LeBron saves Heat at buzzer of Game 1

Miami Heat small forward LeBron James (6) scores the winning basket as Indiana Pacers forwards Paul George (24) Sam Young (4) defend during overtime in Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoff series, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in Miami. The Heat won 103-102. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James caught the inbounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim.

Penguins rout Senators 7-3, take 3-1 series lead

Pittsburgh Penguins

OTTAWA (AP) — Sidney Crosby was careful not to get too far ahead of himself after helping the Pittsburgh Penguins rout the Ottawa Senators for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

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

NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

Obama honors Carole King at White House concert

President Barack Obama presents the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during an East Room concert honoring singer-songwriter Carole King, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the White House in Washington. King is the first woman to receive the award. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration during trying times.

HP raises 2013 outlook as Whitman’s plan takes hold

A Hewlett-Packard logo is seen at the company

By Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services. While fiscal second-quarter profit plummeted 32 percent, Wall Street had braced for worse. HP shares gained 14 percent after ...

Wall Street falters in volatile session on Fed worries

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange

By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Wednesday with the S&P 500 posting its biggest decline in three weeks, after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting showed some officials were open to tapering large-scale asset purchases as early as at the June meeting. Trading was volatile - the Dow and the ...

China HSBC flash PMI hits 7-mth low, fans growth fears

A worker walks on the roof of an office building construction site near a lake in Hefei

By Aileen Wang and Koh Gui Qing BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary survey of purchasing managers showed, adding to concerns that a recovery in the world's second-largest economy is sputtering. The flash HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for ...

West may boost Syria rebels if Assad won’t talk peace

Soldiers open a road that was blocked by supporters of Sunni Muslim Salafist leader Ahmad al-Assir in the port-city of Sidon, southern Lebanon

By Arshad Mohammed and Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Washington threatened on Wednesday to increase support for Syria's rebels if President Bashar al-Assad refuses to discuss a political end to a civil war that is spreading across borders. Rebels called for reinforcements to combat an "invasion" by Hezbollah and its Iranian backers, days after Assad's ...

British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack

Police officers guard a cordon set up around a crime scene where one man was killed was killed in Woolwich, southeast London

By Maria Golovnina and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday, in what the government said appeared to be a terrorist attack. A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker just minutes after the killing showed a man ...

Exclusive: Glencore, Trafigura deals with Iran may have skirted sanctions – U.N

The logo of Glencore is seen in front of the company

By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U.N. Panel of Experts report seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Reuters reported on ...