More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows
A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts:... 5/21/2013 10:39 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 10:22 AM

Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Emergency crews combed the sticks and rubble remains of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday morning less than a day after a massive tornado slammed through the community, flattening homes and demolishing an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb.... 5/21/2013 10:21 AM

Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.... 5/21/2013 10:51 AM

Okla. Senator says tornado aid should be paid for
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government's $3.6 trillion budget.... 5/21/2013 10:46 AM

In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community.... 5/21/2013 5:34 AM

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 8:58 AM

Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.... 5/21/2013 10:32 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

Arias speaks on own behalf as jury considers death
PHOENIX (AP) -- When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in prison.... 5/21/2013 3:11 AM