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MALAD, Idaho (ABC 4 Utah) - The biggest jackpot in Powerball has Utahns in a ticket buying craze. | Video
updated Friday, May 17, 2013 10:15 PM
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A drug company has stopped selling a drug to Arkansas because officials in the U.S. state planned to use it to execute death row prisoners. 
updated Friday, May 17, 2013 03:59 PM
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Daniel Craig attends the premiere of the latest James Bond
Britain is at risk of losing the James Bond movies after plans to expand the franchise's iconic Pinewood Studios were rejected. 
updated Friday, May 17, 2013 03:58 PM
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Actress Angelina Jolie arrives at 'Moneyball' Premiere at Roy Thomson Hall during the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2011 in Toronto, Canada. (Jason Merritt, Getty Images)
Angelina Jolie's announcement that she has undergone a preventative double mastectomy has inspired other women to take control.
updated Friday, May 17, 2013 03:58 PM
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Authorities in Germany are investigating the death of a Japanese chef following a fight with two customers who had complained about his food.
updated Friday, May 17, 2013 03:48 PM
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German officials say Justin Bieber will have to pay the bill for his monkey's two month stay at a Munich animal shelter.
updated Friday, May 17, 2013 03:46 PM
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Navy Lt. Thomas Sanez says he needed armed guards and an armored car to take his finals.
updated Friday, May 17, 2013 03:37 PM
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Chilean officials are investigating the death of hundreds of penguins, pelicans and other animals that are washing up on the county's shores.
updated Friday, May 17, 2013 02:44 PM
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A defense lawyer in Bahrain says a demonstrator has been sentenced to three months in prison for hanging a Bahrain flag from his truck during 2011 rallies.
updated Thursday, May 16, 2013 03:35 PM
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First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities — toilet paper.
updated Thursday, May 16, 2013 03:33 PM
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A central Pennsylvania woman will spend 60 days to two years in jail for hog-tying her 5-year-old grandson to a chair so she could go to a methadone clinic.
updated Thursday, May 16, 2013 03:43 PM
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Albuquerque police say a mother who saw her 5-year-old being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed into his car, triggering a manhunt.
updated Thursday, May 16, 2013 03:41 PM
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A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later in the drive-through of the McDonald's restaurant where she works.
updated Thursday, May 16, 2013 03:40 PM
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A piece of moon rock destined for Cyprus that disappeared 40 years ago could finally be on its way to the Mediterranean island nation.
updated Wednesday, May 15, 2013 04:41 PM
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The King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Princess Sabeeka  arrive at a lunch for Sovereign Monarch's held in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, at Windsor Castle, on May 18, 2012 in Windsor, England.   (Getty Images)
A lawyer said Wednesday that Bahraini courts have sentenced six people to a year in prison, on charges of making Twitter posts deemed offensive to the Gulf nation's king.
updated Wednesday, May 15, 2013 03:11 PM
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A tiny new camera developed at an Illinois university is giving researchers a bug's eye view -- featuring a panoramic field of view and the ability to focus simultaneously on objects at different depths.
updated Wednesday, May 15, 2013 03:50 PM
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Friends and family members of a man who by all accounts had passed away were caught by surprise recently when he sprung to life and sat up in his coffin during the funeral, witnesses said.
updated Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:18 PM
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David Ben Gurion, who was to become Israel's first Prime Minister, reads the Declaration of Independence May 14, 1948 at the museum in Tel Aviv, during the ceremony founding the State of Israel.  (GPO)
Israel took action in 1948 that would immediately trigger a war in the Middle East, several demonstrators were beaten in 1961 during a civil rights protest, and the U.S.'s first space station was launched in 1973.
updated Tuesday, May 14, 2013 04:19 PM
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a news conference at Facebook headquarters August 18, 2010 in Palo Alto, California. Zuckerberg announced the launch of Facebook Places, a new application that allows Facebook users to document places they have visited.  (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)
The man who created the most popular science-fiction film series in history in 1944, the filmmaker who rose to worldwide attention with the 'Back to the Future' films, and one of the world's richest entrepreneurs in 1984.
