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Police: Suspect in Iowa abduction killed himself
16 mins ago
Authorities say a man suspected of abducting two girls near an Iowa bus stop had committed suicide.
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Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.
25 mins ago
The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up.
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NY judge refuses to dismiss Kennedy NY case
42 mins ago
A judge in New York has refused to dismiss a drugged-driving case against Kerry Kennedy.
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Fire chief says search almost complete in Oklahoma
78 mins ago
The search for survivors and the dead is nearly complete in the Oklahoma City suburb that was smashed by a mammoth tornado, the fire chief said Tuesday.
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Oklahoma twister a top-of-the-scale EF-5
1 hour 37 mins ago
The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.
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Lawyer: Feds investigate Susan Powell case
2 hours 34 mins ago
The lawyer for the family of a missing Utah woman said Tuesday there's an ongoing federal investigation into Susan Powell's disappearance.
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Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister
6 hours 26 mins ago
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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51 killed in Oklahoma tornado; death toll to rise
20 hours 39 mins ago
The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says a growing death toll from a massive tornado that struck outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon now stands at 51. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott says the death toll is again expected to rise. Elliott says children are among those killed by the storm.
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Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled
An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.
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Politics
IRS official Lerner to take 5th at hearing
A key figure in the Internal Revenue Service controversy plans to invoke her constitutional right not to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
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Finance
Oil slips as traders wait for Fed, supply data
The price of oil fell Tuesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy.
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