Posted: 8:20 AM Interstate 77 has reopened in both directions in West Virginia after crews worked through the night to repair damage from a massive natural gas line explosion and fire.

Posted: 6:54 AM Defense attorneys are asking a judge to end the 24-hour GPS monitoring of George Zimmerman while he is out on bond in the fatal shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.

Posted: 7:21 AM The Australian radio hosts behind a hoax phone call to the British hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was staying said through tears that they were shattered upon learning that the nurse who was duped by their prank had died.

Updated: 4:53 PM The Arizona Lottery says the other winning ticket in last week's $588 million Powerball jackpot has been claimed.

Updated: 8:32 AM A nurse who was on the receiving end of a hoax call to elicit information about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was found dead Friday in an apparent suicide.

Updated: 9:34 AM Japan's Meteorological Agency has lifted a tsunami warning for the country's northeastern coast.

Posted: 7:53 AM Marijuana possession is now legal in Washington state, and pot smokers have been celebrating in the streets of Seattle.

Posted: 7:27 AM New York City police say a suspect in the death of a subway rider who was shoved onto the tracks has implicated himself in the crime.

Posted: 10:28 AM Google is announcing $23 million in grants to spur innovation among charities and increase education for girls and minority students in science and technology.

Posted: 7:04 AM The military judge who ordered the Fort Hood shooting suspect's beard to be forcibly shaved has been thrown off the case.

Updated: 6:22 AM Palace officials say Prince William and his wife are expecting their first child.

Posted: 10:08 AM Authorities say at least 12 students and five adults have been taken to hospitals after an Atlanta elementary school was evacuated amid concerns about carbon monoxide in the building.

Posted: 7:40 PM President Barack Obama faces mounting pressure to decide whether to approve Keystone XL, a $7 billion proposed oil pipeline between the U.S. and Canada.

Updated: 1:47 PM Lottery officials in Missouri are planning to identify the winner of half of Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot at a news conference Friday morning.

Posted: 8:11 AM A House vote to offer permanent residency to foreign students earning certain advanced degrees is setting the stage for a bigger battle next year on how to redesign the nation's flawed immigration system.

Updated: 12:23 PM The Missouri Lottery said their winning Powerball ticket was sold in a town of less than 500 people.

Posted: 8:22 AM Hostess Brands Inc. plans to ask for a judge's approval Thursday to give its top executives bonuses totaling up to $1.8 million as part of its wind-down plans.

Posted: 8:01 AM Two BP rig supervisors and a former executive are scheduled to be arraigned on criminal charges stemming from the deadly Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and the company's response to its massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Updated: 8:19 AM Visions of lifelong riches are surely dancing in the heads of those rushing to buy lottery tickets for Wednesday night's $500 million Powerball jackpot.

Posted: 6:55 AM President Barack Obama plans to make a public case this week for his strategy for dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, traveling to the Philadelphia suburbs Friday as he pressures Republicans to allow tax increases on the wealthy while extending tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or less.

Posted: 6:05 AM Lottery officials say nobody has won the Powerball jackpot and the top prize will now increase to about $425 million for the next drawing, the largest jackpot ever for the game.

Posted: 6:00 AM When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and 11 fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from the class of 2010.

Updated: 12:59 PM President Barack Obama is pardoning two turkeys in an annual Thanksgiving rite.

Posted: 12:47 PM It will be a subdued Thanksgiving for families hit hard by Superstorm Sandy.

Posted: 7:53 AM A documentary about an inmate on Florida's death row says the convicted killer might have been involved in the murder of O.J. Simpson's wife and her friend.