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Residents pass a destroyed car as they walk through a tornado-ravaged neighborhood Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)The death toll in Oklahoma is expected to climb as rescue efforts continue.


Tue May 21 12:57:01 UTC 2013

Former IRS commissioner Shulman testifies before Senate Finance Committee in WashingtonThe former IRS commissioner says he was "not personally responsible" for the agency's scrutiny on conservative groups.


Tue May 21 10:43:24 UTC 2013

Jodi Arias looks at her family on Monday, May 20, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Ariz. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias asked jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, arguing she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview after she was convicted of murder that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.


Tue May 21 12:47:57 UTC 2013