(ABCNEWS.com) A ticket sold in Michigan matched all five numbers including the Powerball to win the $320 million jackpot, according to Powerball.com A Michigan lottery spokesman tells ABC News Radio that the winning ticket was sold at a Sunoco gas … Obama Spars With Romney Over Biden's 'Back in Chains' Remark - Businessweek
By Margaret Talev and Julie Hirschfeld Davis on August 16, 2012 Vice President Joe Biden's remark that Republican policies would put middle-income Americans "back in chains" has touched off a partisan sparring match, drawing a rebuke from Republican … Assange asylum decision coming Thursday, Ecuador says - CNN
(CNN) — Ecuador's foreign minister says his government has made a decision on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's request for asylum and will announce it Thursday morning. In a televised address Wednesday, Ricardo Patiño said that the Ecuadoran … Silversun Pickups issue cease and desist order to Romney campaign for use of 'Panic Switch'
The Silversun Pickups want Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign to immediately stop the use of the rock group’s song “Panic Switch.” And the Romney campaign has no problem with that.
Relief as storm leaves Philippines
Tropical Storm Kai-tak blew out of the Philippines on Thursday, offering some relief for millions of people struggling to recover from a brutal few weeks of monsoon rains that claimed 109 lives. Syria's Conflict Stirs Unrest in Fragile Lebanon - ABC News
Lebanese gangs backing the regime in Damascus smashed storefronts belonging to Syrian merchants on Wednesday and a powerful clan claimed it was holding more than 20 Syrians captives as the civil war across the border stirred tensions in this fragile … Unmanned US Air Force craft failed in hypersonic flight attempt over Pacific Ocean
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – An unmanned experimental U.S. aircraft failed during an attempt to fly at six times the speed of sound in the latest setback for hypersonic flight.
Ecuador says Britain threatened embassy assault
Ecuador's government said Wednesday that Britain had threatened to storm its embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is seeking political asylum in the South American country. Olympics-Swimming-Australia sank under pressure in London pool
Aug 16 (Reuters) – Australia’s swimmers have admitted theybuckled under pressure and underestimated how much their rivalshad improved at the London Games after the squad picked up justa solitary gold as part of a 10-medal haul in the pool. “As much as you think you’re ready for it, the differencebetween world championships and the Olympics is a hundred timesmore pressure,” freestyle specialist Eamon Sullivan toldreporters on Thursday. “We under-prepared for the expectations of the pressure andthe experience of the Olympics and, unfortunately, it’s a badtime to learn lessons,” he added. …
Hold my calls, please: LA restaurant offers discount to diners who check cellphones with staff
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – A Los Angeles restaurant is offering a deal to customers who agree to look at their fellow diners instead of their phone screens.
Counterfeit Christian Louboutin luxury shoes from China stopped in their tracks at LA port
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Federal customs officials have stopped more than 20,000 pairs of counterfeit luxury shoes from tip-toeing into the U.S. from China.
Olympic track silver medallist Jeff Demps expected to choose NFL team by Thursday night
Jeff Demps has an Olympic silver medal. The U.S. track star now wants to make a run at a Super Bowl ring.
Wen says China still can meet growth target
China’s premier says the country should meet this year’s economic targets but is warning hardship could continue for some time and trade conditions will be grim.
Indonesia president says corruption threatens economic growth
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Thursday corruption is on the rise, even in parliament, in his most explicit comments yet on a scourge that he warned threatened economic growth in Southeast Asia's largest economy. Corruption is widely seen as holding back the economy and Yudhoyono has been criticized for letting the fight against it slow as he comes towards the end of his second five-year term. A series of corruption scandals have rocked the president's Democrat Party, weakening it in advance of elections in 2014 when Yudhoyono will step down. … 
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspended Syria, saying the Muslim world "can no longer accept a regime that massacres its people", as 31 people were reported killed in an air strike. 
< Prev of 2 Next > RIOTERS have blocked the road to Beirut airport, as dozens of Syrians were kidnapped and their shops vandalised in violence that triggered orders from Gulf nations for citizens to leave Lebanon immediately. Rioters set fire to tyres … 
By REUTERS Membership suspended despite Iran opposition; OIC cites Assad's violent suppression of Syrian revolt, but does not see any support for external military intervention. MECCA – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation suspended Syria's … 
AZAZ, Syria -- Syrian fighter jets have bombed a rebel-held town near the northern border with Turkey, killing at least eight people including a baby and wounding dozens, most of them women and children. 
