Tim Chartier News Today

Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening, i am jim axelrod and this is a western edition of the broadcast. The Prime Minister of malaysia now says flight 37 at this was quote deliberately difficult disrerted and flew for at least another six hours after cutting off contact with the ground. 14 countries are now part of the search, 43 ships and 58 aircraft have been deployed, and now eight days later, investigators have finally searched the homes of the pilot ...

The Cornell and Ithaca communities can see a unique blend of mime and mathematics during two days of events planned by the Cornell Department of Mathematics April 19 and 20. 

The Powerball drawing for Monday will be just the fourth time in the lottery games history that the top prize is worth more than 10 digits.

Tonight’s Powerball draw will be the lottery’s fourth time to reach the $1 billion mark.

The odds of winning Wednesday’s $835 million drawing are 292,201,338 to on — or about 300 times less likely than getting struck by lightning.

The odds of winning Friday’s nearly $1 billion prize are 302,575,350 million to one — about 300 times less likely than getting struck by lightning.

The odds of winning the jackpot are 292 million to one. Can you do better?

With a cash prize of $516.8 million, people across the country are wondering if there are tricks to winning the lottery. As it turns out, yes. But it's still hard.

Putting together a March Madness bracket might seem like a guessing game, but can the power of math help perfect your choices?

Putting together a March Madness bracket might seem like a guessing game, but can the power of math help perfect your choices?