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Originally published: Jan 10, 2012 - 8:28 am

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Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister

Tuesday, May 21, 2:00 am
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night early Tuesday lifting bricks and parts of collapsed walls... Read more...
AP photographer describes destroyed Okla. school

Tuesday, May 21, 1:58 am
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - I left the office as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters before in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before... Read more...
Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual US charge

Tuesday, May 21, 1:43 am
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota... Read more...
Release set for police photos from Tucson rampage

Tuesday, May 21, 1:23 am
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos on Tuesday that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former... Read more...
In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids

Tuesday, May 21, 1:22 am
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening intently as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who... Read more...
Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal

Tuesday, May 21, 12:39 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party... Read more...
Policy, discretion guide media sources probes

Tuesday, May 21, 12:32 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post... Read more...
WikiLeaks hearing focuses on classified evidence

Tuesday, May 21, 12:16 am
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is returning to Fort Meade for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next month. The... Read more...
Police close Susan Powell case, offer new details

Tuesday, May 21, 12:13 am
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) - Josh Powell reportedly had an affair just months before his wife disappeared and his brother may have been "heavily involved" in getting rid of her body,... Read more...
Arias speaks on own behalf as jury considers death

Tuesday, May 21, 12:11 am
PHOENIX (AP) - When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her... Read more...
Face-chewing victim continues recovery in Miami

Tuesday, May 21, 12:09 am
MIAMI (AP) - A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami has learned to play guitar as he continues treatment for his injuries. Ronald Poppo spent... Read more...
Quotations of the day

Tuesday, May 21, 12:02 am
(AP) - "I got a phone call from her screaming, `Help! Help! I can't breathe. My house is on top of me!'" _ Tiffany Thronesberry, who heard from her mother, Barbara Jarrell, shortly after... Read more...
Committee nears final big immigration decisions

Monday, May 20, 11:59 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-tech visas and may punt a controversy over gay marriage to the full Senate as it makes final drafting... Read more...
Senate to debate crop insurance in farm bill

Monday, May 20, 11:58 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week. The Obama administration said Monday it wants... Read more...
Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?

Monday, May 20, 11:55 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented... Read more...