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 estimate announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Insurance Department.... 5/22/2013 11:24 AM

2 infants among 10 kids killed in Oklahoma tornado
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week.... 5/22/2013 11:40 AM

Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time."... 5/22/2013 7:40 AM

IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions.... 5/22/2013 11:05 AM

Complaint accuses Exxon Mobil of anti-gay bias
NEW YORK (AP) -- One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups. There's one prominent exception: Exxon Mobil Corp.... 5/22/2013 11:49 AM

FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The FBI is leaving open the question of who fired the fatal shot that killed a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe.... 5/22/2013 11:31 AM

Intercontinental missile test-launched in Calif.
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base on Wednesday, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea.... 5/22/2013 11:43 AM

NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) -- Many young people are among the mourners attending the funeral of a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police.... 5/22/2013 11:39 AM

Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview
PHOENIX (AP) -- In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday."... 5/22/2013 6:03 AM

Garcetti elected Los Angeles mayor over Greuel
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become next mayor of Los Angeles after a caustic campaign in which he depicted his fellow Democrat as a pawn of powerful labor bosses.... 5/22/2013 9:52 AM