updated Tuesday, May 14, 2013 04:13 PM
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Larry Page, Founder of Google arrives to an audence with Prince Felipe of Spain before Prince of Asturias Awards ceremony on October 24, 2008 at Hotel Reconquista in Oviedo, Spain. (Carlos Alvarez, Getty Images)
Google CEO Larry Page is finally disclosing the health problem that spooked investors last summer when he mysteriously lost his voice.
updated Tuesday, May 14, 2013 03:45 PM
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An 80-year-old South Carolina amputee died on Tuesday after he was attacked by four dogs last week, which pulled him from his chair and bit him all over his body.
updated Tuesday, May 14, 2013 03:36 PM
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FBI and National Archive officials are returning to their rightful owners more than 10,000 important historical documents seized during a massive theft investigation involving a well-known collector of presidential memorabilia.
updated Tuesday, May 14, 2013 03:35 PM
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A plate with insects to be eaten is held at a press preview for the American Museum of Natural History's new Adventures in the Global Kitchen program April 20, 2004 in New York City. (Mario Tama, Getty Images)
Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock. And according to the U.N., they come with appetizing side benefits.
updated Monday, May 13, 2013 04:52 PM
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A gay teacher challenging her firing by a central Ohio Catholic school says the local union for Catholic educators decided not to proceed with her complaint.
updated Monday, May 13, 2013 04:52 PM
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A roller coaster sits in the Atlantic Ocean after the Fun Town pier it sat on was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy on November 1, 2012 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.  (Mark Wilson, Getty Images)
The roller coaster that plunged off a New Jersey amusement pier during Superstorm Sandy is about to be removed from the ocean.
updated Monday, May 13, 2013 04:51 PM
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Mosquitos are seen inside a trap on June 29, 2012 in Pleasant Hill, California.  (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)
U.S. health officials say last year was the worst ever for West Nile virus deaths -- which saw two additional people die from the ailment than the previous record toll.
updated Monday, May 13, 2013 04:50 PM
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A polar bear named Pike plays in freshly blown snow at the San Francisco Zoo December 21, 2009 in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)
An orphaned polar bear cub is preparing for a long flight from a zoo in Alaska to one in Buffalo, N.Y -- which already has a six-month old polar bear cub that can socialize with the animal, officials said.
updated Tuesday, May 14, 2013 03:02 PM
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Due to advancements in DNA technology, California authorities confirmed human remains found in 2003 were that of Charlotte Mower. (Linda Miller)
SALT LAKE CITY, (ABC 4 News) – Advances in DNA technology are responsible for a Kearns family finally knowing where their missing sister has been for over a decade. | Video
updated Monday, May 13, 2013 05:00 PM
Engine 119 comes to a halt at the site of the Golden Spike in Promontory, Utah
PROMONTORY SUMMIT, Box Elder County (ABC 4 UTAH) - On May 10, 1869, two locomotives, the Jupiter and No. 119, met nose to nose marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. East and West joined in Utah. | Video
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 09:09 PM
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The man attacked by an alligator after fleeing police in Florida this week said Friday that he ran into a fight for his life with the reptile.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 04:44 PM
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Georgia State Patrol officials said Friday that a baby and a teenager were killed in an early morning street racing crash, that the infant's mother was participating in on a highway outside of Atlanta.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 04:48 PM
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A logging machine, called a 'skidder,' demolishes trees in a forest. (File) (Rvannatta, Wikipedia)
Neighbors said Friday that a man went on a rampage with a bulldozer-like piece of logging machinery on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, destroying two homes and knocking out power to thousands of people.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 03:53 PM
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File photo of the state flag of Texas. (Brian Bahr, Getty Images)
A 15-year-old Texas girl -- who is legally blind -- will be among those competing for a state championship in the pole vault this weekend.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 03:46 PM
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Eddie Jordan, the former Rutgers star, is introduced as the school's head men's basketball coach on April 23, 2013 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.  (Rich Schultz, Getty Images)
Rutgers University's official biography of new head basketball coach Eddie Jordan states he graduated from the university in 1977 -- despite the fact that he, in fact, never graduated from the New Jersey college.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 03:48 PM
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About 75,000 pounds of frozen crab meat spilled out of a truck heading away from Salt Lake City on Friday morning, authorities said.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 04:04 PM
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A detail view of a MAC-9 semi-automatic pistol. (File) (Tom Pennington, Getty Images)
Operators of a Missouri movie theater are apologizing for a stunt in which an actor dressed in black, wearing body armor and carrying a fake rifle walked into the movie house.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 02:54 PM
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Former President George W. Bush holds a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House January 12, 2009 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)
The first Transcontinental Railroad is completed in Utah, an assassination attempt is carried out against President George W. Bush, and Mother's Day was observed for the first time in the U.S.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 12:06 PM
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Bono attends the opening night of Cirque Du Soleil's 'Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour' at 02 Arena on October 12, 2012 in London, England. (Eamonn McCormack, Getty Images)
The assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, the assassin of legendary Beatles member John Lennon, and the Irish front-man for one of the most famous rock bands in the world.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 12:00 PM
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A police officer walks past the house where Ariel Castro allegedly held captive Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight on May 9, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio.  (Matt Sullivan)
More details have emerged about the captivity experienced by three women in a Cleveland home for about a decade -- including disturbing details about repeated pregnancies that resulted from alleged rapes.
