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FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2012 file photo, residents evacuate their flooded neighborhood in LaPlace, La. as Hurricane Isaac staggered toward central Louisiana, its weakening winds driving storm surge into portions of the coast and the River Parishes between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. The outlook on Thursday, May 23, 2013 calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what’s considered an average Atlantic season. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Hurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic season

Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is ...

  • Updated: 5:38 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
FILE- In this Aug. 20, 2012,. file photo, United States sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross runs to win the women's 200- meter run at the second Gyulai Istvan Memorial Track and Field Grand Prix in Puskas Ferenc Stadium in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Richards-Ross will be competing on Saturday in the Adidas Grand Prix athletics meet in New York. (AP Photo/MTI, Imre Foldi, File)

Richard-Ross makes plans for Rio Games and beyond

Sanya Richards-Ross frantically called her agent in New York to ask for a list of speechwriters. The Olympic champion runner had received a call from the president of the University of Texas, her alma mater, saying student groups had selected her to deliver the commencement address. Richards-Ross is an experienced ...

  • Updated: 5:22 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013

8th person pleads in $30M NASA contract fraud

An eighth person pleaded guilty Thursday to his role in a $30 million fraud and bribery scheme that duped NASA into awarding contracts to companies that falsely claimed eligibility for preferences granted to minority-owned businesses. Michael Dunkel, 59, of Merritt Island, Fla., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Alexandria ...

  • Updated: 4:49 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
This image provided by NASA shows Carroll Whitley, NASA Engineering Technician, left, and Nicholas Karavolos, New Horizons Regional Education Center, HVAC student working on a Barany chair at the NASA Langley facility in Hampton, Va., Thursday May 23, 2013. Karavolos is one of 16 high school students from the area who helped design and build what's called a Barany Chair — which teaches pilots what it is like to be disoriented — under a program that was new to Langley this school year. (AP Photo/NASA)

Va. students build disorientation chair for NASA

Brandon Hogan smiled broadly on Thursday as he sat in a chair at NASA's Langley Research Center that spun around and around, intentionally making himself dizzy. But the high school senior in blue jeans and a green T-shirt wasn't goofing off on a facility tour: He was testing out a ...

  • Updated: 4:40 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
FILE - This Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005 file photo shows a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration infrared satellite image of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico. There are six lists used in rotation for storms in the Atlantic. The 2013 list will be used again in 2019. Names are taken off the list and replaced to avoid confusion if a hurricane causes a lot of damage or deaths. For example, the name of Hurricane Katrina was retired after it devastated New Orleans in 2005. (AP Photo/NOAA)

2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy

Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names: WHAT NAMES ARE ON THE LIST? Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Ingrid, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Sebastien, Tanya, Van and Wendy. ...

  • Updated: 4:36 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
HOLD FOR RELEASE 12:01 A.M. 05/23/13: Graphic shows the teen birth rate for 15- to -19 year olds for 2011 by state

Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. All states but West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over five years. But the Mountain States of Arizona, ...

  • Updated: 3:15 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) gestures during the second half of Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

James, Bryant voted to All-NBA first team

LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection. James received all 119 votes for the first team from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the U.S. and Canada. Joining the league's MVP and Bryant on the first team ...

  • Updated: 1:58 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013

Dynamo D Ashe added to US training camp roster

Houston Dynamo defender Corey Ashe has been added to the roster for a U.S. training camp before its exhibition against Belgium. The call-up Thursday is the first to the full men's national team for Ashe, a former Under-17 co-captain. Training camp opens Sunday in Cleveland, and Ashe will be eligible ...

  • Updated: 11:59 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013

McQuaid: Panel to study UCI-Armstrong 'collusion'

An independent panel will examine allegations that cycling's governing body was complicit in Lance Armstrong's doping, UCI President Pat McQuaid said Thursday. Senior UCI and World Anti-Doping Agency officials will meet in Russia next week to discuss potential appointments to a three-member expert panel, McQuaid told The Associated Press. Long-standing ...

  • Updated: 11:21 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013

McQuaid: Panel to study UCI-Armstrong 'collusion'

Cycling federation president Pat McQuaid says an independent panel will examine the allegations that the UCI was complicit in Lance Armstrong's doping. McQuaid tells The Associated Press that senior UCI and World Anti-Doping Agency officials will meet in Russia next week to discuss potential appointments to a three-member expert panel. ...

  • Updated: 10:04 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
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