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Correction: Missing Mom-Utah story

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:04:58 -0400

In a story May 20 about the Susan Powell investigation, The Associated Press reported erroneously the day that Josh Powell committed suicide. It happened on Feb. 5, 2012.

Arias asks jury to give her life in prison

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:02:27 -0400

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.

Fire chief says search almost complete in Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:29 -0400

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.

Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:21:47 -0400

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.

In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:46:29 -0400

The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside an Oklahoma City area 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.

AP PHOTOS: Devastation, reunion in tornado wake

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:03:25 -0400

Residents sift through the remnants of their homes and parents embrace children outside a demolished elementary school. Emergency workers tend to the wounded.

AP photographer sees kids pulled from Okla. school

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:50:37 -0400

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.

Conn. rail service to return to normal Wednesday

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:34:22 -0400

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.

IRS chief knew tea party groups targeted in 2012

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:02:36 -0400

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.