Fire chief says search almost complete in Oklahoma
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.... 5/21/2013 4:28 PM

Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
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.... 5/21/2013 4:18 PM

AP photographer sees kids pulled from Okla. school
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late.... 5/21/2013 4:50 PM

AP PHOTOS: Devastation, reunion in tornado wake
Residents sift through the remnants of their homes and parents embrace children outside a demolished elementary school. Emergency workers tend to the wounded.... 5/21/2013 4:06 PM

Arias asks jury to give her life in prison
PHOENIX (AP) -- Jodi Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.... 5/21/2013 5:02 PM

Conn. rail service to return to normal Wednesday
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- After a nearly four-hour commute Tuesday morning, Orlando Cordero was thrilled to hear train service was returning to normal as workers were finishing repair to tracks damaged by last week's train collision in Bridgeport.... 5/21/2013 4:34 PM

IRS chief knew tea party groups targeted in 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The former head of the Internal Revenue Service said he first learned in the spring of 2012 - in the heat of the presidential campaign - that agents had improperly targeted political groups that vehemently opposed President Barack Obama's policies.... 5/21/2013 4:41 PM

Gay Fla. teen charged for underage girlfriend
MIAMI (AP) -- An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights advocates to say the teen is being unfairly targeted for a common high school romance because she's gay.... 5/21/2013 4:15 PM

Photos of Tucson shooting scene show gun, knife
PHOENIX (AP) -- Photos taken in the aftermath of the attack that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords show the handgun, high-capacity pistol magazines and knife that Jared Lee Loughner carried with him as he carried out the January 2011 attack.... 5/21/2013 5:04 PM

Protesters rally over IRS' tea party scrutiny
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buildings across the country Tuesday to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups.... 5/21/2013 4:38 PM