SAN JOSE, Calif. - Yahoo's board of directors has reportedly approved a $1.1 billion purchase of the popular blogging site Tumblr, Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer's boldest move to date to revitalize the struggling Internet giant. » read more

President Barack Obama urged graduates of a celebrated historically black college Sunday to use their education to help others and to work for "something larger than yourself," citing the example of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. » read more

WASHINGTON - A senior White House aide said Sunday that President Barack Obama learned only from news reports that an Internal Revenue Service office had singled out dozens of conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while Republicans vowed to investigate any White House involvement in the growing scandal. » read more

BALTIMORE - Benjamin Lipsitz, a lawyer who defended the man who tried to kill George Wallace, died May 10. He was 94. » read more

One ticket sold in Florida has won the Powerball jackpot, with a final annuity value of $590.5 million, short of the advertised estimate of $600 million. » read more

PORTLAND, Ore. - Proponents of fluoridating Portland's water supply had no trouble getting the local Urban League on board. Here in the biggest city in the country that still doesn't treat its water to prevent tooth decay, studies show that low-income children and kids of color have been hit hardest by untreated cavities. » read more

Republican opposition in many states to expanding Medicaid next year under the national health-care law - opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage - is likely to widen the divide between the nation's healthiest and sickest states. » read more

LOS ANGELES-Eric Garcetti's lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race has narrowed to seven percentage points, but his strength among conservatives has blocked rival Wendy Greuel from securing a San Fernando Valley base that is vital to her chances, according to a new USC Price/Los Angeles Times poll. » read more