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Obama says gov't, people behind hard-hit Oklahoma 'all the way'

Posted: 26 May 2013 11:27 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama surveys damage with Plaza Tower Elementary School Principal Amy Simpson in Moore, OklahomaPresident Barack Obama flew to tornado-ravaged Oklahoma Sunday, offering moral and monetary support to people still reeling from lost lives and shattered neighborhoods. He told survivors, "You've got folks behind you" across America.

In prior overhaul, legalized farmworkers prospered

Posted: 26 May 2013 12:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2011, file photo, one of the few remaining crews of workers harvest and package cantaloupes near Firebaugh, Calif. With Congress considering a new immigration reform proposal that includes a speedier process to legal status for farmworkers, experts say, the best indicator of how such reform would play out is to look at the fate of the generation of farmworkers who were legalized over two decades ago. (AP Photo/ Gosia Wozniacka, File)After Paulino Mejia crossed the border illegally into the U.S. in 1980, he picked grapes, peaches and other crops in California's agricultural heartland, lived in crowded rental housing, hid from immigration agents and sent paychecks to family in his native Mexico.

Rocket fired from Lebanon towards Israel: residents

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:56 PM PDT

A landscape view of Marjayoun valley in southern LebanonA rocket was fired from south Lebanon towards Israel on Sunday, Lebanese security sources said, and residents of a northern Israeli town reported hearing a blast. "An explosion was heard. Soldiers are searching the area. The cause is still being investigated," an Israeli military spokeswoman said.

Tony Kanaan finally wins Indy 500, ends heartbreak

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:28 PM PDT

Tony Kanaan, of Brazil, drives through the first turn during the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman)After 12 attempts, Tony Kanaan has finally won the Indianapolis 500.

Senator: Fire commanders allowing sex assault

Posted: 26 May 2013 01:40 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Superintendent Lt. Gen. David Huntoon, Jr., stand for the national anthem during a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. on Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)From Congress to the White House, pressure is mounting to hold military commanders accountable for the rising number of sexual assaults in the armed services.

Prosecutor: Bombs hidden in bedroom linked to Ore. school plot

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:30 AM PDT

Oregon Teenager Busted for Columbine-Inspired Plan to Bomb His High SchoolA 17-year-old student in Albany, Ore., built several bombs and had a detailed plan – including checklists and diagrams – as part of a Columbine-style plot to attack West Albany High School, a local prosecutor says.

Sen. Rand Paul: Scandals hurt Obama's 'moral authority'

Posted: 26 May 2013 09:58 AM PDT

Sen. Rand Paul Questions Drone Policy, Says Scandals Threaten President Obama's 'Moral Authority'Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said on "This Week" that the recent controversies engulfing the White House over the IRS, reporter leak investigations, and Benghazi have threatened President Obama's "moral authority to lead the nation.'

Kentucky policeman shot and killed in apparent highway ambush

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:37 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A Kentucky policeman was shot and killed in an apparent ambush when he stopped to pick up debris on a highway exit ramp, the Courier-Journal newspaper said on Sunday. Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was found shot to death on an exit ramp on the Blue Grass Parkway in north central Kentucky early Saturday morning. Investigators could not be reached for comment on Sunday. ...

Temp bridges planned for fallen Wash. span

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:33 PM PDT

Workers walk past the collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge at the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. A truck carrying an oversize load struck the four-lane bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below Thursday evening. All three occupants suffered only minor injuries. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Plans are underway to construct a pair of temporary steel bridges across the Skagit River in northern Washington state where a highway span collapsed into the water last week.

Jodi Arias jurors: 'She is sentenced to death no matter what'

Posted: 26 May 2013 09:39 AM PDT

Convicted killer Jodi Arias thinks about a question asked during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. Arias was convicted recently of killing her former boyfriend Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home back in 2008, and could face the possibility of the death penalty as the sentencing phase of her trial continues. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)Three jurors from the Jodi Arias trial said the sentencing phase was "absolutely awful" after they were unable agree on whether the woman they had found guilty of first-degree murder should get the death penalty or life in prison.

