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Frightened Okla. residents opt to flee tornadoes

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 03:13 PM PDT

Josh Hill, a volunteer with Grace Chapel in Englewood, Colo., helps to clear downed branches from Angela and Wade Burleson's yard in El Reno Okla. on Saturday June 1, 2013 after their home was destroyed by one of the tornados that swept through Central Okla. on Friday. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)It's a warning as familiar as a daily prayer for Tornado Alley residents: When a twister approaches, take shelter in a basement or low-level interior room or closet, away from windows and exterior walls.


Memorial held for Newtown gunman's mother

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 12:55 PM PDT

Family and friends arrive for a memorial service for Nancy Lanza on Saturday June 1, 2013 in Kingston, N.H. Lanza's 20-year-old son, Adam Lanza, killed her at their home in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14 and then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School, where he killed the children and six school employees before committing suicide. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)More than 100 family and friends gathered at a church in a small New Hampshire town Saturday to remember the woman whose son massacred 20 first-graders and six educators in a Connecticut elementary school last year.


Rookie among 4 Houston firefighters killed

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 03:18 PM PDT

Houston firefighters embrace near the scene of a fatal five-alarm fire at a motel on the Southwest Freeway Friday, May 31, 2013, in Houston. Four firefighters searching for people they thought might be trapped in a blazing Houston motel and restaurant Friday were killed when the part of the structure collapsed and ensnared them, authorities said. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer) MANDATORY CREDITOne Houston firefighter remained hospitalized in critical condition Saturday, a day after a massive motel and restaurant fire killed four of his fellow firefighters.


U.K. police charge second suspect in soldier's death

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 12:12 PM PDT

British police officers arrest anti-fascist demonstrators protesting against members of the British National Party (BNP), not seen, during a demonstration in central London, Saturday, June.1, 2013. BNP supporters gathered to protest the May 22 killing of British soldier Lee Rigby. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)British police charged a second suspect Saturday with the murder of a soldier who was hacked to death in a London street, as right-wing and antifascist groups both demonstrated.


Despite mammoth blood discovery, cloning still unlikely

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 12:16 PM PDT

Despite Mammoth Blood Discovery, Cloning Still UnlikelyDespite the recent discovery of a stunningly preserved mammoth, the odds of scientists using it to clone a real-life mammoth anytime soon are still low, experts say.


Storied nuke plant becomes environmental wasteland

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 12:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 6, 2004 file photo, workers use heavy machinery to remove waste in an area near two dormant nuclear reactors on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The groundwater at Hanford already is contaminated, but scientists gauge the risks to be minimal because it would take decades for contaminants already in the soil to reach the Columbia River, the largest waterway in the Pacific Northwest. The closest tank sits 5 miles from the river, home to endangered fish and a source of drinking water for some 175,000 people immediately downstream. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston)A stainless steel tank the size of a basketball court lies buried in the sandy soil of southeastern Washington state, an aging remnant of U.S. efforts to win World War II.


Rockets from Syria hit Hezbollah stronghold

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 12:15 PM PDT

This citizen journalism image provided by the Local Council of Barzeh, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows destroyed homes from government airstrikes and shelling, in the Barzeh district of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, June 1, 2013. More than a dozen rockets and mortar rounds fired from Syria struck eastern Lebanon on Saturday, security officials said, as tensions escalated along the Lebanese-Syria border over the increasing role of Hezbollah militants in the civil war next door. (AP Photo/Local Council of Barzeh)Eighteen rockets and mortars rounds from Syria slammed into Lebanon on Saturday, the largest cross-border salvo to hit a Hezbollah stronghold since Syrian rebels threatened to retaliate.


N.M. crews fight wildfires, smoke pours into capital

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 04:29 PM PDT

Smoke from the Tres Laguans fire near Pecos, N.M. is seen on May 30, 2013. Officials said the fire in New Mexico's Santa Fe National Forest more than doubled in size by Friday night and was still totally uncontained. That prompted New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez to declare a state of emergency in San Miguel County to free up state funds to fight the fire. (AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, Luis Sanchez Saturno)Fire crews are battling a pair of wildfires in New Mexico that have scorched thousands of acres, spurred evacuation calls for dozens of homes and poured smoke into the touristy state capital.


