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Tornadoes Slam Plains, Midwest; 1 Dead in Okla.
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A flag flies in the debris of a mobile home after a tornado struck a mobile home park near Dale, Okla., Sunday, May 19, 2013.
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left of the community she called home.
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Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:53AM May 21, 2013 CommentMOORE, Okla. (AP) — Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
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In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:22AM May 21, 2013 CommentMOORE, Okla. (AP) — The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening intently as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off — survivors of Monday's deadly tornado.
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AP photographer describes destroyed Okla. school
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:47AM May 21, 2013 CommentMOORE, Okla. (AP) — As soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV, I had to leave the office right away. I had photographed about a dozen tornados in my decade in Oklahoma and if I didn't get into my car before the funnel cloud swept through, I knew I would get stuck in traffic and arrive too late at the scene.
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Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:38AM May 21, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups.
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Policy, discretion guide media sources probes
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:32AM May 21, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier.
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Arias speaks on own behalf as jury considers death
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:07AM May 21, 2013 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in prison.
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Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:55AM May 21, 2013 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade. She says she "could see how much of the work he was doing at school wasn't relevant to what he wanted to learn."
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Slow pokes: Acupuncture helps hypothermic turtles
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:31AM May 21, 2013 CommentQUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Two endangered sea turtles are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell. Now they're getting some help — from an acupuncturist.
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Killing of gay man in NYC draws protesters
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:29AM May 21, 2013 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of people have converged on the New York City neighborhood where a gay man was killed after police say he was taunted with homophobic slurs.
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Easier travel ahead for Conn. commuters
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:24AM May 21, 2013 CommentBRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuters facing long delays after a train collision disrupted their route along Connecticut's shoreline can look forward to easier traveling.
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AP Photos: Images of devastating Oklahoma tornado
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:29PM May 20, 2013 CommentThe devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath :
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Missouri city aids tornado-ravaged Okla. town
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:07PM May 20, 2013 CommentMOORE, Okla. (AP) — Officials in Joplin, Mo., have brought together a team of public safety employees they are sending to tornado-stricken Moore.
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Oklahoma officials: Tornado search, rescue ongoing
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:10PM May 20, 2013 CommentMOORE, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says "hearts are broken" for parents wondering about the fate of their children after a tornado devastated suburban Oklahoma City and officials say the search and rescue effort will continue throughout the night.
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Penn urges US to pressure Bolivia to free US man
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:38PM May 20, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman detained without charge since 2011 in a case that has drawn accusations he was the victim of corrupt local prosecutors.
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2 hospitals treating nearly 60 after Okla. tornado
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:06PM May 20, 2013 CommentOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials at two hospitals say they're treating nearly 60 patients, including more than a dozen children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:25PM May 20, 2013 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.
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House passes bill on lying about military medals
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:10PM May 20, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill making it a crime for people to falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits. Under the legislation, which passed overwhelmingly and now goes to the Senate, offenders could face up to a year in jail.
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Twister season starts late, but starts nonetheless
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:06PM May 20, 2013 CommentTULSA, Okla. (AP) — The tornadoes that have raked communities in Oklahoma, Texas and other states over the past week belie what has been an unusually slow start to the 2013 tornado season.
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10 make finals of National Geographic Bee
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:43PM May 20, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Ten young scholars have made it to the finals of the National Geographic Bee, where they'll compete for a $25,000 college scholarship.