Christie wants to talk with Rutgers about latest scandal twist

Posted: 26 May 2013 02:30 PM PDT

Christie wants to talk with Rutgers about HermannNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to speak with Rutgers officials about a report that the athletic director hired to clean up the school's scandal-scarred program quit as Tennessee's women's volleyball coach 16 years ago after her players complained she ruled through humiliation, fear and emotional abuse.

Gettysburg readies for 150th anniversary of battle

Posted: 26 May 2013 01:45 PM PDT

In this Friday, May 24, 2013 photo, Richard Baldino, right, accompanied by Dave Morris, both portraying army surgeons with the 2nd Division 11th Corps Army of Potomac, cleans out his pipe at the George Spangler Farm that served as a field hospital during the Civil War, in Gettysburg, Pa. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected for the 10-day schedule of events that begin June 29 to mark 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg that took that took place July 1-3, 1863. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)The commemoration of this year's milestone anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg will include amenities that soldiers would have relished 150 years ago.

GOP continues to slam new Obama war approach

Posted: 26 May 2013 09:02 AM PDT

President Barack Obama walks with Col. Greg Urtso to board Air Force One, Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Moore, Okla., to visit with families and first responders in the wake of the tornadoes and severe weather that devastated the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Republicans keep slamming President Barack Obama's push to move away from a war footing and recalibrate his counterterrorism strategy.

1 dead, 10 hurt in car-party bus crash in Calif.

Posted: 26 May 2013 03:54 PM PDT

One person is dead and 10 people were taken to hospitals after a crash early Sunday in the San Francisco Bay Area involving a car driven by a man police say had been drinking and a party bus, authorities said.

Suspected rebels kill 24, wound 37 in India

Posted: 26 May 2013 03:26 AM PDT

In this Saturday, May 25, 2013 photo, unidentified relatives of an injured of a rebel attack cry outside a government hospital in Raipur, India. About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in the country's east, killing at least 28 people and wounding 24 others, police said. (AP Photo)Officials reacted with outrage Sunday to an audacious attack by about 200 suspected Maoist rebels.

See Jupiter, Mercury and Venus together tonight

Posted: 26 May 2013 07:36 AM PDT

Rare 3-Planet Sight Tonight: See Jupiter, Mercury and Venus TogetherThree planets will perform a rare celestial dance in the sunset sky tonight, a cosmic show that stars Jupiter, Venus and Mercury.

Ohio man, 87, skydives to aid sick great-grandson

Posted: 26 May 2013 01:02 PM PDT

This photo provided by Skydive Warren County, Inc. shows Clarence Turner, an 87-year-old World War II veteran who parachuted into Japan, parachuting in tandem with instructor Jeff McGinnis at the Red Stewart Airfield near Waynesville, Ohio, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Turner made the jump to generate attention for the plight of his 10-month-old great-grandson, Julian Couch, who suffers from a lung disease. (AP Photo/Skydive Warren County, Inc., Elod Otbos)WAYNESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An 87-year-old World War II veteran has parachuted from a plane in an Ohio to support his ailing great-grandson.

Kenya: UK soldier killing suspect arrested in 2010

Posted: 26 May 2013 01:31 PM PDT

FILE - Michael Adebolajo, front, shouts slogans as Muslims march in London in a protest against the arrest of 6 people in anti-terror raids, in this Friday April 27, 2007 file photo. Adebolajo has been identified as one of the two men who attacked and killed a British soldier on a street in south London on Wednesday May 22 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file) MAGAZINES OUTA suspect in the savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 near the East African country's border with Somalia, an anti-terrorism police official said Sunday.

San Antonio area braces for more possible flooding

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:11 AM PDT

A kayaker pulls a raft with children around a flooded baseball park in San Antonio, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio. San Antonio International Airport recorded more than nine inches of rain since midnight. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)San Antonio and the surrounding counties along rain-swollen rivers were bracing Sunday for the possibility of more flooding amid storm predictions.

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