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FILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder gestures while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. Four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Holder said that in conducting U.S. counterterrorism operations against al-Qaida and its associated forces, the government has targeted and killed one American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki. Al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric, was killed in a drone strike in September 2011 in Yemen. The administration released the information the day before President Barack Obama is scheduled to make a major speech on national security. (CAROLYN KASTER, FILE/AP Photo)

4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes

2:27 PM - The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama.

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Phillips' strange double lifts Reds over Mets 7-4
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 1:42PM
Brandon Phillips bounced a bizarre double over first base to snap a ninth-inning tie, and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the struggling New York Mets with a 7-4 victory Wednesday.
Chicago Board of Ed votes to close 50 schools
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 1:32PM
The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define - for better or worse - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office.
Colo. governor delays convicted killer's execution
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 12:52PM
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper indefinitely delayed the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap on Wednesday and said he was unlikely to allow it as long as he is governor.
Arias jury deadlocked but must keep deliberating
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 12:07PM
Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial told the judge Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether the convicted murderer should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct them to continue deliberations and try to work through their differences.
Names of those killed in Oklahoma tornado
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 11:42AM
The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified 23 of 24 people killed in the tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including 10 children. Officials still were trying to contact eight victims' relatives Wednesday, but released the names of 16 others:
Fed weighed slowing its pace of bond purchases
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 11:12AM
Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June - if the economy showed strong and sustained growth. But those officials appeared at odds over what evidence would demonstrate such gains.
Okla. City mayor: Up to 13K homes hit by tornado
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 10:44AM
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb.
AP Source: Coach K returning to US men's team
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 9:59AM
Mike Krzyzewski had decided to remain coach of the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team.
UK officials: Radical Islam drives London attack
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 9:59AM
Two U.K. government officials say a brutal attack that left one man dead near a London military barracks appears to have been motivated by radical Islam.
Who else took the 5th? Baseball star, banker, more
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 9:14AM
The baseball star, the Hollywood 10, Oliver North. And Lois Lerner of the IRS.
IAEA report: Iran expands nuclear technology
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 8:59AM
The U.N. atomic agency on Wednesday detailed rapid Iranian progress in two programs that the West fears are geared toward making nuclear weapons, saying Tehran has upgraded its uranium enrichment facilities and advanced in building a plutonium-producing reactor.
2 infants among 10 kids killed in Oklahoma tornado
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 8:44AM
Two infants were among the 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week, the Oklahoma medical examiner's office said Wednesday.
Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 7:44AM
The tornado that tore through an Oklahoma City suburb destroyed or damaged as many as 13,000 homes and may have caused $2 billion in overall damage, officials said Wednesday.
US home sales tick up to highest in 3 1/2 years
Published May 22nd, 2013 - 7:13AM
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale.
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