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2013-05-17 21:52:46 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 13 +1s)

David Muir interviewed "Star Trek" star Zachary Quinto today to get his thoughts on director J.J. Abrams, our Person of the Week.

Tonight, find out where the director with an infinite imagination says he gets his sense of wonder. 

2013-05-17 20:09:50 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 6 +1s)

For the third year running, Peter Thiel, Facebook's first investor and the co-founder and former CEO of PayPal, is giving about 20 teenagers $100,000 each to drop out of college and launch a business.

Would you take the deal?

2013-05-17 19:13:03 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

“This technology potentially enables any two bit criminal to operate with the skills of a highly trained sniper,” said David Chipman, a spokesman for Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

2013-05-17 18:14:13 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Will you buy a ticket?

2013-05-17 17:00:33 (6 comments, 3 reshares, 12 +1s)

Bill Gates' net worth hit a five-year high today of $72.7 billion, topping that of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.

2013-05-17 16:28:11 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

JUST IN: The Powerball jackpot has increased to $600 million making it the largest Powerball jackpot in history. 

What would you do if you won the lottery?

2013-05-16 20:31:58 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 13 +1s)

Charlotte, 15, lives in a world that she can barely see, but is doing something that few of us could even dream of -- launching herself more than 11 feet into the air with nobody to catch her. 

Tonight on World News, hear her inspiring story as part of our series, America Strong.

(Credit: Seni Tienabeso)

2013-05-16 18:34:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Study: DNA fragments from the fecal germ E. coli found in 58% of public pools.

2013-05-16 17:15:05 (10 comments, 2 reshares, 12 +1s)

White House Producer Mary Bruce: "Obama gets a helping hand during his rainy Rose Garden press conference"

(Credit: Mary Bruce)

2013-05-16 16:56:17 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Are you tempted to buy?

2013-05-16 15:33:19 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +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.

2013-05-15 23:04:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

"I reviewed the Treasury Department watchdog's report and the misconduct that it uncovered is inexcusable," Obama said in the East Room of the White House. "Americans have a right to be angry about it, and I'm angry about it."

2013-05-15 20:45:30 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

2013-05-15 17:10:24 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Historians, tax lawyers, civil libertarians and past victims of abuse say the practice goes back to the Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy and FDR adminstrations, all of which reportedly used the agency as a weapon against political enemies.

2013-05-15 15:08:55 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 4 +1s)

Cops confiscated 4.65 million already packaged prophylactics and another 1,100 pounds of unpackaged condoms were found at the scene.

2013-05-15 14:28:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Among passengers who are greeted with a smile by airline staff, even if only some of the time, satisfaction scores are higher than among those who never receive a smile.

2013-05-14 18:59:46 (10 comments, 10 reshares, 51 +1s)

This morning, a U.S. Navy drone took off from an aircraft carrier for the first time. 

More Photos: http://1.usa.gov/1033cwb

(Photo Credit: U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman by Alan Radecki/Released)

2013-05-14 16:22:00 (7 comments, 3 reshares, 5 +1s)

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), successor of the KGB, said in a statement on its website that Ryan Christopher Fogle was arrested late Monday night in Moscow with a stack of money, disguises and a letter with written instructions for a Russian citizen who was allegedly the target of recruitment.

2013-05-14 15:27:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

You've heard the news about Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy.

What questions do you have about the BRCA test and prophylactic mastectomies? 

Film yourself asking your question and email it to ABC.WorldNews@abc.com. Your question could be featured on tonight's broadcast.

2013-05-13 23:14:13 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Hospitals can charge wildly differing amounts for the same procedure, according to a report released last week by the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which studied data from 3,300 hospitals across the country.

2013-05-13 22:31:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

BREAKING: Psychologist Joyce Brothers has died at the age of 85.

2013-05-13 22:05:34 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

Coming Up on World News: A traveling avalanche of ice is blanketing American backyards -- even consuming homes. Tonight, meteorologist Ginger Zee tells how it happens.

(Photo Credit: Ginger Zee)

2013-05-13 19:35:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy clinic

2013-05-13 19:19:42 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 6 +1s)

2013-05-13 17:09:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

In March, a judge entered a standard not guilty plea on Holmes' behalf over the objection of defense attorneys who said they needed more time before entering a plea.

2013-05-13 16:33:08 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

JUST IN: Attorneys for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes say mental health experts have now examined and diagnosed their client, prompting them to ask a judge to change Holmes’ plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.

2013-05-13 16:16:39 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 3 +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.

2013-05-10 21:17:02 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +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 19:46:02 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

Today has been a tough day for IRS official Lois Lerner. In addition to touching off a political firestorm by admitting some conservative groups with the names “tea party” or “patriots” were singled out by her agency, she also admitted that she’s not a math whiz.

2013-05-10 19:14:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Calling all new grads -- email a photo of you and your mom at graduation to ABC.WorldNews@abc.com and it may be featured tonight on World News.

2013-05-10 18:09:56 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +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.

2013-05-09 21:07:53 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

JUST IN: In an interview today with ABC News' David Muir, Gina DeJesus' mother, Nancy Ruiz, revealed she has known Ariel Castro for years -- after growing up in the same community.

Ruiz said Castro spoke to her on several occasions after her daughter disappeared. This past year he asked her, "How are you doing?"

Tonight on World News, find out what Gina asked her family to do on her first night home.

2013-05-09 20:22:22 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Nearly seven in 10 Hispanic high school graduates from the class of 2012 enrolled in college in the fall.

2013-05-09 17:26:29 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

2013-05-09 15:58:41 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

"My fear is that the Boston bombers succeeded because our system failed," said House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas).

2013-05-08 21:39:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

BREAKING NEWS: Cleveland Man Charged With Kidnapping, Rape After 3 Missing Women Found in Home

2013-05-08 20:53:12 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

BREAKING NEWS: On count 1, first degree murder - Jodi Arias is found guilty.

2013-05-08 20:33:39 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

Cleveland kidnap suspect Ariel Castro brazenly played music last year at a fundraiser marking the tenth anniversary of Gina DeJesus disappearance and even comforted the missing woman's mother.

2013-05-08 18:37:05 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

BREAKING NEWS: There is a verdict in the Jodi Arias case that will be read in about two hours.

2013-05-08 15:56:24 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

UPDATE: Amanda Berry will not be making a statement.

2013-05-08 15:13:51 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

JUST IN: Amanda Berry to come home to sister's house shortly. Plans to go inside for a time, then come out to give statement.

2013-05-08 15:06:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Chains, locks and lengths of rope were discovered inside the Cleveland home where three kidnapped woman were held in captivity for 10 years.

2013-05-07 22:20:47 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

JUST IN: Delaware to Become 11th State With Gay Marriage

2013-05-07 21:28:05 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

"She's not alive, honey," Psychic Sylvia Browne told Louwanna Miller on the Montell Williams show, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper. "Your daughter's not the kind who wouldn't call."

2013-05-07 21:18:47 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

BREAKING NEWS: Accused Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes will plead not guilty by reason of insanity, according to just-filed court documents.

2013-05-07 20:26:21 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 3 +1s)

Today the Dow Jones Industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time ever.

2013-05-07 18:10:43 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Do you want to see Hillary run for president in 2016?

2013-05-06 23:00:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Did you double down on stocks in March 2009? If you had the stomach to invest when the market hit its lows, we want to hear from you. Email your story to ABC.WorldNews@abc.com and a producer may contact you. 

2013-05-06 20:24:47 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Cornell University study found that not eating for four to five hours before food shopping increases number of unhealthy purchases by 23 percent.

2013-05-06 19:48:11 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)