By The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk View full sizeLen Melisurgo/The Star-LedgerThis Powerball jackpot sign at a convenience store on Route 27 in Edison explains why ticket sales were high for Wednesday night's drawing. The jackpot soared to $320 … 
DES MOINES -- Four years ago, John Brooks cast his ballot for Barack Obama, becoming one of the voters won over by his promise for changing Washington. This time, he had been undecided, but he said Mitt Romney made his decision easier by placing … 
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Brent crude rose slightly on Thursday, staying near a three-month high above $116 on concerns over disruptions to supply from the Middle East and a steeper-than-expected drawdown in oil stocks in the world's top consumer, the United States. The European benchmark has risen more than a third in less than two months from the low for the year of $88.49, as worries about a conflict over Iran's disputed nuclear program escalate and as investors lock in positions on hopes of more stimulus measures from central banks. Data on Wednesday showing a steep drop in U.S. … 
Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief Andy Coulson will appear at a London court on Thursday to answer phone-hacking charges. 
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Thursday, after China's premier reportedly said that he believes the country's current economic picture leaves room for the central bank to take action to help spur growth. 
Wednesday night's $320-million Powerball jackpot, expected by lottery officials to grow to $400-million if no one wins Wednesday night, has Little Rock lotto players excited. "If I could hit for $320-million, you'll see a lot of millionaires in the … 
OXFORD, Ohio - Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan ventured into the escalating Medicare debate Wednesday, telling supporters at Miami University that he and Mitt Romney relish the opportunity to discuss the issue. "We want this debate, … 
A stern warning from Britain on the eve of Ecuador's much-anticipated decision on Julian Assange's asylum request led its foreign minister to accuse Britain on Wednesday of threatening to storm his nation's London embassy to arrest the WikiLeaks founder. 
An Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear program could trigger a bloody monthlong war on multiple fronts, killing hundreds of Israelis or more, the Israeli Cabinet's civil defense chief warned in an interview published Wednesday. 
The founder of the controversial Unification Church is in a South Korean hospital in critical condition due to complications from pneumonia, his spokesman said on Thursday. 
SYDNEY (Reuters) – BHP Billiton said on Thursday jobs could go at its Australian coal mines as the miner faces a deteriorating global market, hit by slowing industrial activity in China. BHP in a 50-50 partnership with Japan's Mitsubishi operates seven coal mines in Queensland's Bowen Basin yielding mostly metallurgical coal used in steel making. At peak output, the mines can supply up to a fifth of the world's traded coal. … 
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Islamist militant group operating in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula bordering with Israel warned the Egyptian army on Wednesday that an ongoing military crackdown on jihadists in the area will force it to fight back. The Egyptian army has been hunting militants in the Sinai desert since an attack last week on Egyptian border guards that killed 16 soldiers. Egypt blamed the attack on Islamist militants. … 
QUITO/LONDON (Reuters) – The diplomatic standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange escalated on Wednesday after Britain threatened to raid Ecuador's embassy in London if Quito did not hand over Assange, who has been taking refuge there for two months. The Ecuadorean government said such an action would be considered a "hostile and intolerable act" as well as a violation of its sovereignty. "Under British law we can give them a week's notice before entering the premises and the embassy will no longer have diplomatic protection," a Foreign Office spokesman said. … 
* Quito says it would see a raid as a "hostile and intolerable act" * UK says obliged by law to extradite Assange to Sweden * Ecuador to announce asylum decision on Thursday By Eduardo Garcia and Alessandra Prentice QUITO/LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) – The … 
The Islamic summit decided on Thursday to take the issue of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingyas, displaced by deadly sectarian violence, to the United Nations. 
Australia's highest court ruled Wednesday that a 90-year-old citizen cannot be extradited to Hungary to face accusations he tortured and killed a Jewish teenager during World War II. 
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is considering deporting 14 Chinese activists arrested over their landing on a disputed island as soon as Friday in a move that could defuse a worsening feud between Tokyo and Beijing, Japanese media reported on Thursday. The activists, seven of whom landed on Wednesday on the rocky, uninhabited isle in the East China Sea claimed by both nations, have been transferred to Okinawa for questioning by police on Thursday morning, public broadcaster NHK said. If they did nothing else illegal, the government would deport the activists after questioning, it said. … 
The diplomatic and political minefield that is the fate of Julian Assange is expected to come a step closer to being traversed when Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, gives his decision on whether his country will grant the WikiLeaks' founder asylum … 
England batsman Kevin Pietersen will discover by Saturday if his apology for sending "provocative texts" to South African players has come in time to salvage his hopes of playing in the World Twenty20. 
Nathaly Uribe has all the papers she needs to get a work permit -- something the 17-year-old daughter of a construction worker only dreamed of growing up as an illegal immigrant in the United States. 
CARACAS, Venezuela -- The government of Ecuador said Wednesday that the British authorities had threatened to barge into the country's embassy in London if officials did not hand over Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, who is holed up there in an … 
By MIRIAM JORDAN and BEN KESLING Armed with foreign birth certificates, school records and proof they have grown up in the US, tens of thousands of young illegal immigrants across the country applied Wednesday to a program that could allow them to … 
Militant gunmen attacked a key Pakistani air force base before dawn Thursday, sparking an intense exchange of fire, officials said. 
