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  • Hospitals treat more than 120 after Okla. tornado

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:57pm

    (AP) — Officials at two hospitals say they're treating more than 120 patients, including about 70 children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.

  • Mattingly doesn't feel he's about to be fired

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:56pm

    (AP) — Beleaguered manager Don Mattingly insisted Monday he doesn't feel he's about to be fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he has no idea whether he needs to win a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers to keep his job.

  • Okla. governor: 'Hearts are broken' for parents wondering about children in tornado

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:55pm

    (AP) — Okla. governor: 'Hearts are broken' for parents wondering about children in tornado.

  • Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 37

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:53pm

    (AP) — 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 least 37 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.

  • Lew taps government retiree pension fund

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:52pm

    (AP) — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said late Monday he will begin tapping into two government employee retirement funds to buy more time before the U.S. Treasury is faced with the prospect of defaulting on the national debt.

  • Hospitals treating more than 120 patients after Oklahoma tornado, including about 70 children

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:48pm

    (AP) — Hospitals treating more than 120 patients after Oklahoma tornado, including about 70 children.

  • GOP leaders say impeachment talk premature

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:43pm

    (AP) — The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment altogether as new details emerged about the White House's role in the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue Service.

  • Penn urges US to pressure Bolivia to free US man

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:38pm

    (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.

  • Judge tosses ex-BP executive's obstruction charge

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:35pm

    (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a charge that is the backbone of the case against a former BP executive accused of concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil spewing in 2010 from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PM's role

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:31pm

    Updated on May 20, 2013 at 8:33pm

    (AP) — Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday to protest its decision to honor Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who backs legislation to permit abortion, and O'Malley's views were echoed outside the ceremony by a few dozen anti-abortion activists.

  • NYPD stop-and-frisk trial ends; race an issue

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:28pm

    (AP) — A federal judge must now decide whether the nation's largest police force has been unjustly stopping black and Hispanic men under a polarizing tactic known as stop, question and frisk, and whether changes are needed to department policy, training and supervision.

  • Conn. lawmakers to seek hearings on derailment

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:27pm

    Updated on May 20, 2013 at 8:29pm

    (AP) — Commuters navigated a patchwork of cars, trains and buses along Connecticut's shoreline Monday, encountering lengthy delays as authorities probed the cause of a train collision that disrupted one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways.

  • State medical examiner's office: 37 killed in Oklahoma tornado; death toll expected to rise

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:15pm

    (AP) — State medical examiner's office: 37 killed in Oklahoma tornado; death toll expected to rise.

  • Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:09pm

    (AP) — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.

  • Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:07pm

    (AP) — After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of bringing more beauty and creativity to the Internet.

  • 2 hospitals treating nearly 60 after Okla. tornado

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:06pm

    Updated on May 20, 2013 at 8:06pm

    (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.

  • Jackson concert director worked without contract

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:03pm

    (AP) — Michael Jackson's doctor was not the only person working on the singer's ill-fated "This Is It" tour without a fully executed contract, a corporate attorney for concert promoter AEG Live LLC testified Monday.

  • Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 8:00pm

    (AP) — Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.

  • Te'o off-limits to media but not Maxim party

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 7:58pm

    (AP) — Manti Te'o isn't hiding out. He's just not talking to the media.

  • Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 7:54pm

    (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is headed back to the Middle East to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.