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  Several children drowned in basement as tornado leveled Okla. school as officials continue recovery efforts

   Some of the Oklahoma tornado’s youngest victims died doing exactly what they were told to do — take shelter in the basement. Tragically, that’s where at least seven Plaza Towers Elementary School died during yesterday’s killer storm that leveled...   4:32 PM
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  Former Texas Marine 'kidnapped' in Mexico

   A former Marine from Texas who served for seven years has been kidnapped by armed men in Mexico, his family said. Armando Torres, 27, crossed the Los Indios Bridge in Brownsville, Texas on Tuesday night to visit his dad and was supposed to return...   1:21 PM
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  Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

  WASHINGTON — 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...   1:09 PM
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  Obama pledges urgent aid after 'one of the most destructive' storms in US history

  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history. "In an instant neighborhoods were destroyed, dozens of people lost their lives,...   1:01 PM
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  Archie Comics pokes fun at One Million Moms protest, openly gay character to kiss boyfriend in series first

   It's just a quick kiss, but it's a long step forward for Archie Comics' only openly gay character Kevin Keller. The Riverdale teen finds his life turned upside down after locking lips with his boyfriend, Devon, in Pop Tate's diner, drawing the ire...   12:45 PM
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  WATCH: Woman discovers beloved dog amid Okla. tornado rubble on live TV

  Maybe this little guy’s name is Toto?  Tornado victim Barbara Garcia was recounting how yesterday’s massive twister leveled the Oklahoma home she shared with her pooch, Cathy, when someone on CBS’s “This Morning” crew shouted out “the dog, the dog,...   1:01 PM
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  Ability to predict storms like Okla. twister, Sandy in danger because of impending satellite failure

   The United States' ability to predict severe weather events like yesterday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma or Hurricane Sandy might be severely hampered for up to three years because of an impending satellite failure. MORE: CHILDREN DROWNED IN SCHOOL...   8:52 PM
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  'For a moment, there was hope in the devastation': AP photog describes dramatic rescue of young tornado victims

   Editor's note:Oklahoma City-based AP photographer Sue Ogrocki was at the elementary school destroyed by a tornado and saw rescuers pulling children out of the rubble. This is her account of what she witnessed.  MOORE, Okla. — I left the office in...   10:34 AM
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  Feds also spied on Fox News reporter

  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s snooping scandal mushroomed yesterday when it was revealed that the Justice Department seized a trove of information about Fox News correspondent James Rosen in an effort to aid a leak investigation —...   2:57 AM
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  Children among dead as two-mile-wide tornado hits Okla. school

   The medical examiner's office revised the death toll to at least 24 today — including nine children — after a monster tornado two miles wide destroyed a suburb near Oklahoma City. The horrific twister virtually wiped the town of Moore, Okla., off...   11:13 AM
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  NY whiz-kid dropout a #!*in’ genius

  Shaggy-haired city hipster and Tumblr founder David Karp yesterday had two words for the $1.1 billion cash sale of his popular blogging site to Yahoo! “F--k yeah.’’ The 26-year-old wunderkind, who grew up on the Upper West Side strolling the Museum...   5:59 AM
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  Doors’ Manzarek, 74, takes final bow

  Ray Manzarek, a founding member of and keyboardist for the legendary 1960s rock group The Doors, died yesterday at a clinic in Germany. He was 74.  He had been battling cancer, the group’s manager, Tom Vitorino said. Manzarek, who lived in Northern...   3:04 AM

• O.J., bud an odd couple

  Even in the big house, O.J. Simpson can still score help from friends. The disgraced grid great is happy to have a neat freak as his bunkmate, cleaning...   2:48 AM

• Pols: Fingerprint traveling illegals

  WASHINGTON — A key Senate panel yesterday passed an amendment to the immigration-reform bill that would require foreigners leaving the country to...   1:47 AM

• ‘Furious’ slam at Justice

  WASHINGTON — A US attorney violated Justice Department policy by leaking information to the media to retaliate against a federal agent who helped...   1:47 AM

• Obama’s No. 1 aide knew of IRS targeting

  WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service scandal yesterday reached all the way to the door of the Oval Office. President Obama’s chief of staff, Denis...   8:52 AM
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  The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek dead at 74

      Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 74. Manzarek died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family, said publicist Heidi...  
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  Deadly 'mile-wide' tornado hits Oklahoma City suburbs

     TULSA, Okla., -- 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....  
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  Terrifying new footage of Kansas twister emerges

  SHAWNEE, Okla. — When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left. Sunday's tornado that tore part of the...  
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  White House Chief of Staff knew about damaging IRS audit, kept Obama in the dark

  WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Serviced scandal today spread further within the White House and closer to President Obama. White House spokesman Jay Carney today disclosed that Obama’s chief of staff, Dennis McDonough, and other top White House...  
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  Deadly twisters tear through Midwest

  A half-mile-wide tornado struck near Oklahoma City yesterday, part of a massive storm front that hammered the Midwest and killed at least one person. The wild weather, which included 19 tornados that touched down in parts of Iowa, Oklahoma and...  
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  Jodi Arias judge rejects lawyer's request to withdraw from case

  PHOENIX — Jodi Arias' lawyers have asked to withdraw from the case and say they won't call any witnesses in the penalty phase of her trial. The stunning declaration came Monday after the judge denied their request for a mistrial based on a key...  
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  Angry mob pelts man thought to be sex attacker

  DENVER — Residents angry that police had not warned them about sex assaults took matters into their own hands, chasing down a man they thought was the attacker, pelting him with rocks and leaving him with a bloody face in Colorado. Pueblo police...  
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  Justice Department targeted Fox News reporter

  WASHINGTON – The Justice Department grabbed a trove of information about Fox News correspondent James Rosen in an effort to try advance a leak investigation, it was revealed today – including tracking the reporter’s movements inside the State...  
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  WATCH: Obama tells Morehouse grads 'there's no longer any room for excuses'

  ATLANTA — President Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to...