room crippled a luxury cruise liner with 1,000 people aboard, leaving it adrift far from shore in waters south of the Philippines, officials said Saturday. Full Story Top Could the Appetite For Chocolate Exceed the World's Supply? Sat,31 Mar 2012 01:17 PM PDT ABC News Blogs - Imagine Halloween and Valentine's Day without chocolate.  Imagine a world with chocolate prices so high that not everyone could afford to indulge.  Not a bright future. Though the world's demand for chocolate almost exceeds the ability of worn-out plants to produce it, experts say it's... Full Story Top 7 California boys arrested in attack on teen Fri,30 Mar 2012 11:39 PM PDT Associated Press - Seven black teens have been arrested on suspicion that they committed a hate crime when they attacked a 15-year-old Hispanic boy while he was walking home from school in Southern California, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Full Story Top Earth Hour observed all over the world Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:53 PM PDT The Upshot - What does it look like when the world turns out all the lights? A glimpse will be offered today when millions of participants all over the globe -- from Egypt's Tahrir Square to Washington D.C.'s National Cathedral -- are expected to turn their lights off for an hour in honor of Earth Hour. Sydney's symbolic [...] Full Story Top $25,000 donated to child in wheelchair who was robbed of fundraising cash Fri,30 Mar 2012 11:09 AM PDT The Sideshow - Twelve-year-old Nolan Turner was robbed last week while selling water bottles as part of a fundraising for a basketball camp that caters to children and adults in wheelchairs. Turner, who had raised about $250 at the time, has spina bifida. But what started out as a potentially heartbreaking story has turned into a tale of [...] Full Story Top Clinton: Time running out for diplomacy with Iran Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:55 PM PDT Associated Press - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made clear Saturday that time is running out for diplomacy over Iran's nuclear program and said talks aimed at preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon would resume in mid-April. Full Story Top Old photos may be deceptive in Fla. shooting case Fri,30 Mar 2012 04:39 PM PDT Associated Press - When he was shot, Trayvon Martin was not the baby-faced boy in the photo that has been on front pages across the country. And George Zimmerman wasn't the beefy-looking figure in the widely published mugshot. Full Story Top 7 people to blame for the Trayvon Martin hysteria Fri,30 Mar 2012 02:25 AM PDT The Week - With the killing of the unarmed black teen in legal limbo, and the actual shooter never in doubt, people are pointing fingers in both odd and predictable directions Full Story Top Diver becomes fourth victim of fatal shark attack off southwest Australia since September Sat,31 Mar 2012 05:01 AM PDT Associated Press - A man was killed by a 4-meter (13-foot) shark on Saturday while diving with his brother off a beach in southwestern Australia, authorities said. It's the fourth fatal shark attack in Australia since September, all of them off the continent's southwest corner. Full Story Top In Canada, the penny's about to drop into history Sat,31 Mar 2012 02:31 AM PDT Associated Press - They clutter your dresser and cost too much to make. They're a nuisance and have outlived their purpose. Full Story Top 3 winners, over 100 million Mega Millions losers Sat,31 Mar 2012 08:11 PM PDT Associated Press - The Mega Millions winners — at least three of them — stayed out of sight. The losers, who could number 100 million, had plenty to say Saturday about losing out on the world's largest-ever lottery jackpot and their dashed dreams of colossal wealth. Full Story Top Public opinion shifts on Trayvon Martin case Fri,30 Mar 2012 11:35 PM PDT The Daily Caller - As news develops about the investigation into the Feb. 26 Trayvon Martin shooting in Sanford, Fla., nationwide support for the arrest of George Zimmerman, the shooter, is softening. That's the message from a pair of polls — one conducted March 25-26 and the other March 27-28. Full Story Top Iraqi-American woman slain in US is buried in Iraq Sat,31 Mar 2012 10:31 AM PDT Associated Press - An Iraqi-American woman found bludgeoned to death in her California home last week with a threatening note left beside her body was buried in her native Iraq on Saturday. Family members wept uncontrollably by her graveside and her father asked God to exact revenge on those responsible for her death. Full Story Top Scientists warn of 'emergency on global scale' Thu,29 Mar 2012 11:51 AM PDT AFP - Leading scientists