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  Severe weather threatens to pummel Midwest, Plains

  

  Posted 2:25 PM 5/19/2013 by CNN

  (CNN) -- Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes are threatening to pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest on Sunday and Monday.

  A mix of ingredients could combine to spawn a severe weather outbreak sweeping through parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Missouri, CNN (More)

  
  

• National News

  Police gunfire kills Hofstra University student, official says

  

  Posted 10:42 PM 5/18/2013 by Chelsea J. Carter and Chris Kokenes, CNN

  New York (CNN) -- A Hofstra University student who died during a confrontation between a home invasion suspect and authorities was killed by police gunfire, a Nassau County, New York, police spokeswoman said Saturday.

  Police fired eight shots at the intruder, who authorities say was (More)

  
  

• National News

  Got THE ticket for tonight's big Powerball drawing?

  

  Posted 8:24 PM 5/18/2013 by CNN

  (CNN) -- Two dollars and a dream.

  That's all it took for Mammie Hicks to plunk down money at a Riverside, Missouri, convenience store for a chance at Saturday's record $600 million multistate Powerball jackpot.

  "People are more important than money. I'd just give it away ... to help (More)

  
  

• National News

  Dispatcher: 50 injured after car plows into parade-goers in Virginia

  Posted 3:24 PM 5/18/2013 by CNN

  (CNN) -- As many as 50 people were injured Saturday afternoon after a car plowed into parade-goers in Damascus, Virginia, a police dispatcher told CNN.
  Of those injured, there were at lease five or six "trauma victims," the dispatcher said.
  The accident occurred during a parade at the annual Trail Days festival in the town near the Virginia-Tennessee border.
  The town's police chief has scheduled a 6 p.m. ET news conference.

  
  

• National News

  U.N. panel: Sanctions delaying N. Korea nuke program

  

  Posted 9:18 PM 5/17/2013 by CBS News

  North Korea is still trying to import and export nuclear and ballistic missile-related items but financial and trade sanctions are slowing progress

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• National News

  Passengers bloodied after trains derail, collide in southwest Connecticut

  

  Posted 6:27 PM 5/17/2013 by Greg Botelho and Rob Frehse, CNN

  (CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening, damaging both trains and leaving some "bloody" and wounded as a result, a witness and transit official said.

  A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around (More)

  
  

• National News

  7 ways budget cuts will hit national parks

  

  Posted 2:28 PM 5/17/2013 by Christopher Dawson - CNN

  CNN - Road-tripping to a national park makes for an easy -- and spectacular -- summer getaway. While all the U.S. national parks will be open this summer, forced federal spending cuts mean reduced programs and facility access.

  The National Park Service has cut 5% from its 2013 budget. The (More)

  
  

• National News

  Ousted IRS chief: "I did not mislead" the American people

  

  Posted 10:58 AM 5/17/2013 by Lucy Madison - CBS News

  Amid Republican criticism over alleged discrimination in IRS targeting practices, acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller on Friday apologized on behalf the agency for "the mistakes that we made and the poor service we provided," but he said he did not think partisanship drove the practices now (More)

  
  

• Political News

  Officials on Benghazi: "We made mistakes, but without malice"

  

  Posted 10:39 AM 5/17/2013 by Sharyl Attkisson - CBS News

  Obama administration officials acknowledge that mistakes were made the night of and in the aftermath of the Benghazi attacks

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• Technology

  The drone next door

  

  Posted 6:17 AM 5/17/2013 by Brian Montopoli - CBS News

  Pilotless aircraft - known until now primarily for their controversial role in American foreign policy - are now being integrated into American life. The Federal Aviation Administration expects there to be 7,500 commercial drones operating domestically by 2018.

  Already, drones are being (More)