Feds look for temporary fix after I-5 collapse
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- Federal officials were searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collapsed along the crucial Interstate 5 corridor, but Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cautioned Friday that major disruptions will last for weeks, if not months.... 5/24/2013 4:22 PM

Furlough Friday: Unpaid day off for many in gov't
WASHINGTON (AP) -- No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide.... 5/24/2013 4:46 PM

Principal recounts storm hitting Okla. school
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The principal of the Oklahoma elementary school where seven children died in a tornado says her teachers did everything they could to save their lives.... 5/24/2013 4:55 PM

Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no place in the greatest military on earth."... 5/24/2013 3:54 PM

Suspect in killing of officer found dead in cell
OGDEN, Utah (AP) -- A Utah Army veteran was found hanging dead Friday in his jail cell as he awaited trial on charges of killing a police officer and wounding five others during a raid that netted 13 pot plants and sparked a fierce debate about what happened that night.... 5/24/2013 5:05 PM

Obama's drone rules leave unanswered questions
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.... 5/24/2013 4:16 PM

Jersey shore eyes record-setting summer post Sandy
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Superstorm Sandy.... 5/24/2013 1:20 PM

Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday to award Congress' highest civilian honor to four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement. He called it a tragic loss that "helped to trigger triumph and a more just and equal and fair America."... 5/24/2013 5:17 PM

Arias foreman: Sentencing decision unfair to jury
PHOENIX (AP) -- The jury foreman in Jodi Arias' trial says the panel just couldn't decide whether the killing of her boyfriend was enough to merit a death a sentence.... 5/24/2013 4:52 PM

After vote on gay youth, Scouts face more turmoil
The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts.... 5/24/2013 4:31 PM