on Thursday called on the upcoming Rio Summit to grapple with environmental ills that they said pointed to "a humanitarian emergency on a global scale." Full Story Top Man Attacked by Mountain Lion, Saved by Bear Fri,30 Mar 2012 06:24 AM PDT ABC News Blogs - A northern California man who says he was attacked by a mountain lion while out on a hike has a helpful hand – or claw – to thank for his life. Robert Biggs, 69, of Paradise, Calif., says he was saved by a helpful bear. Biggs... Full Story Top Highway to the cuddle zone: Harry the baby pygmy hippo Fri,30 Mar 2012 01:52 PM PDT The Sideshow - Meet Harry the hippo, a baby pygmy so small the average person could carry him around with ease. Harry, named after Britain's Prince Harry, was born last week at the Cango Wildlife Ranch in South Africa, the Star reports. His handlers are being forced to hand-rear Harry after his mother Hilda refused to feed him. [...] Full Story Top Americans bet nearly $1.5B to win record jackpot Fri,30 Mar 2012 08:51 PM PDT Associated Press - Lottery ticket lines swelled as Americans wagered nearly $1.5 billion on the longest of long shots: a less than 1 percent chance to join the 1 percent Friday night as the winner of a record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot. Full Story Top Milestone promotions for the US Capitol Police Sat,31 Mar 2012 01:12 PM PDT Associated Press - As Yogananda Pittman and Monique Moore climbed the ranks of the U.S. Capitol Police, they encountered no top-level supervisors who looked like them. No black women, from the chief down to the captains, were represented in the upper management of the federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting lawmakers and congressional buildings. Full Story Top Prosecutors say two former Penn State officials lied multiple times Sat,31 Mar 2012 06:38 AM PDT Reuters - State prosecutors listed a number of instances on Friday in which they said two former Penn State University officials lied to a grand jury about their involvement in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal. Former Athletic Director Tim Curley and now-retired financial officer Gary Schultz pleaded not guilty in January to charges of perjury and failing to report abuse allegations against Sandusky to police. ... Full Story Top Mother Who Baptized Children Without Consent Needs to Go to Jail Sat,31 Mar 2012 06:39 AM PDT Yahoo! Contributor Network - COMMENTARY | A mother in Tennessee faces contempt-of-court charges and potential jail time for baptizing her two children without notifying or gaining the consent of her ex-husband, according to the Associated Press. In doing so, she violated a court order stating all religious decisions about the children's upbringing are to be made between the mother and father. The mother should go to jail as an example for other people. Full Story Top Did you hear the 1 about the politician who ... Sat,31 Mar 2012 05:43 AM PDT Associated Press - Mitt Romney hit an off note when he told a "humorous" story about his dad shutting down a factory. Full Story Top Docs show evidence piled up in Utah disappearance Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:17 AM PDT Associated Press - In the quest to figure out what happened to Susan Powell in 2009, Utah authorities compiled a heap of evidence — finding blood in the family home, an eerie hand-written "will" and a young son who bluntly said that mom was dead. Full Story Top Commentary: Rick Santorum: Obama a 'Government N--'?! What?! Fri,30 Mar 2012 09:09 AM PDT Yahoo! Contributor Network - COMMENTARY | First Rick Santorum told us that he didn't want to "make 'blah' people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money," asserting that he did, indeed say "blah," and not "black." And now Santorum has apparently described President Barack Obama as a "Government 'n-- [pause] ah'" on a recent campaign stop (please note that phrasing is taken directly from my hearing of the video; it does not reflect my choice of language. Ever). Full Story Top 'UNSURVIVABLE!' New tornado warnings aim to scare Sat,31 Mar 2012 02:48 PM PDT Associated Press - Even expert storm chases would have struggled to decipher the difference between the tornado warnings sent last May before severe weather hit Joplin and, a few days later, headed again toward downtown Kansas City. Full Story Top On the run, bin Laden lived in 5 houses Fri,30 Mar 2012 07:35 AM PDT Associated Press - Osama bin Laden lived in five safe houses while on the run in Pakistan and fathered four children — two of them born in government hospitals, his youngest widow has told investigators. Full Story Top

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