PITTSBURGH As natural gas prices continue to drop, the recent nationwide boom in drilling is slowing. Drillers don't make money if prices go too low - and drilling wells isn't cheap.

SALT LAKE CITY A Utah man who police say threatened to assassinate Gov. Gary Herbert is now facing multiple felony charges.

SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. government is seeking software that can mine social media to predict everything from future terrorist attacks to foreign uprisings, according to requests posted online by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Lottery officials say someone who played the Powerball in Rhode Island has won the $336.4 million jackpot.

The East will dry out Sunday as wet weather moves across the West. A low pressure trough is advancing eastward over the central Rockies and will produce moderate snow showers over Utah and Colorado. Winter weather advisories have been issued for parts of western Colorado as snowfall accumulations may reach 6 to 8 inches by Sunday evening. Most of Utah, western Wyoming, and northern New Mexico should see lighter snow showers, accumulating about 1 to 2 inches.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. The first Oscars of the year have been presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards, the motion picture academy's annual celebration of the geeks and gizmos that make movie magic.

LINDEN, Calif. Authorities on Sunday unearthed more skull fragments and other human remains, along with clothes, a purse and jewelry, in a well in rural Northern California, an area where a convicted serial killer said there may be 10 or more victims.

LOS ANGELES Jennifer Hudson will pay tribute to her idol, Whitney Houston, at Sunday's Grammy Awards.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. A dream honeymoon to scuba dive on Australia's Great Barrier Reef turned into a terrible nightmare, and the horror is about to play out years later in a courtroom in Alabama.

CHICAGO After a week of controversy, Chicago officials have decided to design the 2012-13 vehicle registration sticker themselves.