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2013-05-19 17:29:18 (8 comments, 10 reshares, 40 +1s)

The identity of the lucky ticket holder was not immediately known. 

2013-05-18 17:05:08 (2 comments, 5 reshares, 34 +1s)

Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the scene this morning to begin surveying the twisted rail cars that remained on the tracks.

2013-05-17 20:38:50 (164 comments, 12 reshares, 108 +1s)

Trying to change the subject after a week of political scandals, President Obama today said the nation’s “focus cannot drift” from rebuilding the economy and that lawmakers should focus their attention on putting Americans back to work.  Do you agree?

2013-05-17 19:32:24 (30 comments, 25 reshares, 60 +1s)

TrackingPoint's first-of-its-kind "smart rifle" is now shipping, with a claim that the gun's tracking technology can turn a novice shooter into "an elite long-range marksman in minutes.” Learn more: http://abcn.ws/13tAkdH

2013-05-17 18:29:33 (13 comments, 7 reshares, 29 +1s)

More signs that the job market is slowly recovering: 40 states showed a drop in unemployment in April.

2013-05-17 15:56:22 (24 comments, 3 reshares, 24 +1s)

Irate lawmakers today accused the acting IRS commissioner of misleading them about the agency's selective scrutiny of tea party-affiliated groups, demanding to know who was responsible and why no one told Congress about it.

2013-05-17 14:42:15 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 20 +1s)

The man convicted in a murder trial that hinged on a paralyzed victim blinking his eyes to identify his shooter plans to appeal, a defense attorney said after the verdict.

2013-05-17 12:59:39 (39 comments, 14 reshares, 27 +1s)

Televangelist Pat Robertson is under fire once again after telling the wife of a cheating husband to get over the infidelity and provide a better home so he doesn’t “wander.”

2013-05-16 20:26:26 (52 comments, 3 reshares, 28 +1s)

Anti-Obamacare votes: "Popular and responsible" or waste of time?

2013-05-16 19:50:00 (36 comments, 12 reshares, 67 +1s)

Congratulations college class of ’13! You're now an average of $35,200 in debt. More information: http://abcn.ws/10ZKqRA

2013-05-16 18:20:56 (17 comments, 6 reshares, 17 +1s)

Just in time for summer

2013-05-16 15:35:59 (28 comments, 7 reshares, 20 +1s)

As police searched for him, and as he lay bleeding in his boat hideout, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote "F*** America" on the side panel of the boat, police in Massachusetts told ABC News.

2013-05-16 15:08:32 (9 comments, 6 reshares, 39 +1s)

Are you tempted to buy?

2013-05-16 13:38:08 (51 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

Six Americans -- two soldiers and four civilian contractors -- are among the 14 people killed in a massive car bomb blast in Kabul this morning, according to U.S. and Afghan officials.

2013-05-16 13:13:27 (9 comments, 5 reshares, 37 +1s)

At least six people were killed and dozens more injured after tornadoes ripped through parts of North Texas destroying homes, officials said.

2013-05-15 23:17:20 (9 comments, 12 reshares, 52 +1s)

President Obama announced on Wednesday that the Internal Revenue Service acting commissioner Steven Miller has submitted his resignation for his agency's "inexcusable" targeting of conservative groups who had applied for tax-exempt status.

2013-05-15 20:41:17 (41 comments, 36 reshares, 76 +1s)

A ring of underground workshops producing millions of counterfeit brand-name condoms -- including Durex, Contex and Jissbon -- has been busted by police. More info: http://abcn.ws/181yzZK

2013-05-15 19:19:17 (36 comments, 4 reshares, 18 +1s)

The Raqqa public execution clip surfaced just days after another grisly video was posted online of a Sunni rebel commander slicing open the body of a dead regime soldier with a knife, removing his lung and biting into it.  “I swear to God we will eat your hearts and your livers, you soldiers of Bashar the dog,” the man says to the camera.

2013-05-15 17:43:03 (18 comments, 25 reshares, 100 +1s)

Take a look at the new Google+ redesign, rolling out to all users today. Flip style boards lead the new look. More info from our I/O developers conference live blog: http://abcn.ws/101kBle 

Thoughts?

2013-05-15 15:44:12 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 26 +1s)

If you think the IRS's targeting of Americans for their political views is something new, think again.

2013-05-15 15:30:30 (4 comments, 5 reshares, 25 +1s)

Google executives officially take the stage at the Moscone Center in San Francisco today at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET, and ABC News will be liveblogging the entire event right here. Check back here for updates then.

2013-05-15 14:53:24 (18 comments, 3 reshares, 21 +1s)

Angelina Jolie‘s double mastectomy is apparently just the beginning.

2013-05-15 13:12:40 (84 comments, 51 reshares, 118 +1s)

A 91-year-old man wants to stop his daughter from evicting him from the home he built 56 years ago in Zaleski, Ohio, a small community south of Columbus.

2013-05-14 21:17:11 (20 comments, 6 reshares, 12 +1s)

Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell agreed today to serve two life sentences and waive his right to an appeal in order to avoid the possibility of being condemned to death.

2013-05-14 20:39:40 (19 comments, 4 reshares, 34 +1s)

The government reported a rare surplus of $113 billion for April — the largest in five years and a sign of the nation's improving finances.

