http://www.kspr.com/news/nationworld/?track=rss Headlines from kspr.com en ©2013, kspr.com Sat, 18 May 2013 12:17:00 -0500 Karen Brooks http://sns.tribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-usa-lotterybre94g0zy-20130517,0,377108.story?track=rss Powerball jackpot could swell to largest lottery payoff in U.S. history. Sat, 18 May 2013 11:20:00 CDT http://sns.tribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-france-gaymarriagebre94g0jh-20130517,0,4223945.story?track=rss The bill, a campaign pledge by the Socialist president allowing gay marriage, is one of the biggest reforms since abolition of the death penalty in 1981. Sat, 18 May 2013 06:51:00 CDT http://sns.tribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-korea-north-missilesbre94h04p-20130518,0,7590357.story?track=rss SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea's Defence Ministry said, prompting Western powers to urge Pyongyang to exercise restraint. Sat, 18 May 2013 12:17:00 CDT Greg McCune http://sns.tribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-usa-train-accidentbre94g0zt-20130517,0,6025611.story?track=rss Investigators will probe the derailment, but officials say there is no reason to believe that it was anything but an accident. Sat, 18 May 2013 11:45:04 CDT Andy Sullivan and Kim Dixon http://sns.tribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-usa-irsbre94f10y-20130516,0,4585139.story?track=rss WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. Fri, 17 May 2013 19:56:00 CDT By Deborah Netburn http://sns.tribune.com/news/nationworld/la-sci-sn-asteroid-1998-qe2-20130516,0,6965012.story?track=rss It's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby. Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT Alexia Shurmur http://sns.tribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-usa-simpson-appealbre94g0pk-20130517,0,2777555.story?track=rss LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - An attorney who O.J. Simpson claims botched his Nevada robbery trial five years ago told a court on Friday that he poured his "blood, sweat and soul" into defending the former football hero, who he said had been badly tainted by his sensational 1990s murder case. Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:00 CDT http://sns.tribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-quake-japanbre94h040-20130517,0,2050993.story?track=rss TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:44:02 CDT http://sns.tribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-britain-mccannbre94g0sj-20130517,0,5604955.story?track=rss LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Friday they had identified people they want to question about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the three-year-old who went missing in Portugal six years ago. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:44:00 CDT By Tom Kington http://sns.tribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-italian-court-told-about-berlusconis-bunga-bunga-parties-20130517,0,4847164.story?track=rss  ROME -- The Moroccan-born dancer at the center of Silvio Berlusconi’s prostitution trial took the stand in court for the first time Friday, describing how female guests at Berlusconi’s so-called bunga-bunga parties stripped to their underwear and dressed up as nuns, nurses and even Barack Obama. Fri, 17 May 2013 19:50:00 CDT