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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpotMay 19, 20133:31 PM ET ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.   Official: Va. driver likely had medical conditionMay 19, 201311:19 AM ET DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.   Metro-North: Conn. train outage expected for daysMay 19, 20133:47 PM ET BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Tens of thousands of commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash.  AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutionalMay 19, 201312:54 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.   Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held townMay 19, 20133:06 PM ET BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast. 
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