The Wire
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Thunder star Kevin Durant makes $1M tornado pledge
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:25pm
(AP) — Oklahoma City isn't just a place where Thunder star Kevin Durant lives these days. It's home.
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Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:23pm
(AP) — The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.
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The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:21pm
(AP) — Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony.
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Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:19pm
(AP) — Microsoft thinks it has the one.
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Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:18pm
(AP) — 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.
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Leahy steps back on gay marriage issue
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:13pm
(AP) — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy says he will not offer — for now — an amendment to an immigration bill allowing gay Americans to seek green cards for their spouses.
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Toronto mayor avoids questions about crack video
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:11pm
(AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford continued to duck questions Tuesday about a video that purportedly shows him smoking crack cocaine despite calls by allies and rivals for further comment.
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Indians' Perez deletes Twitter account
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:07pm
(AP) — Indians closer Chris Perez deactivated his Twitter account following two rough outings, and after receiving a slew of negative comments.
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Ex-Ford execs charged in Argentine torture cases
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:05pm
(AP) — Three former Ford Motor Co. executives were charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity for allegedly targeting Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup.
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Lawyer: Feds investigating Susan Powell case
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:05pm
(AP) — The U.S. Attorney's Office in Utah says it's not true that there's an ongoing federal investigation into the 2009 disappearance of Susan Powell.
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FBI ID's Benghazi suspects _ but no arrests yet
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:05pm
(AP) — The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers.
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Face-chewing victim recovering, strumming guitar
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 6:57pm
Updated on May 21, 2013 at 7:09pm(AP) — A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year appeared Tuesday to be mostly at peace with his disfigurement, strumming a guitar, making jokes and thanking people for their donations to help pay for his care.
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Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 6:50pm
(AP) — A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency.
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IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 6:43pm
(AP) — Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
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JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 6:37pm
Updated on May 21, 2013 at 7:14pm(AP) — Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to give up his role as chairman of the nation's largest bank. But shareholders sent a message that the bank needs better oversight by giving only narrow approval to three of the bank's board members.
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Andy Murray out of French Open due to back injury
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 6:34pm
(AP) — Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday because of a chronic back injury and will now focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court season next month.
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Lawyer: No background check done on Jackson doctor
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 6:34pm
(AP) — AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physician.
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Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 6:34pm
Updated on May 21, 2013 at 6:36pm(AP) — Best Buy Co. on Tuesday reported a loss for its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores.
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Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 6:33pm
(AP) — 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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The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?
Posted on May 21, 2013 at 6:29pm
(AP) — Pope Francis' fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped "liberate" a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican's insistence that no such papal exorcism took place.













































































































