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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:...

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Brad Marchand scored twice and Tim Thomas stopped 30 shots to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 win over St. Louis on Wednesday, ending the Blues' team-record point streak at 21 home games....

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Dwayne Lathan scored 12 points and Indiana State defeated Missouri State 59-46 Wednesday night....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A bipartisan state commission met behind closed doors Wednesday, attempting to draw new Missouri Senate districts....

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri judge has refused to dismiss rape charges against one of five men accused of molesting young relatives three decades ago at a farm....

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A 73-year-old gunman entangled in a love triangle shot and killed the treasurer of a remote-controlled airplane club who police said was having an affair with the estranged wife of the attacker....

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A Saudi Arabian teenager who authorities say swung his fist at a flight attendant, tried to hit passengers and mentioned Osama bin Laden during a flight to Houston was indicted Wednesday on charges of interfering with a plane crew....

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) -- A hospital maintenance worker shot and wounded two of his supervisors Wednesday in a dispute over a disciplinary issue, police said....

ATTALLA, Ala. (AP) -- At a doublewide trailer along a dirt road in rural Alabama, authorities say 9-year-old Savannah Hardin was forced to run for three hours as punishment for having lied to her grandmother about eating candy bars. The severely dehydrated girl had a seizure and her death days later was ruled a homicide....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former District of Columbia police commander whose division provided a police escort to actor Charlie Sheen last April has given notice that he intends to file a whistleblower lawsuit against the city, saying he was demoted because he testified to the D.C. Council that such escorts for celebrities were commonplace....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that the U.S. government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian court employee by relying on the 1996 law that bars government recognition of same-sex unions....

SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- Two massive avalanches in snowbound regions of Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least nine soldiers, and at least 10 others were feared trapped in a military camp that was partially buried under snow, an official said Thursday....

BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- Hundreds of security forces surrounded a prison on the resort island of Bali on Thursday, firing warning shots and tear gas to quell inmates after a second night of rioting....

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pleaded not guilty to an electoral fraud charge Thursday at the opening of a landmark trial that is seen as a key test of her reformist successor's campaign to stamp out corruption....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's election commission says its members have unanimously voted to fine a Mexican boxer for wearing a political party's emblem during a match broadcast last year....

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A police spokesman in Haiti says one person has been killed and 120 others revelers have been injured in accidents and in street clashes during Carnival festivities....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez has never been one to share decision-making authority. Now, the voluble socialist strongman and acerbic critic of the U.S. may have no choice but to designate a successor....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jeremy Lin had an easy night ahead of his toughest opponent yet, and the New York Knicks tuned up for their trip to Miami by beating the Atlanta Hawks 99-82 on Wednesday night....

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Scoop Jardine scored 15 points to help No. 2 Syracuse overcome a 13-point first-half deficit and beat South Florida 56-48 on Wednesday night....

RIVERDALE, Ga. (AP) -- Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton is back in jail....

MARANA, Ariz. (AP) -- Tiger Woods had to play a left-handed shot out of the desert. Retief Goosen holed out from 156 yards and didn't even win the hole. Dustin Johnson twice won a hole after taking a penalty drop....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Temple and the Big East are talking about the Owls rejoining the conference as soon as next season....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Covering Jeremy Lin has been easy for Sports Illustrated....

SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil slid from a nine-month high to below $106 a barrel Thursday in Asia after a report showed U.S. crude supplies grew more than expected last week, suggesting demand remains sluggish....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Fuller Brush Man is calling ... on bankruptcy court....

TOKYO (AP) -- Mazda stock dived nearly 7 percent Thursday after the struggling car maker said it will raise about $2 billion from selling new shares to invest in assembly plants and developing new vehicle technologies....

BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday as investors fretted over the details of a deal to save Greece from financial collapse and preserve its place among nations that use the euro. Japan bucked the trend as the yen weakened, boosting exporter shares....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nation is heading in the right direction and most independents now approve the way he's addressing the nation's post-recession period....

ABOARD AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 9454 (AP) -- Eric Mueller's vacation started when his plane filled with smoke. Soon, people slid down an emergency chute, inflated life vests and climbed into a raft....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Simon Cowell is playing it coy about rumors that Fergie, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson are being considered for "The X Factor."...

ATLANTA (AP) -- Singer Jason Crabb grabbed eight nominations for the Dove Awards, leading the way for the gospel and Christian music show that will be held in Atlanta for the second year in a row....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Aretha Franklin says Cissy Houston raised her daughter Whitney Houston well - and that an interview where Franklin said parents need to make sure children "leave home prepared" was taken out of context....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Barney Rosset was a publisher, not an author, and struggled for decades to write the story of his brave and wild life. But few over the past 60 years had so profound an impact on the way we read today....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Academy Awards will be coming to you live from the same place - but with a different name....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A new musical bringing together Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and rock icon Cyndi Lauper will put its best foot forward in Chicago this fall....