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Sports Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness (Photo Gallery)
By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 3:35 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 5:40 PM PDT
Oxbow led from start to finish. It was the sixth Preakness victory for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and 15th Triple Crown victory, most in horse racing history.
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Offbeat Milwaukee backs off bra ban for historic bar Milwaukee backs off bra ban for historic bar
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 6:47 PM PDT
A historic Milwaukee bowling alley and bar almost went without the appropriate support after a city inspector decided dozens of bras hanging from its ceiling were a fire hazard.
Offbeat Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator
By Associated Press Published: May 16, 2013 at 11:47 AM PDT
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials say 18-year-old Braxton Bielski bagged the record gator last week at Choke Canyon State Park, about 90 miles south of San Antonio.
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YouNews Friday Night Aurora Friday Night Aurora
By RockyRaybell Published: May 18, 2013 at 6:39 AM PDT
A little after 10pm it was dark enough for the aurora to begin to show through breaks in the clouds. The combination with the moonlight was nice, until it clouded completely over and began to rain. As late as 3am I could still see the glow through the clouds in the north.
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National & World Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets
By Barbara Rodriguez, Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 2:41 PM PDT
With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot on Saturday night, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes.
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Sports Report: Michael Phelps planning comeback
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Published: May 17, 2013 at 7:56 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 8:48 PM PDT
The son of the U.S. national swim team director is reporting that Michael Phelps is planning a comeback for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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Home Navy launches drone from aircraft carrier Navy launches drone from aircraft carrier
Published: May 17, 2013 at 12:24 PM PDT
A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could open the way for the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft from just about any place in the world.
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Weather Northern Lights peek out in Eastern Washington Northern Lights peek out in Eastern Washington (Photo Gallery)
By Published: May 18, 2013 at 9:57 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 10:15 AM PDT
As we mentioned in the blog Thursday, there's a particularly active sunspot on the sun right now.

It had, as its opening salvo while starting to face the Earth, unleashed a moderately strong solar flare that reached us late Friday, triggering a display of the Northern Lights that reached as far south as Colorado.
Weather Northern Lights to be visible around the Pacific Northwest soon? Northern Lights to be visible around the Pacific Northwest soon?
By Published: May 16, 2013 at 11:33 AM PDT Last Updated: May 16, 2013 at 1:58 PM PDT
The sun has been getting quite active lately, with one sun spot in particular giving off several explosive flares this week, and it could eventually bring some brilliant displays of the Northern Lights to the Pacific Northwest.

Since Monday, Sunspot AR1748 has already given off four "X-class" solar flares -- X being the most powerful class of flares that have potential to disrupt radio and satellite signals. In fact, that flare has given off more X-class flares than every other sunspot of the past year combined, according to spaceweather.com.

Up to this point, the spot has been on a part of the sun not directly facing Earth, so the flares have been directed away from our planet and not really giving us much of an effect.

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Entertainment 'Avengers' star Clark Gregg on his move to 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'
By Hanna Brooks Olsen Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:01 AM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 10:22 AM PDT
This week, ABC announced a slew of new programming -- including "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," a Joss Whedon-helmed superhero drama that they're anchoring their Tuesday night primetime schedule around. In the center of the show is Clark Gregg, a relative newcomer to Whedon's inside circle, who says he's blessed to have found a place alongside with the cult favorite.
Entertainment Emma Watson revels in post-'Potter' freedom (Photo Gallery)
By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer Published: May 16, 2013 at 11:15 AM PDT
The 23-year-old "Harry Potter" actress stars in Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring," which premiered Thursday at the French Riviera festival. The British actress plays a celebrity-obsessed, thickly accented Los Angeles teenager who, with a group of friends, burgles Hollywood stars such as Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.
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Technology 4 Lulzsec hackers jailed for cyberattacks
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:20 AM PDT
Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday.
Technology 'Sonic the Hedgehog' games coming to Nintendo
By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:19 AM PDT
Sega says it will exclusively release the next three games starring the popular blue critter on Nintendo platforms. The first title will be called "Sonic Lost World" and is set for release on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS later this year.
Technology Labor group says Apple making progress at Foxconn
By Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 8:17 AM PDT
A labor group Apple Inc. joined to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China, where its products are made, says conditions are improving. But employees are still working more hours than the country's legal limit.
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Business Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town
By MARTHA MENDOZA, AP National Writer Published: May 18, 2013 at 2:56 PM PDT
Fremont, Calif., a nondescript suburb of 217,000 tucked in the high-tech region between San Francisco and the Silicon Valley is where something unique is happening: manufacturing.
Business Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 9:43 AM PDT
Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this week during a late-night House Agriculture Committee debate on farm legislation that for decades has propped up traditional crops and largely ignored organics.
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