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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT

As GOP weighs how best to profit from Obama's problems, Democrats hope it overplays its hand WASHINGTON (AP) — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses. It's not clear, however, how Republicans can best capitalize ...

  • Updated: 6:01 a.m. Monday, May 20, 2013

Cairo airport baggage handlers end strike

Cairo airport officials say baggage handlers have resumed work after a strike that left passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. Baggage handlers went on strike Saturday afternoon to demand stronger safety measures after a colleague died when a conveyer belt used ...

  • Updated: 12:06 p.m. Sunday, May 19, 2013

Plane crashes at Turkish airshow; pilot killed

Turkey's state-run news agency says a jet has crashed during an airshow in southern Turkey, killing its pilot. The Anadolu Agency says there were no other casualties in Sunday's crash in the southern city of Adana. There was no immediate information on the plane's type. The agency says the airshow ...

  • Updated: 8:01 a.m. Sunday, May 19, 2013

Idaho Press Club awards for 2012 contest

Here are the results of the Idaho Press Club Awards for stories published in 2011. The awards were announced during a banquet in Boise on Saturday evening. Daily Newspaper GENERAL EXCELLENCE - DAILY PRINT 1st Idaho Statesman 2ndIdaho Press-Tribune 3rdIdaho State Journal GENERAL NEWS STORY - DAILY PRINT 1stBetsy Z. ...

  • Updated: 10:32 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013

Sunday, May 26

Today is Sunday, May 26, the 146th day of 2013. There are 219 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1834 - Sikhs capture Peshawar from British in India. 1854 - France and Britain occupy Piraeus after declaring blockade of Greece for attempting to attack Turkey. ...

  • Updated: 8:20 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013
Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM

Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash

The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident. National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said ...

  • Updated: 7:24 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT

Official: 1 winning ticket sold in Florida in historic $590.5 million Powerball drawing DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated ...

  • Updated: 6:00 a.m. Sunday, May 19, 2013

20 flights without bags after Egypt airport strike

Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. Airport officials say senior officials from the country's national carrier are meeting the baggage handlers to hear ...

  • Updated: 5:14 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013
FILE – In this March 4, 2013 file photo President Barack Obama talks to media at the start of a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. With Obama, from left are Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Obama, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Saturday, May 18, 2013, Obama took Sebelius and LaHood to Andrews Air Force Base for round of golf, in the rain. LaHood is running the Transportation Department until the Senate confirms Obama's choice of Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx as successor. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf — in the rain. The White House said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs) and outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined the president Saturday at Andrews Air Force Base. LaHood is running the Transportation ...

  • Updated: 4:13 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013
Probe Begins After Conn. Commuter Trains Crash

Probe Begins After Conn. Commuter Trains Crash

Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor. (May 18)

  • 1:55 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013
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