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One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. It was as if the storm outside were a living, breathing thing - and it was trying desperately to get in.... 5/22/2013 12:59 PM

Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. State authorities meanwhile said two infants were among the 24 people who perished in the twister.... 5/22/2013 12:57 PM

FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said.... 5/22/2013 1:19 PM

College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds
SWARTHMORE, Pa. (AP) -- In an effort to slow the pace of climate change, students at more than 200 colleges are asking their schools to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.... 5/22/2013 1:42 PM

Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet.... 5/22/2013 1:51 PM

Deliberations resume in Arias trial penalty phase
PHOENIX (AP) -- The Phoenix jury deciding whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to life in prison or death has resumed deliberations.... 5/22/2013 1:57 PM

12-year-old Mass. boy wins National Geographic Bee
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gaining confidence as he nailed questions about obscure island chains, bodies of water, global trade and culture, 12-year-old Sathwik Karnik cruised to victory Wednesday in the 2013 National Geographic Bee.... 5/22/2013 1:43 PM

NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) -- Weeping filled a church Wednesday during a funeral for a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police responding to a Long Island home invasion, with friends describing her fearlessness and love of life - riding bikes, climbing trees, going to more concerts than they could count.... 5/22/2013 1:01 PM

Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on openly gay boys in the scouting movement.... 5/22/2013 1:58 PM

2 infants among 10 kids killed in Oklahoma tornado
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Two infants were among the 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week, the Oklahoma medical examiner's office said Wednesday.... 5/22/2013 12:29 PM