Police: School near OKC directly hit by tornado
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Authorities say an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb took a direct hit from a mile-wide tornado.... 5/20/2013 5:18 PM

Arias trial wraps for day after series of motions
PHOENIX (AP) -- Defense attorneys for Jodi Arias asked the judge to remove them from the case and declare a mistrial Monday, arguing the frenzy surrounding the case has created a modern-day witch hunt.... 5/20/2013 3:25 PM

Calif. dad of slain girl unsure why home targeted
NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. (AP) -- A devastated father says he has no idea why gunmen targeted his house over the weekend, firing a barrage of bullets that instantly killed his 10-year-old daughter as she watched television from a chair near the front picture window.... 5/20/2013 3:22 PM

NYPD messages to Muslim informant: 'Get pictures'
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York Police Department detective told a federal judge that he's seen no evidence that one of his informants brought up the subject of jihad as a way to bait Muslims into making incriminating remarks. But text messages obtained by The Associated Press show otherwise.... 5/20/2013 4:03 PM

Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expected Judiciary Committee approval by mid-week.... 5/20/2013 4:10 PM

Did you just win $590M? Get a good team in place
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- So you have a lottery ticket worth $590.5 million. Now what?... 5/20/2013 5:07 PM

Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new government report details 87 shipwrecks - most sunk during World War II decades ago - that could pollute U.S. waters with tens of millions of gallons of oil.... 5/20/2013 4:24 PM

High crop prices entice farms to expand planting
BIGGSVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- Clark Kelly plans to spend a lot of time on the links this spring. The Illinois farmer is plowing the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course near tiny Biggsville into a cornfield.... 5/20/2013 4:29 PM

Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping device
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Doctors tell people with a heart-zapping device in their chests to give up intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bowling. But lots of patients ignore that advice - and now new research is challenging it.... 5/20/2013 5:14 PM

NYC: No racial motivation in stop-frisk tactic
NEW YORK (AP) -- Police officers acted appropriately in carrying out the city's stop, question and frisk policy, and dozens of witnesses who claimed racial bias didn't prove their case, a lawyer for the city told a judge Monday.... 5/20/2013 4:18 PM