Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- 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, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.... 5/21/2013 2:12 AM

AP Photos: Images of devastating Oklahoma tornado
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 :... 5/20/2013 11:29 PM

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told
WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama's spokesman disclosed Monday, expanding the circle of top officials who knew of the audit beyond those named earlier.... 5/20/2013 11:03 PM

Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
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 reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade. She says she "could see how much of the work he was doing at school wasn't relevant to what he wanted to learn."... 5/21/2013 2:55 AM

Police close Susan Powell case, offer new details
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) -- For the first time, Utah police said Monday they believe Susan Powell's brother-in-law was "heavily involved" in getting rid of her body, even as they announced they couldn't solve the sensational case of a mother's disappearance after a nearly 3 1/2-year investigation.... 5/21/2013 1:18 AM

FBI: Agents fell to deaths training off Va. coast
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night.... 5/21/2013 12:43 AM

Slow pokes: Acupuncture helps hypothermic turtles
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) -- Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild - from an acupuncturist.... 5/21/2013 2:42 AM

Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74
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.... 5/21/2013 12:35 AM

Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado
NEW YORK (AP) -- Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.... 5/20/2013 10:47 PM

Deadliest US tornadoes since 1900
A list of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since 1900:... 5/20/2013 11:01 PM