Nation and World
May 22, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By Associated Press CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press SEAN MURPHY (AP)
MOORE, Okla. (AP) – Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.
May 21, 2013 - 3:30 p.m.•By AP Science Writer SETH BORENSTEIN
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.
May 21, 2013 - 3:15 p.m.•By Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT)
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday assured the survivors of Oklahoma’s deadly tornado that the nation is “there for them” and that the government will keep its focus on the rescue effort as long as is needed.
May 21, 2013 - 11:00 a.m.•By Associated Press NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press SEAN MURPHY
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — 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.
May 21, 2013 - 10:30 a.m.•By Associated Press ALAN FRAM, Associated Press STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 commissioner.
May 21, 2013 - 8:00 a.m.•By David Willman, Los Angeles Times (MCT)
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a major threat to national security.
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By MCT News Service
Kansas agencies and volunteers preparing to help Oklahomans
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By Associated Press JIM SUHR (AP)
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A van carrying 11 men returning from a California religious gathering careened off of a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times Monday, killing five of them and sending six others to hospitals, authorities said.
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By MCT News Service
Joplin sending help to Moore, Okla.
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By AP Science Writer MALCOLM RITTER (AP)
Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By AP Music Writer CHRIS TALBOTT (AP)
Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By AP Business Writer MARCY GORDON (AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) – Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found.
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By Associated Press TIM TALLEY (AP)
Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51
May 21, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By Associated Press MICHAEL TARM (AP)
CHICAGO (AP) – An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a skyscraper-condo sale told jurors Monday she had qualms about suing the real estate mogul and TV celebrity. But, she quickly added, “Somebody had to stand up to him.”
