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In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out their children
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:20 am
MOORE, Okla. — The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off — survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community.
Associated Press photographer was among first at scene of destroyed school
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:08 am
Oklahoma City-based Associated Press 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.
Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:28 am
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, May 13, to Sunday, May 19:
Sports world keeps eye on Oklahoma tornado
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:07 am
The massive tornado that ripped through a handful of Oklahoma City suburbs and killed at least 50 people grabbed the attention of the sports world on Monday, especially the players and coaches with ties to the area.
Marlins improve to 4-5 vs. Phillies this season
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:36 am
MIAMI — In a game between struggling starters and offenses, the Miami Marlins came out on top.
Archie Comics' gay kiss pokes at real controversy
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:01 am
It's just a quick kiss, but it's a long step forward for Archie Comics' only openly gay character Kevin Keller.
Colin Quinn has fun with the US Constitution
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:01 am
NEW YORK - There aren't many jokes in the U.S. Constitution and it's never really been a big generator of belly laughs. Unless, that is, you are Colin Quinn.
Phils' Ruiz going on DL; Howard day to day
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:01 am
MIAMI - Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz is headed to the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring and first baseman Ryan Howard is day to day with a sore left knee.
Hough looks beyond 'Stars'
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:01 am
Derek Hough has made it to the finals of the 16th edition of "Dancing With the Stars," which wraps up its season today, but he almost didn't return to the ABC show.
AP Photos: Images of devastating Oklahoma tornado
Monday, May 20, 2013 11:29 pm
The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath :
Death toll reduced: Seven children among 24 people killed by tornado
Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 pm
MOORE, Okla. — The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.
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730 x 443Oklahoma City firefighters check on the status of Gene Tripp as he sits in his rocking chair where his home once stood after being destroyed by a tornado that hit Oklahoma City, Okla., Monday.
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730 x 446Kay James holds her cat as she sits in her driveway after her home was destroyed by the tornado that hit Oklahoma City, Okla., on Monday.
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730 x 482Workers look for victims under debris from a tornado that passed across south Oklahoma City Monday.
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730 x 1069A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City Monday.
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730 x 410This photo provided by KFOR-TV shows homes flattened outside Moore, Okla., Monday.
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730 x 516A woman carries an injured child to a triage center near the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., Monday.
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730 x 532A child is carried from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday.
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730 x 520This combination of Associated Press photos shows, at left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., in ruins on Tuesday, May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings and, at right, flattened houses in Moore on Monday. A powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City Monday loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.
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520 x 564A woman carries a child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., Monday. A tornado as much as half a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.
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730 x 839A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday.
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730 x 989A child calls to his father after being pulled from the rubble of the Tower Plaza Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday.
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730 x 508Moore, Okla., police dig through the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado Monday.
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730 x 530Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a collapsed wall at the Plaza Tower Elementary School to free trapped students in Moore, Okla., following a tornado Monday.
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730 x 517A woman is pulled out from under tornado debris at the Plaza Towers School in Moore, Okla., Monday.
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730 x 508Moore, Okla., police dig through the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado Monday.
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730 x 533A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday.
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672 x 596A child calls to his father after being pulled from the rubble of the Tower Plaza Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday. A tornado as much as a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on the elementary school.
More than 50 people killed as tornado ravages Oklahoma City suburbs
Monday, May 20, 2013 9:46 pm
MOORE, Okla. — 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 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.
Phillies place Carlos Ruiz on DL; Howard is day to day
Monday, May 20, 2013 6:35 pm
Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz is headed to the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring and first baseman Ryan Howard is day to day with a sore left knee.
Deadliest US tornadoes since 1900
Monday, May 20, 2013 6:27 pm
A list of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since 1900:
Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies
Monday, May 20, 2013 5:39 pm
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74.
Woodcrest Country Club in Cherry Hill auctioned off
Monday, May 20, 2013 4:37 pm
CHERRY HILL — A country club that fell on hard times has been tentatively sold at auction for $10.1 million.
Budget expert: Christie revenues off by nearly $1 billion
Monday, May 20, 2013 7:22 am
TRENTON — The Legislature's budget expert plans to tell lawmakers that Gov. Chris Christie's revenue projections for the next 13 months are overestimated by nearly $1 billion.
Who is building what in Sochi for 2014 Olympics
Monday, May 20, 2013 2:37 am
The cost of the 2014 Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi now stands at $51 billion, making it the most expensive Olympics in history. More than half of the bill is being footed by Russian state-controlled companies and business tycoons. A look at what the major players are building in Sochi:
NYC artist's secret photos raise the ire of his subjects
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:01 am
NEW YORK - In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap.
N.J. nursing home gets front-row seats to London show
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:01 am
A special audience will get to see Helen Mirren onstage next month in London in the play "The Audience" - some retired show business veterans in a New Jersey nursing home.
Philies' Galvis, Kratz stun Reds with 9th-inning home runs of Aroldis Chapman
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:00 am
PHILADELPHIA — Freddy Galvis has a memory to cherish forever, and Cliff Lee feels a lot better because Galvis does.
Golf Capsules
Sunday, May 19, 2013 9:40 pm
Sang-Moon Bae won the Byron Nelson Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating Keegan Bradley by two strokes after blowing a four-stroke lead.
Wood homers, gives up late homer as Mets beat Cubs
Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:02 pm
Cubs starter Travis Wood was thinking about one home run, and it wasn't the one he hit.
$590M-plus Powerball: 1 winning ticket sold in Florida
Sunday, May 19, 2013 7:45 pm
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — One lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida during the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.
AP PHOTOS: College commencements across nation
Sunday, May 19, 2013 7:24 pm
In a commencement address at Atlanta's historically black Morehouse College, President Obama said graduates should "find time to defend the powerless."
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730 x 560Kelly Branscom, of Zionsville, Pa., buys two Powerball lottery tickets, one for her and one for her cat Token, at a gas station Saturday hoping to win the big one.
How the Conn. train crash will affect commuters
Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:42 pm
Two commuter trains collided just outside Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday evening, damaging the tracks and snarling travel in the Northeast. Here's a look at what commuters can expect Monday, as the work week gets underway, and beyond:
On table in NJ: Using sales tax to preserve land
Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:25 pm
New Jersey voters have agreed 13 times to allow the state to borrow money to buy land for preservation. Now they could be asked to approve a more farsighted plan _ preservation funding for the next 30 years derived from state sales tax revenue.
McInerney scores early to lead Union over Fire 1-0
Sunday, May 19, 2013 12:15 am
CHESTER, Pa. — Jack McInerney scored his league-leading eighth goal in the third minute and the Philadelphia Union made it stand up in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night.
Film: Leo and Tobey, finally together in 'The Great Gatsby'
Sunday, May 19, 2013 12:00 am
NEW YORK - Tobey Maguire didn't have to go far when Leonardo DiCaprio called him about meeting to discuss an adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" with Baz Luhrmann.
Trace Adkins looking for spark on his new album
Sunday, May 19, 2013 12:01 am
Trace Adkins works with five different producers on his 11th album, suggesting the country music veteran and reality TV star is searching for an infusion of fresh energy.
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