'The Voice' brings back Aguilera, Cee Lo Green
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 11:11 p.m.NEW YORK — "The Voice" is leaving the judging drama to its rivals.
The NBC singing contest said Friday that Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green will return for "The Voice" Season 5, joining Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.
SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 10:22 p.m.SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said.
North Korea routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.
Comelec chief asks critics to shut up
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 09:59 p.m.MANILA -- With the proclamation of 12 newly-elected senators, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes is hoping that critics of the conduct of the second automated polls in the Philippines will simmer down.
“My only problem now is people making noise outside. They really want to sabotage elections in this country. Now that we have been able to show positive developments, I hope they will just keep silent,” he told reporters after the proclamation of three other winning senatorial bets on Saturday night.
12 senators proclaimed
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 07:54 p.m.MANILA (Updated) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) proclaimed Saturday night the final set of winners of the May 13 senatorial race.
Completing the so-called "Magic 12" are Team PNoy's Cynthia Villar and United Nationalist Alliance's (UNA) JV Ejercito Estrada and Gregorio Honasan.
Villar, Estrada, Honasan to be proclaimed tonight
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 06:35 p.m.MANILA -- All 12 winning senatorial candidates have already been proclaimed by Saturday evening after the recent tally showed Cynthia Villar, JV Ejercito Estrada, and Gregorio Honasan firmly holding on the last three spots.
This developed after the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), composed of members of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), received the last provincial certificate of canvass from Lanao del Norte, which has nearly 500,000 voters for the May 13 polls.
Official tally as of 5:45 p.m., May 18, 2013 (Senatorial race)
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 06:12 p.m.129 out of 304 COCs reported Total registered voters: 52,695,140
1. Poe, Grace -- 20,147,423
Comelec assures proclamation of winning Senate bets tonight
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 04:32 p.m.MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not yet sure if it can proclaim all the three remaining winning senatorial candidates on Saturday night.
"We will push through with the proclamation tonight. But I don't know how many," he told reporters at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City.
Official tally as of 4 p.m., May 18, 2013 (Senatorial race)
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 04:28 p.m.128 out of 304 COCs reported Total registered voters: 52,695,140
1. Poe, Grace -- 20,029,370
Taiwanese investigators end Philippine visit
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 04:18 p.m.MANILA — Taiwanese investigators left the Philippines Saturday, expressing dissatisfaction with Manila's cooperation in probing the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard.
Investigating team leader Chen Wen-chi, director of Taiwan's Department of International and Cross-strait Legal Affairs, read a statement Saturday that said evidence showed the May 9 shooting was intentional. It also said Philippine law enforcers ignored international protocol, including warning the Taiwanese vessel.
US commuter trains collide; 60 go to hospitals
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 01:16 p.m.FAIRFIELD, Connecticut — Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said.
About 700 people were on board the Metro-North trains when one heading east from New York City's Grand Central Station to New Haven derailed about 6:10 p.m. just outside Bridgeport, officials said.
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| Swertres Lotto 11AM | 5-2-2 |
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| Swertres Lotto 9PM | 5-5-4 |
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