[U.S.] Powerball officials: Record jackpot has been won

Powerball officials: Record jackpot has been won
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57556106/powerball-officials-record-jackpot-has-been-won/
Updated at 3:05 a.m. ET. CHICAGO Powerball officials say tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri matched all six numbers to win the record $587.5 million jackpot.

NH couple arrested at Fla. parade after boy burned
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/NH-couple-wanted-in-boy-s-beating-head-to-court-4075700.php
Roland Dow in custody after being apprehended Wednesday evening at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., where he and his girlfriend, Jessica Linscott, had been watching a parade.

Obama to take fiscal cliff case on the road
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/white-house-congress-talk-fiscal-cliff-nears-17833546
President Obama will travel to Pennsylvania this week to publicly make his pitch on unwinding the combination of tax increases and spending cuts that will automatically happen on Jan. 1. According to a White House official, Obama will visit a manufacturing ...

What we know about Superstorm Sandy a month later
http://www.newsday.com/elections/bloomberg-lobbies-for-sandy-disaster-aid-1.4273151
Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the U.S. East Coast a month ago Thursday after tearing through the Caribbean. In the weeks since, the storm's scope has come into sharper focus.

Lawyer: Micah Moore's confession in Deaton death 'untrue'
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/28/3938305/micah-moores-confession-in-deaton.html
Micah Moore's confession in the death of Bethany Ann Deaton, the new wife of his spiritual leader Tyler Deaton, was a fiction born from a fragile mental state, his lawyer said Wednesday.

CIA sued over 1950s 'murder' of government scientist plied with LSD
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/29/cia-lawsuit-scientist-1950s-death
The family of a US government scientist who fell to his death from a New York hotel window six decades ago have launched a lawsuit for damages against the CIA, alleging the agency was involved in his murder and a subsequent cover-up.

Local artists' handiwork part of White House holiday display
http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/11/26/dont-kill-christmas-a-tree-for-michelle-and-the-girls-and-a-warning-for-congress/
WASHINGTON â€"â€". First lady Michelle Obama opened the festive, fir-draped doors Wednesday to the family's fourth White House Christmas, with Chicago talent helping put on the pageantry.

'American Horror Story: Asylum,' Season 2, Episode 7: TV Recap
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/11/28/american-horror-story-asylum-season-2-episode-7-tv-recap/
Grace is in the hospital near death, as nuns hover over her. That prompts Sister Devil, aka Mary Eunice, to complain to Dr. Arden that the French girl nearly died that morning because of him, as he re-pots part of a plant in a glass.

Rouzer concedes in N.C.
http://www.wral.com/mcintyre-close-to-recount-victory/11821887/
Republican David Rouzer has conceded to Democratic Rep. Mike McIntyre in North Carolina's 7th District. Rouzer's loss means that Democrats netted eight seats this year.

Little Falls shooting deaths raise questions of appropriate force
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/28/3937782/slain-minn-teens-may-be-tied-to.html
The initial shots may have been defensible. But Byron David Smith's apparent admission to authorities that he fired subsequent, lethal shots at two teens he said broke into his home near Little Falls - including what Smith called a “finishing shot” to one of ...

Ex-Feinstein treasurer gets prison term
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Ex-Feinstein-treasurer-gets-prison-term-4074386.php
Sacramento --. What started as an attempt to keep a struggling business afloat a decade ago turned into the largest embezzlement of political funds in California history, ending Wednesday with an eight-year federal prison sentence for a former campaign ...

State moves to seize West Texas ranch used by polygamists
http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/11/28/4446175/state-moves-to-seize-west-texas.html
AUSTIN -- The Texas attorney general's office took the first legal step on Wednesday to seize the Yearning for Zion polygamist ranch in West Texas, where convicted sect leader Warren Jeffs and his followers sexually assaulted dozens of children.

Pittsburgh zoo sends out calendar featuring African painted dogs that mauled 2 ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/zoo-sends-calendar-featuring-killer-dogs-article-1.1208740
The Pittsburgh Zoo sent out as gifts to supporters 2013 calendars featuring photos of African painted dogs that mauled to death a boy who fell into their enclosure last month.

Texas: 'Cadillac Ranch' Artist Wanted in Abuse of Boys
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240188/Stanley-Marsh-3-charged-Eccentric-Cadillac-Ranch-millionaire-charged-molesting-boys-buying-10-teens-cars-drugs-alcohol-exchange-sex-acts.html
An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for Stanley Marsh 3, an Amarillo millionaire and eccentric artist who is being charged with 11 felony counts of child molesting.

Replyallcalypse: 40000 people spammed in NYU email farce
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/9710513/Replyallcalypse-40000-people-spammed-in-NYU-email-farce.html
This week, one student at New York University took the all-too-simple error to the next level, when he inadvertently discovered a bug in the school email system that allowed anyone to "reply all" to a generic university email, bombarding nearly 40,000 people ...