2013-05-14 20:11:14 (13 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

A surprising new report questions public health efforts to get Americans to sharply cut back on salt, saying it's not clear whether eating super-low levels is worth the struggle.

2013-05-14 18:52:47 (44 comments, 5 reshares, 17 +1s)

The practice, the IRS said, was not politically motivated but was a way for “low level” employees to sort through an influx of new applications.

2013-05-14 18:21:19 (8 comments, 4 reshares, 22 +1s)

Although Jolie, 37, has the potential to save lives by raising awareness, facts about testing for the mutation and undergoing preventative care can be confusing. Here’s what you need to know:

2013-05-14 15:40:39 (6 comments, 12 reshares, 59 +1s)

Long lost sisters Jordan Dickerson and Robin Jeter had lived in the same city for 17 years, but they never crossed paths until their high schools faced off at a Washington DC track meet.  Read their story.

2013-05-14 15:05:32 (12 comments, 4 reshares, 15 +1s)

Russian counter-intelligence claimed today it caught an undercover CIA agent in the act of trying to recruit a Russian agent.

2013-05-14 12:46:50 (22 comments, 4 reshares, 50 +1s)

Angelina Jolie has always been outspoken about issues that matter to her, and now, for the first time, she's revealing a very personal one

2013-05-13 21:19:09 (15 comments, 3 reshares, 27 +1s)

Neighbors of 8-year-old Leila Fowler said they feared all along that her brother—not a mystery man the boy named--might be responsible for the girl's stabbing death. 

2013-05-13 21:07:52 (16 comments, 3 reshares, 18 +1s)

Do you agree with the ranking?

2013-05-13 19:37:04 (96 comments, 7 reshares, 34 +1s)

Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was found guilty today of first degree murder in three of four infant deaths.

2013-05-13 19:12:35 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

The president pointed out that the e-mails on the Benghazi attack were shown to members of a congressional committee several months ago but no one raised concerns over the contents of the exchanges at the time.

2013-05-13 18:39:43 (18 comments, 20 reshares, 40 +1s)

An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing when a female passenger refused to stop singing Whitney Houston songs.

2013-05-13 16:59:04 (28 comments, 19 reshares, 37 +1s)

The Supreme Court ruled today against a 76-year-old Indiana farmer who had taken on Monsanto in a patent dispute over a genetically modified soybean seed.

2013-05-13 14:11:22 (46 comments, 7 reshares, 14 +1s)

The targeting of conservatives by the IRS started earlier and was more extensive than the IRS acknowledged last week, according to a draft IRS inspector general report obtained by ABC News.

2013-05-13 13:14:20 (21 comments, 3 reshares, 23 +1s)

The brothers told CNN in an exclusive interview that their brother is a "monster" and since they were arrested with him they have received death threats.

2013-05-12 17:37:22 (8 comments, 6 reshares, 55 +1s)

Michelle, Amanda and Gina "are extremely grateful for the generous assistance and loving support of their families, friends and the community" and thank authorities "for the tireless efforts of numerous law enforcement officials," attorney James Wooley said.

2013-05-12 14:31:12 (74 comments, 2 reshares, 29 +1s)

“I’d call it a cover-up,” McCain said this morning on +This Week. “I would call it a cover-up in the extent that there was willful removal of information which was obvious.”

2013-05-11 18:13:34 (43 comments, 18 reshares, 39 +1s)

Since Taco Fusion, a Mexican restaurant known to offer unusual game meats like ostrich, camel, and bison in its tacos, added lion meat to its menu of "Safari Tacos" on May 2, the restaurant has had to field hostile calls from critics who are up in arms over the menu choice. 

2013-05-11 12:57:02 (41 comments, 9 reshares, 49 +1s)

U.S. Secret Service told ABC News that at around 7 a.m., someone reported seeing smoke coming from what looked like a mechanical closet in the West Wing of the White House. The D.C. Fire Department later clarified that it was an "odor that smelled like smoke" that was reported.

2013-05-10 21:15:35 (19 comments, 34 reshares, 48 +1s)

Scientists have long predicted that an unprecedented period of human prosperity built on the use of oil and coal would come with dark side effects for the climate.

2013-05-10 21:06:58 (6 comments, 7 reshares, 22 +1s)

A first responder who helped treat victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, last month was arrested and charged today with possessing an explosive device.

2013-05-10 20:58:51 (39 comments, 5 reshares, 28 +1s)

Ariel Castro, who reportedly told investigators he is a "sex addict," is being held in isolation at an Ohio jail.

2013-05-10 17:53:30 (9 comments, 10 reshares, 28 +1s)

See the images.  Compiled from millions of Landsat satellite images, one can see the retreat of a glacier, the growth of Las Vegas and the deforestation of the Amazon jungle over the past 25 years at a  glimpse.

2013-05-10 17:22:09 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 14 +1s)

Massachusetts investigators have developed what they call "mounting evidence," bolstered by "forensic hits," that point to the possible involvement of both Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother Dzhokhar in a gruesome, unsolved triple homicide in 2011

2013-05-10 15:48:15 (15 comments, 8 reshares, 41 +1s)

It's proof miracles do happen.

2013-05-10 14:26:49 (20 comments, 7 reshares, 21 +1s)

Perhaps the woman who had the most harrowing ordeal during the 10 years of captivity in Ariel Castro's Cleveland house was the oldest of the trio, Michelle Knight.