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'Tornado Emergency': A Rare, Dire Warning Born In Oklahoma

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The warning is issued by forecasters in the deadliest of situations. It was first used during a storm eerily similar to Monday's. It was 1999 and the Norman, Okla., office foretold a ...

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An Emotional Gauntlet: Tornado Survivors Start Picking Up The Pieces

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

(We're following the news from Oklahoma, where a tornado devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday. Most recent update: 8:40 p.m. ET.)

A day after a monster EF-5 tornado pummeled Moore, Okla., the focus turned to the victims.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn spent the day in the ...

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VIDEO: A Time-Lapse Of The Tornado In Oklahoma

Monday, May 20, 2013

NBC News has put together a time-lapse video of the EF-4 tornado that tore through the southern suburbs of Oklahoma City, Okla.

As we told you in the live blog, the National Weather Service says it was at least an EF-4 tornado with winds in excess of 166 mph. ...

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Dozens Killed In Massive Tornado Near Oklahoma City

Monday, May 20, 2013

Helicopter images of Moore, Oklahoma show tracts of devastated neighborhoods.

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Fox Calls U.S. Surveillance Of Its Reporter 'Downright Chilling'

Monday, May 20, 2013

Fox News said that it was "outraged," after learning that the Justice Department obtained the personal emails of one of its reporters during the course of a 2009 leak investigation.

The Washington Post broke the story this morning, citing an sealed affidavit filed in The United States District ...

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WATCH: A Train Wreck Of A 'Star-Spangled Banner' Performance

Monday, May 20, 2013

Imagine: You're tapped to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Memorial Cup, a Canadian hockey tournament being held in Saskatoon. Midway through, you realize you don't know the words. What do you do?

Well, on Saturday, the Canadian jazz singer Alexis Normand decided to just keep going and ...

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Texas Company Scraps Controversial Lesson Plan System

Monday, May 20, 2013

After uproar over some lesson plans some conservatives deemed un-American, a Texas company has decided scrap a curriculum system used by 877 school districts that were too small or too poor to produce their own.

"The CSCOPE era is over," Texas state Sen. Dan Patrick, who was leading the charge ...

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Deborah Turness, Of British ITV, Will Be President Of NBC News

Monday, May 20, 2013

NBC announced Monday that Deborah Turness, the former editor of the British ITV News, will become president of NBC News beginning in August.

Turness, the network said, becomes the first woman to head the news division of one of the Big Three television networks in the United States.

"Deborah ...

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Immigration Officers' Union Will Oppose Senate Bill

Monday, May 20, 2013

The union that represents 12,000 officers who process immigration applications said they will oppose a bipartisan bill that seeks to overhaul the nation's immigration policies.

As Fox News reports, The National CIS Council is the second union to oppose the bill being discussed in Congress. The National ICE Council, ...

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Two Excerpts You Should Read From Obama's Morehouse Speech

Sunday, May 19, 2013

President Obama, on Sunday, delivered a rare, very personal commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male insitution that is the alma mater of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

It was a short speech, but Obama did not shy away from the subjects of race and responsibility. ...

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North Korea Fires Another 'Short-Range Projectile'

Sunday, May 19, 2013

North Korea launched another short-range projectile on Sunday, just a day after they launched three similar objects.

The projectile landed away from neighboring countries in the sea off North Korea's east coast.

As The New York Times explains, South Korean officials moved away from calling the objects missiles, ...

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Reports: Yahoo Board Approves $1.1 Billion Purchase Of Tumblr

Sunday, May 19, 2013

The Wall Street Journal has this breaking news from the tech world:

"The Yahoo board has approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the blogging site Tumblr."

The Journal, the only outlet reporting the approval, is sourcing its story to "people familiar with the ...

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On Sunday News Shows, Obama Official Plays Defense

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Talk during the Sunday news shows today focused expectedly on the trifecta of scandals — IRS targeting of conservative groups, the seizure of AP phone records and the attack of the Benghazi consulate — rocking the Obama administration.

We thought we'd save you some time and give ...

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Police Accidentally Killed Hofstra University Student

Sunday, May 19, 2013

After analyzing forensic evidence, Nassau County Police in New York said on Saturday that it was a shot fired by an officer that killed 21-year-old Andrea Rebello.

Rebello, a junior at Hofstra University, was being held hostage by a masked gunman who broke into a house she shared with her ...

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WATCH: David Beckham Tears Up At Final Home Game

Sunday, May 19, 2013

David Beckham, the storied midfielder who rose to international fame because of his style on and off the pitch, played his last home game for Paris Saint-Germain last night.

As the AP reports, despite being used to the lights and the big stage, Beckham, who announced his retirement ...

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A Lucky Winner In Florida Could Be $590.5 Million Richer

Sunday, May 19, 2013

If you bought a Powerball ticket in Zephyrhills, Fla., sit down and look at these numbers:

10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and 11.

As the AP reports, lottery officials believe only one ticket matched all six numbers in yesterday's Powerball drawing with a record $590.5 million jackpot.

"This ...

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Prominent Pakistani Politician Shot, Killed On Re-Election Eve

Saturday, May 18, 2013

On the eve of a re-vote, a prominent Pakistani politician was shot and killed on Saturday.

Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reports that Zahra Shahid Hussain, who was the senior vice president of Pakistan's Movement for Justice (PTI), was shot in the head during "an attempted robbery incident."

"According to police," ...

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Bashar Assad: A Political Solution In Syria Is 'Unreal'

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Syrian President Bashar Assad essentially dismissed attempts by the United States and Russia to bring the civil war in the country to a political solution.

"Believing that a political conference will stop terrorism on the ground is unreal," Assad said in an exclusive interview with the Argentine newspaper El ...

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Afghan Parliament Halts Debate On Women's Rights Bill

Saturday, May 18, 2013

After protests from some MPs and after only about 15 minutes, the Afghan parliament halted debate Saturday on a bill aimed at curbing violence against women.

As the BBC reports, the bill would have solidified a law passed by presidential decree in 2009, which banned "violence against women, ...

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WATCH: NASA Spots Brightest Lunar Explosion Ever Recorded

Saturday, May 18, 2013

NASA scientists say they witnessed an extremely bright lunar explosion this past March. In fact, it is the biggest explosion they've seen since they started keeping track of such events in 2005.

"On March 17, 2013, an object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in ...

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