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‘I have not done anything wrong’

Lerner brushes back her hair before testifying at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in WashingtonIRS official Lois Lerner pleads the Fifth Amendment before Congress.


Wed May 22 09:30:37 UTC 2013
Tornado survivors try to recover

A rescue worker checks the rubble in a residential area in Moore, OklahomaThe twister cut a path of destruction 17 miles long and 1.3 miles wide.


Wed May 22 07:31:03 UTC 2013
Syrian opposition urges rebels to join key battle

This Tuesday, May 21, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian rebel firing locally made shells made from gas cylinders against the Syrian forces, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Syria's main opposition group is urging rebels to come from around the country to reinforce Qusair, a western town under attack by Syrian troops and members of Lebanon's Hezbollah group. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's main opposition alliance on Wednesday urged fighters from around the country to reinforce a rebel-held town under attack by President Bashar Assad's troops and their allies from the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group.


Wed May 22 09:05:05 UTC 2013