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Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 06-17-34-40-48, Mega Ball: 30 (six, seventeen, thirty-four, forty, forty-eight; Mega Ball: thirty) Estimated jackpot: $36 million

Winning numbers drawn in 'Megaplier' game

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Megaplier" game were: 2 (two)

Dave McCrea of Stanislaus National Forest SDF points to the hot spots while fighting the Carstens Fire in the Sierra National Forest near Jerseydale, Calif., in the Mariposa area on Monday, June 17, 2013.  More than 700 firefighters are battling the Carstens fire which began Sunday afternoon and has burned about 1 1/2 square miles or 900 acres, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Daniel Berlant said. With more than 140 engines and two helicopters on the scene, the crews have contained about 15 percent of the blaze so far that's burning in an area about six miles northeast of Mariposa off Highway 140, Berlant added. (AP Photo/The Merced Sun-Star,  Christopher Winterfeldt)

Officials: Unattended campfire caused Calif. fire

An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park grew into a blaze that led to the evacuations of 1,500 people from 800 homes, but nearly half were allowed to return as firefighters gained ground late Tuesday. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officials released the cause ...

Lara Stern, right, holds her daughter, Alana, 8, and husband Samuel Stern on Sunday, June 16, 2013 during a community prayer and praise worship service at First Baptist Church near Colorado Springs, Colo. The Stern family and at least ten other families at the church lost their homes to the Black Forest wildfire. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Mark Reis)

Investigators 'zeroing in' on Colo. wildfire start

Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations and threatened homes Monday near Yosemite National Park. Investigators believed Colorado's Black Forest Fire was human-caused, and were going through the charred remains of luxury homes destroyed and damaged in ...

Health insurance increases loom for state workers

More than 30,000 state and local government workers face a 15 percent increase for their health care insurance starting next month, but it could be only the beginning of higher costs as New Mexico's self-insurance program digs out of a financial hole. There have been no premium increases for workers ...

ADVANCE FOR MONDAY JUNE 17 - FILE- A Jan. 1999 file photo shows Edmund Burke, of Walpole, Mass., a former suspect in the killing of 75-year-old Irene Kennedy, at his attorney's office in Boston, Mass. was arrested in 1998 in the murder of 75-year-old Walpole, Mass., woman and spent 41 days in prison. The woman's actual killer was identified after DNA taken from the bite mark was matched to a profile in a national database. Bite-mark analysis, though common in trials involving rape, murder and child abuse, and often cited as key evidence leading to arrests, convictions and imprisonment, is a field under fire.  Since 2000, at least 18 men convicted in rapes and murders largely because of bite-mark analysis have been exonerated by DNA testing or otherwise proved not guilty. (AP Photo/Gail Oskin, File)

Men wrongly convicted or arrested on bite evidence

At least 24 men convicted or arrested based largely on murky bite-mark evidence have been exonerated by DNA testing, had charges dropped or otherwise been proved not guilty. Many spent more than a decade in prison, and one man was behind bars for more than 23 years before he was ...

ADVANCE FOR MONDAY JUNE 17 -  This photo made Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Cincinnati, shows Dr. Frank Wright, a forensic dentist, displaying a cast of a suspects' teeth used in a bite mark analysis, which he practices on a regular basis in between seeing patients at his office and conducting research on different ways of photographing bite marks. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

AP IMPACT: Bites derided as unreliable in court

At least 24 men convicted or charged with murder or rape based on bite marks on the flesh of victims have been exonerated since 2000, many after spending more than a decade in prison. Now a judge's ruling later this month in New York could help end the practice for ...

No Jackpot Winner

None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Saturday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 28-36-40-48-55 Powerball: 1 (twenty-eight, thirty-six, forty, forty-eight, fifty-five; Powerball: one) Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $85 million jackpot. The prize goes to an ...

Jasen Dill, left, and Judy Pohlod discuss returning to their homes, which made it through the Black Forest fire safely, as a storm passes overhead at the corner of Hodgen Road and Highway 83 Friday, June 14, 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colo. . (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Michael Ciaglo) MAGS OUT

Firefighters advance containment on Colo. wildfire

Crews gained the upper hand on the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history Saturday and had more than half the blaze contained as officials prepared to lift mandatory evacuation orders for hundreds of residents. Incident commander Rich Harvey said at an evening news conference that containment of the Black Forest ...

NM concerned about Valles Caldera legislation

The head of the New Mexico Game and Fish Department and members of the state Game Commission don't like the idea of turning over management of the Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service. They met with representatives from U.S. Sen. Tom Udall's office on Friday to discuss ...

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