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San Antonio Woman's Killer Executed
By: Fox S.A. Staff

(AP) -- Texas prison officials have executed a registered sex offender for the rape, robbery and slaying of a woman abducted from a San Antonio bus stop 11 years ago.

Ramon Torres Hernandez was one of three people convicted in the killing of 37-year-old Rosa Maria Rosado.

She was pulled into a car Hernandez was driving after she refused to let go of her purse during a drive-by robbery.

The 41-year-old Hernandez was on parole at the time of his arrest in Rosado's death.

He also was a suspect in the slayings of three teenagers and a 12-year-old girl.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused last month to review Hernandez's death sentence and no late appeals were filed in the courts to block the lethal injection tonight.San Antonio Woman's Killer Executed

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Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets
May 18, 2013 23:13 GMT

By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Powerball is a game of numbers, and lottery officials say the majority of possible combinations have already been purchased ahead of Saturday night's near-historic $600 million drawing.

The odds of winning the game's largest jackpot remain astronomically low: 1 in 175.2 million.

But since about 80 percent of the possible combinations have been purchased, lottery officials say it's likely the winning ticket could be selected.

People lined up at gas stations and convenience stores Saturday for their chance at striking it rich.

South Carolina resident Benjamin Richardson says the few bucks he spends for every drawing are worth it. He also reasons that "it's all luck anyway."

The latest jackpot is the world's second largest overall, just behind a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot in March 2012.

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Gauge of US economy's future health up in April

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A measure of the U.S. economy's future health rose in solidly in April, buoyed by a sharp rise in applications to build new homes and apartments.

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IN THE NEWS: LABOR GROUP SAYS CONDITIONS AT APPLE PLANTS IMPROVING

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A labor group Apple joined to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China, where its products are made, says conditions are getting better.

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ON THIN ICE?

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- He was already on thin ice with the law when he failed to meet the conditions of his probation.

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