Updated: 4:23 PM Three more states have received permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind education law.

Posted: 2:29 PM Billionaire Warren Buffett is spending his day listening to business pitches from a select group of kids, but the ideas aren't likely to generate new acquisitions for Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate.

Posted: 2:25 PM More of the "Rakkasans" have returned to Fort Campbell from Afghanistan.

Posted: 11:38 AM A first edition copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" that contains author J.K. Rowling's notes and original illustrations is going on sale in a charity auction.

Posted: 10:09 AM The Supreme Court will decide if government whistleblower protection applies to employees of a privately-held contractor or the subcontractor of a publicly-held company.

Posted: 9:16 AM A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days, bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.

Posted: 8:34 AM Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are creating a gargantuan map of what foods Americans are buying and eating.

Posted: 8:28 AM United Airlines' 787s will be back in the air this morning.

Posted: 8:17 AM Owensboro police reported clearing 77.1 percent of violent crimes and nearly 39 percent of property crimes in 2012.

Posted: 8:11 AM Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.

Updated: 8:15 AM The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck off the coast of Chile.

Posted: 7:27 AM Forecasters say more tornadoes could hit the nation's midsection today.

Posted: 3:41 PM The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks.

Posted: 12:48 PM The Metro-North commuter rail line says crews will spend days rebuilding 2,000 feet of track, overhead wires and signals damaged in a derailment and crash in Connecticut.

Posted: 12:31 PM The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.

Posted: 12:28 PM Russian NTV television is reporting that the U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying and ordered to leave the country has flown out of Moscow.

Posted: 11:41 AM South Korea has deployed dozens of Israeli-made precision guided missiles on islands near a western sea boundary disputed by North Korea.

Posted: 9:36 AM Federal and local law enforcement are searching for another person suspected of sending letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

Posted: 9:36 AM U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is holding out hope that an international conference to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war will be held in early June.

Posted: 9:08 AM A senior White House adviser insists President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting tea party groups "when it came out in the news."

Updated: 1:31 PM A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million.

Updated: 2:04 PM President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni.

Posted: 2:05 PM Cleveland has landed another Hollywood film shoot and it could mean delays for motorists.

Posted: 2:01 PM An airline official says a US Airways Express flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.

Updated: 12:07 AM Lottery officials say the winning numbers in an historic Powerball jackpot have been drawn.