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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51

Two men attempt to pry open a door on this car to check for victims in a business parking lot west of I-35 south of 4th Street in Moore, on Monday, May 20, 2013.A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.

A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At... 5 minutes ago

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Mom's advice to quit school pays off for Tumblr founder

But the guru who will get $250 million in a deal with Yahoo doesn't recommend it for most.
NATIONAL

WikiLeaks prosecutor agrees to 1 lesser charge

Prosecutors say they have agreed to charge the Army private who released more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to the WikiLeaks site with a lesser offense on one of the 22 counts against him.
WORLD

2 donkeys suspected in mauling death in Hungary

Hungarian police say they are investigating an incident in which an elderly man may have been mauled to death by two donkeys.

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NATIONAL

Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister

The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including nine children.

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NATIONAL

Jersey shore readies for 1st post-Sandy summer

The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year.

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NATIONAL POLITICS

Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.
WORLD

Pigeon sale yields world record for feathered Bolt

Flying high above Europe's economic crisis, a local lightning-fast pigeon called Bolt became the world's most expensive racing bird when his Belgian breeder sold it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman.
WORLD

Female Saudi Everest climber happy to change views

The first woman from Saudi Arabia to scale Mount Everest says she doesn't intend to inspire a movement, but would be happy to change people's opinions of Saudi women and Saudi women's opinions of themselves.

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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS

Lew: IRS actions "unacceptable and inexcusable"

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups was "unacceptable and inexcusable" and he has directed the agency's acting director to hold people accountable.

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WORLD

Afghanistan: Deadly 24 hours leave 14 police dead

A coordinated Taliban assault on checkpoints in southern Afghanistan killed four police before a counterattack drove the insurgents back, Afghan officials said Tuesday. Also, at least 10 other police died in two attacks in the country's west.