Pressing needs test GOP's smaller government stand

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 09:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 28, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama reacts to his introduction by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in Asbury Park, N.J. One major principle of Obama's presidency that his foes love to hate _ that government, when it works right, can be best-equipped to aid and protect Americans _ is finding fresh currency among some Republicans. Obama walked side by side Christie, a fiscal conservative who has shown no patience for massive government spending _ except when it comes to billions in federal aid for his state after Superstorm Sandy. In fact, it was Christie and other Northeast Republicans who blasted members of their own party for insisting that Federal Emergency Management Agency aid be offset by cuts elsewhere in the federal budget. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)President Barack Obama says a government that works properly can be best-equipped to help and protect the public. Republican believers in a less-is-more government generally disagree.


Rock guitarist leads London march against badger cull

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 06:52 AM PDT

Brian May, guitarist of rock band Queen, leads a protest against the cull of tuberculosis-infected badgers in central LondonProtesters dressed as badgers and led by Queen guitarist Brian May marched through central London on Saturday demanding that the government scrap a plan to cull badgers, aimed at slowing the spread of a cattle disease.


The IRS -- its glory days and its checkered past

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 06:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 1931 black-and-white file photo Chicago mobster Al Capone watches a football game in Chicago. For a time, the Internal Revenue Service inspired awe and admiration in Americans, not just trepidation and lame jokes about death and taxes. Everyone loved it when revenue agents put away Capone, the Chicago underworld's master of brutality and bribe, in a coup so spectacular it scared other gangsters straight. But there's little love for the IRS anymore, and there hasn't been for ages. (AP Photo/File)For a time, the Internal Revenue Service inspired awe and admiration in Americans, not just trepidation and lame jokes about death and taxes.


Indonesia mine to be shut for two months, company says

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 07:48 AM PDT

Freeport McMoran Chief Executive Richard Adkerson chats with Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik during a news conference after their meeting in JakartaIndonesia has told Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc it cannot resume production at its huge copper mine until the result of an investigation into an accident is complete, a government official said.


As hurricanes loom, Florida insurance lives on borrowed time

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 05:10 AM PDT

File photo shows strong waves crashing around coastal houses in Key West, FloridaMother Nature has been kind to Florida's coastline lately with a record run of seven years without a hurricane making landfall, allowing property insurers time to re-stock their depleted coffers.


Turkish police, demonstrators clash in Istanbul

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 02:57 AM PDT

A woman holds up a banner that reads "Don't interfere with my life style " as thousands of people gather in support of demonstrators staging a sit-in to prevent the uprooting of trees at an Istanbul park, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, May 31, 2013. Riot police clash with demonstrators after they used tear gas and pressurized water in a dawn raid on Friday to rout a peaceful demonstration by thousands of people in Istanbul. Several protesters were injured when a wall they climbed collapsed during a police chase. Police moved in to disperse the crowd on the fourth day of the protest against a government plan to revamp Istanbul's main square, Taksim. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)Turkey's government on Saturday appeared to be trying to placate demonstrators on the second day of anti-government demonstrations, even as police let off more tear gas and pressurized water against protesters trying to reach a main square in Istanbul or the Parliament building in the capital, Ankara.


Wife: Lou Reed recovering after liver transplant

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 05:42 AM PDT

FILE- In this Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Lou Reed performs at the Lollapalooza music festival, in Chicago. Lou Reed's wife says the rock icon is recovering after a life-saving liver transplant, according to an interview published Saturday, June 1, 2013, in a British newspaper. Laurie Anderson told the Times of London that Reed Lou Reed's wife says the rock icon is recovering after a life-saving liver transplant, according to an interview published Saturday in a British newspaper.


Government allows nutrient labels on alcohol drinks

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 12:48 AM PDT

Pages from a ruling by the Department of the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau showing voluntary recommendations for labeling of wines, distilled spirits and malt liquor that were released on May 28, 2013. New labels on alcohol could help drinkers know what they are consuming _ but only if the alcohol companies want them to. The Treasury Department, which regulates alcohol, is moving to allow companies to place labels on packages that include serving size, servings per container, calories, carbohydrates, protein, and fat per serving. The labels would be voluntary. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)Alcoholic beverages could soon carry nutritional labels like those on food — but only if the producers want to put them there.


Family: Mother killed in Syria kept many secrets

Posted: 31 May 2013 07:00 PM PDT

In this 2007 photo provided by the Mansfield family, Nicole Lynn Mansfield stands behind her grandfather Monte Mansfield. Nicole Mansfield, a Michigan mother killed during fighting in Syria, often left family and friends in dark about the details of another life _ marrying an Arab immigrant, attending a Muslim school in Detroit and taking trips to the Middle East including the one that would be her last, relatives said Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Mansfield Family Photo)A Michigan mother killed during fighting in Syria often left many family members and friends in the dark about the details of another life — marrying an Arab immigrant, moving around frequently and taking trips to the Middle East, including the one that would be her last, relatives said Friday.


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