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Watch VideoPolice Ram House to End Hostage Standoff

Police Ram House to End Hostage Standoff

Phoenix police rammed a house with an armored vehicle, to end a 12-hour hostage standoff. The suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (May 22) Full Story

Watch VideoRaw: Aerial View of Moore Tornado Damage

Raw: Aerial View of Moore Tornado Damage

The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore was a top-of-the-scale EF5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph. It cut a path 17 miles long and 1.3 miles wide. Aerial video shows the path of destruction. (May 21) Full Story

Entertainment Video News

Watch VideoGlover Talks Sisterhood Among 'Idol''s Finalists

Glover Talks Sisterhood Among 'Idol''s Finalists

'American Idol' may be a music competition show but its latest winner, Candice Glover, says there was nothing but love between this season's finalists. Glover's debut album will hit stores in July. (May 21) Full Story

Watch Video'Behind the Candelabra' Brings Stars to Cannes

'Behind the Candelabra' Brings Stars to Cannes

Lead actors Michael Douglas and Matt Damon were joined at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of their Liberace film 'Behind the Candelabra' by Adrien Brody, Jessica Chastain and Sharon Stone, among others. (May 21) Full Story

National

Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban

Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban

The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban openly gay boys belonging to the scouting movement. Full Story

Entertainment

Canet seeks gritty New York in 'Blood Ties'

Canet seeks gritty New York in 'Blood Ties'

The problem with New York these days is there's just not enough litter. Full Story

Health

Life-saving face transplant performed in Poland

Doctors in Poland say they have performed an urgent total face transplant on a 33-year-old man whose face was torn off in an accident which also crushed his jaws. Full Story

World

EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group

Two officials say Britain has launched a bid to formally have the European Union declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization. Full Story

News in Pictures

Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview

Local

Storm System Trekking Through Louisiana

High winds and heavy rains associated with a storm system that produced the killer tornado in Oklahoma on Monday are making their way across Louisiana. Heavy flooding, rains and winds of up ... Full Story

Sports

Nats collapse late, lose 4-2 to Giants in 10th

Nats collapse late, lose 4-2 to Giants in 10th

As Bryce Harper ran back to chase Gregor Blanco's hard-hit fly in the ninth inning, memories of last week's scary collision with the wall at Dodger Stadium suddenly surged into his mind. Full Story

Politics

FEMA Chief: Feds won't go 'when the cameras leave'

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says U.S. officials are "going neighborhood to neighborhood" to make sure Oklahoma gets the help it needs. Full Story

Finance

Target's 1Q profit drops 26 pct on weak sales

Target Corp. is reporting a 26 percent drop in first-quarter profits as cool temperatures and financial pressures limited customers' appetite for spending. Full Story

Science & Tech

Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. Full Story

Strange

Thailand urged to explore edible insect market

Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating. Full Story