updated Thursday, May 09, 2013 04:43 PM
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The most popular baby names in the U.S. in 2012 were hardly a surprise. The most popular boy name has been at the top of the list for nearly 15 years, while the most common girl name is also a repeat champion.
updated Thursday, May 09, 2013 02:50 PM
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A Florida man, who was fleeing from deputies during a routine traffic stop, ran from the law and straight into an alligator's jaws, authorities said Thursday.
updated Thursday, May 09, 2013 01:49 PM
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Headshot portrait of President Richard Nixon, 1968. (White House Portraits, Getty Images)
A massive earthquake with a magnitude of nearly 9.0 struck in Peru, U.S. Congress officially opens impeachment proceedings against President Nixon over the Watergate Scandal, and a bank robbery triggered one of the largest police pursuits in California history.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 12:16 PM
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Musician Billy Joel attends the 2008 National Arts Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street on October 6, 2008 in New York City. (Andrew H. Walker, Getty Images)
The actress perhaps best known for playing the title role in the TV series "Murphy Brown", a legendary American singer whose hits include "Uptown Girl" and "Piano Man", and the current head coach of the USC Trojans football team.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 12:12 PM
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File photo of the state flag of Texas. (Brian Bahr, Getty Images)
On the brink of summer, defending Christmas is apparently on the wish list of the Texas Legislature -- which on Wednesday approved a bill that aims to remove legal risks of saying "Merry Christmas" in public schools.
updated Wednesday, May 08, 2013 03:36 PM
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Packages of Wrigley's-brand chewing gum. (Tim Boyle, Getty Images)
Wrigley says it is taking a new caffeinated gum off the market temporarily as the Food and Drug Administration investigates the safety of added caffeine.
updated Wednesday, May 08, 2013 03:34 PM
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at a news conference at the Statehouse October 4, 2011 in Trenton, New Jersey. (Jeff Zelevansky, Getty Images)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent gastric band weight-loss surgery in February to try and shed pounds, the Republican head of state admitted on Wednesday.
updated Wednesday, May 08, 2013 03:32 PM
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File photo of a 2012 United States presidential election absentee ballot showing the names of candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. (Sean Gallup, Getty Images)
New census data showed on Wednesday that, for the first time in history, African-Americans turned out to vote in 2012 at higher rates than Caucasians did.
updated Wednesday, May 08, 2013 03:28 PM
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Brazilian health officials said Wednesday that a 28-year-old woman has miraculously survived an incident in which her husband accidentally shot in the mouth with a harpoon.
updated Wednesday, May 08, 2013 01:57 PM
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File photo of Coca Cola products displayed in a cooler. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)
Coca-Cola makes its first appearance being sold at a pharmacy as a patent medicine, one of the biggest film studios in Hollywood was founded in 1912, and the Soviet Union announced it would not participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 12:25 PM
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President Harry S. Truman waves to the crowd during a parade after his Inauguration speech January 20, 1949 in Washinfton D.C. (National Archive, Getty Images)
The 33rd President of the United States, a former world heavyweight boxing champion who ultimately died mysteriously in his home, and a former coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
updated Friday, May 10, 2013 12:21 PM
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