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  • Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
    Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives,...
  • 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...
    Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the...
  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:36 PM EDT2013-05-21 20:36:15 GMT
    A mile-wide tornado chewing through the Oklahoma City area has reduced neighborhoods to rubble and left cars and trucks crumpled on the sides of highways.
    A mile-wide tornado chewing through the Oklahoma City area has reduced neighborhoods to rubble and left cars and trucks crumpled on the sides of highways.
  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 2:45 PM EDT2013-05-21 18:45:22 GMT
    Two Rhode Island businesses with close ties to the Oklahoma tragedy are collecting donations for the storm's victims.
    Two Rhode Island businesses with close ties to the Oklahoma tragedy are collecting donations for the storm's victims.
  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:32 AM EDT2013-05-21 15:32:40 GMT
    The Red Cross is asking for your help in the wake of a devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma Monday. 
    The Red Cross is asking for your help in the wake of a devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma Monday.

    Teen shot to death in Olneyville

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    A 19-year-old teenager is found shot to death near Manton Avenue in Providence late Monday night. More>>

    Tornado confirmed in Copake, NY, on Mass. border

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    Severe storms push through eastern New York state and western Massachusetts and Connecticut.
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    Avoid scams when donating to charity

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    The attorney general offers some tips for donating money responsibly. More>>

    Only on 10: Reed, Whitehouse on Washington gridlock

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    U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse sit down for an extended interview about the current state of Washington politics. More>>

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    • National

    • An embezzling case that began with a chef being accused of stealing food from Virginia's Executive Mansion and morphed into a political scandal involving two of the state's most powerful politicians has some...
      An embezzling case that began with a chef being accused of stealing food from Virginia's Executive Mansion and morphed into a political scandal involving two of the state's most powerful politicians has some people...
    • As a jury deliberates whether Jodi Arias should live or die for killing her one-time boyfriend, the convicted murderer says she deserves a chance at freedom someday.
      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...
    • In the chaotic moments after a gunman wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, investigators quickly turned a patrol car into a makeshift whiteboard, using markers to scrawl relevant information about the investigation.
      In the chaotic moments after a gunman wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, investigators quickly turned a patrol car into a makeshift whiteboard, using markers to scrawl relevant information about the investigation.
    • International

    • Egyptian state TV says six policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula last week have been freed.
      Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the country's military spokesman said.
    • Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from an upcoming presidential race is an act of "oppression" and he will take the case to the country's...
      Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from an upcoming presidential race is an act of "oppression" and he will take the case to the country's Supreme...
    • Pakistan says it shares "identical views" on foreign policy with China, whose premier is beginning a two-day visit to Islamabad in the latest sign of the tight relationship between the two Asian powers.
      Pakistan says it shares "identical views" on foreign policy with China, whose premier is beginning a two-day visit to Islamabad in the latest sign of the tight relationship between the two Asian powers.

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