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Record Powerball jackpot inspires office pools

By BARBARA RODRIGUEZAssociated Press In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream. The office lottery pool is a way to improve your odds and have a little fun with co-workers. And besides, who wants to be the

Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons

By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. Raqqa, in eastern

At least 6 confirmed dead in Texas tornadoes

By JOHN L. MONE and ANGELA K. BROWNAssociated Press GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - A rash of tornadoes slammed into several small communities in North Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens more injured and hundreds homeless. The violent spring storm scattered bodies, flattened homes and

Who wants to be Detroit mayor? 22 candidates do

By COREY WILLIAMSAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) - Detroit's next mayor will inherit a city low on cash and an office low on power, yet nearly two dozen candidates are seeking the job anyway. In announcing he won't seek a second term, Mayor Dave Bing slammed Michigan officials for ceding most