England manager Roy Hodgson believes the signs for the future are bright after handing debuts to several young prospects in Wednesday's 2-1 victory against Italy in the Swiss capital. 
Squealing tiger cubs stuffed into carry-on bags. Luggage packed with hundreds of squirming tortoises, elephant tusks, even water dragons and American paddlefish. Officials at Thailand's gateway airport proudly tick off the illegally trafficked wildlife they have seized over the past two years. 
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, talks about the Senate and House's inability to find a compromise for farmers. Chaffetz also shares his thoughts on the Romney-Ryan ticket. Surprising number of voters won't vote in Nov. This content comes from Closed … 
By By KASIE HUNT - 1 minute ago COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Just days ago, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stood with newly minted running mate Paul Ryan and promised a campaign focused on big ideas like "a positive governing agenda that will … 
Washington (CNN) — Police are investigating what prompted a man to walk in to the lobby of the Family Research Council, a conservative policy organization, on Wednesday morning and open fire, wounding a security guard. The guard, who was shot in the … 
By Jose Llangari | QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador said on Wednesday the British government had threatened to raid its embassy in London if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not handed over, and that Quito would make its decision on his asylum request on … 
MECCA (Reuters) – The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) suspended Syria's membership early on Thursday at a summit of Muslim leaders in Mecca citing President Bashar al-Assad's violent suppression of the revolt, it said in a closing statement. "The conference decides to suspend the Syrian Arab Republic membership in the OIC and all its subsidiary organs, specialized and affiliated institutions," the closing statement said. … 
Britain on Wednesday said it was "determined" to extradite Julian Assange to Sweden to face sexual assault claims as Ecuador said it would reveal its decision over the WikiLeaks founder's asylum claim on Thursday. 
AP Japanese veterans and their followers march to pay respects to the nation's war dead at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday. Japanese clad in period military uniforms gathered at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo for the 67th anniversary of Japan's … 
By James Pomfret and Linda Sieg | HONG KONG/TOKYO (Reuters) – China demanded Japan immediately and unconditionally free 14 Chinese activists held over a protest landing on disputed islands on Wednesday, as tensions between Tokyo and its neighbours … 
AZAZ, Syria -- Syrian fighter jets screamed through the sky Wednesday over this rebel-held town, dropping bombs that leveled the better part of a poor neighborhood and wounded scores of people, many of them women and children buried under piles of … 
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh virtually ruled out diesel price deregulation for now as he referred to the government move to continue with diesel subsidy in districts that had a rain deficit of 50% or more. He also said taming inflation in … 
By ROBERT MACKEY Last Updated, 5:23 pm While the prosecution of three members of a Russian protest band called Pussy Riot has raised concerns about freedom of speech and the growing influence of the Orthodox Church in Russia, an American actress has … 
Syrian rebels attack the staff headquarters of the Syrian military in Damascus on Wednesday morning. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports. By NBC News and wire reports Updated at 6:20 am ET: A bomb exploded in Damascus on Wednesday near a hotel used by United … 
The United States is increasingly realizing that as it seeks to end Syria's violence and drive President Bashar al-Assad from power, it may not be so much Russia that it has to confront, but Iran. Of the two it has been Russia on the international … 
While Mitt Romney would reportedly pay less than one percent of his income in taxes under Paul Ryan's previous tax plan, most Americans making less than $200000 would see a tax hike under the budget of Ryan proposed before his selection to be Romney's … 
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador said on Wednesday the British government had threatened to raid its embassy in London if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not handed over, and that Quito would make its decision on his asylum request on Thursday. "Today we've received a threat by the United Kingdom, a clear and written threat that they could storm our embassy in London if Ecuador refuses to hand in Julian Assange," Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reporters. "We are not a British colony," he added in an angry statement after a meeting with President Rafael Correa. … 
Scotland had to come from behind as they warmed up for their World Cup qualification matches next month with a 3-1 win over Australia at Easter Road. 
A stunning Jermaine Defoe strike 10 minutes from time handed England their first win against Italy in 15 years here on Wednesday, the Tottenham hitman sealing a 2-1 victory for Roy Hodgson's men. 
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The estates of the victims of the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut sued Standard Chartered seeking compensation over the bank's concealment of Iran-linked transactions. The civil lawsuit, filed in U.S. district court in Manhattan, said the bombing victims obtained a $2.6 billion judgment in compensatory damages against Iran in 2007. The court document said the plaintiffs include representatives of the estates of the 241 U.S. servicemen killed in the attack in the Lebanese capital, relatives and heirs and bombing survivors. … 
Durham's England international cricketer Liam Plunkett was banned from driving for a second time on Wednesday. 
Both the regional power games over Syria's civil war and the repercussions for the people of that country and the region are heating up. Today, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ordered their citizens out of Lebanon after 30 Syrians were …