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Winning numbers drawn in 'Powerball' game

The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 09-31-35-41-57, Powerball: 26 (nine, thirty-one, thirty-five, forty-one, fifty-seven; Powerball: twenty-six) Estimated jackpot: $40 million ___ Online: Multi-State Lottery Association: http://www.powerball.com/

  • Updated: 1:12 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2009, file photo, NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick talks to the media during a news conferenceat the Homestead-Miami International Speedway in Homestead, Fla. The late NASCAR matriarch Anne B. France and car owners Richard Childress and Hendrick are among the nominees for the next class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, which will be announced Wednesday night, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Family Ties: Jarrett, Petty enter NASCAR hall

NASCAR honored a pair of its most famous and successful families with inductions into the Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Past champion Dale Jarrett joined father Ned in the hall and master mechanic Maurice "Chief" Petty became the fourth member of one of NASCAR's most royal families to be selected ...

  • Updated: 9:57 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Complaints filed against 4 colleges over rapes

Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred joined students from four U.S. colleges and universities on Wednesday to announce the filing of federal complaints over how the higher-education institutions handle rape allegations. Students who attended the New York news conference said the colleges and universities had not taken their rape complaints seriously. ...

  • Updated: 9:07 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013
FILE- In this Aug. 4, 2012, file photo, United States coach Mike Krzyzewski signals to players during a preliminary men's basketball game against Lithuania at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. A person with knowledge of the decision says Krzyzewski has agreed to return as U.S. men's Olympic basketball coach. He was originally expected to step down but instead will attempt to lead the Americans to a third straight gold medal, the person tells The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no official announcement has been made. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

AP Source: Coach K returning to US men's team

Mike Krzyzewski had decided to remain coach of the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team. Krzyzewski will try to lead the Americans to a third straight gold medal, a person with knowledge of the decision said Wednesday. Originally expected to step down, Krzyzewski will hold a news conference to confirm his ...

  • Updated: 8:14 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013

GA Lottery

These Georgia lotteries were drawn Wednesday: Cash 3 Evening 3-4-8 (three, four, eight) Cash 3 Midday 8-5-5 (eight, five, five) Cash 4 Midday 5-1-6-8 (five, one, six, eight) Georgia FIVE Evening 6-7-6-2-7 (six, seven, six, two, seven) Georgia FIVE Midday 4-9-2-5-7 (four, nine, two, five, seven) Mega Millions Estimated jackpot: ...

  • Updated: 11:10 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Transportation Secretary nominee, Charlotte, N.C. Mayor Anthony Foxx testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on his nomination. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senators warm to transportation nominee

President Barack Obama's nominee for transportation secretary — Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx — received a friendly reception from senators of both parties Wednesday laced with warnings that the nation needs to make a host of transportation improvements with no clear way to pay for them. Foxx told a jammed Senate ...

  • Updated: 5:43 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013
FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 file photo, dryers are seen from the inside of another clothes' dryer, foreground, at a Lowe's store location, in Framingham, Mass. Lowe's Cos. Inc. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Lowe's 1Q profit rises, but results miss Street

Lowe's said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income rose nearly 3 percent, but results fell short of expectations as rainy weather hurt spring gardening sales. The No. 2 home improvement retailer's results stood in contrast to those reported a day earlier by Home Depot. Lowe's larger rival reported an 18 ...

  • Updated: 5:12 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Tesla shows Model S to influence NC auto bill

North Carolina lawmakers and passersby stopped to take in a display of Tesla Motors' award-winning electric cars Wednesday as the company presses against a bill in the General Assembly that effectively outlaws Tesla's Internet-based sales model. The California automaker drew sporadic crowds around its Model S electric car outside the ...

  • Updated: 1:12 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Feds open special inspection into NC nuke plant

Federal regulators said Wednesday that they are conducting a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week after operators discovered corrosion and cracking in the reactor vessel's covering. Two Nuclear Regulatory Commission specialist inspectors will join the on-site ...

  • Updated: 12:02 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013

W.Va.'s local-food movement a model for Appalachia

With eight in 10 farmers making less than $10,000 a year, West Virginia will never rival big Midwestern factory farms in producing food. But creative collaborations with food entrepreneurs are seeding a new kind of economy that federal officials say could become a model for 12 other Appalachian states. Officials ...

  • Updated: 5:40 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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