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Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces
May 22, 20133:19 AM ET
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years.
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Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
May 22, 20133:20 AM ET
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time."
DAVID A. LIEB
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Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview
May 22, 20136:03 AM ET
PHOENIX (AP) — In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday."
BRIAN SKOLOFFJOSH HOFFNER
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Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
May 22, 20136:11 AM ET
NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on.
JENNIFER PELTZ
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Under scrutiny, Va. gov's mansion a dichotomy
May 22, 20134:40 AM ET
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An embezzling case that began with a chef being accused of stealing food from Virginia's Executive Mansion and morphed into a political scandal involving two of the state's most powerful politicians has some people wondering: What goes on behind the wide double doors of the governor's house?
LARRY O'DELL
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Amid immigration reform, calls to change asylums
May 22, 20134:05 AM ET
SEATTLE (AP) — As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home countries.
MANUEL VALDES
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600 police photos of Tucson rampage scene released
May 22, 20134:15 AM ET
PHOENIX (AP) — In the chaotic moments after a gunman wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, investigators quickly turned a patrol car into a makeshift whiteboard, using markers to scrawl relevant information about the investigation.
FELICIA FONSECAJACQUES BILLEAUD
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Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break
May 22, 20135:10 AM ET
PHOENIX (AP) — It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet.
CRISTINA SILVA
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Gay Fla. teen charged for underage girlfriend
May 21, 20135:39 PM ET
MIAMI (AP) — An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights advocates to say the teen is being unfairly targeted for a common high school romance because she's gay.
KELLI KENNEDY
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Susan Powell's dad gets private eye to review file
May 22, 20134:00 AM ET
SEATTLE (AP) — Police say they've taken their best shot at finding missing Utah mother Susan Powell. Now, her dad is hoping a review of the newly released case file — containing tens of thousands of pages of detective reports, maps, interview transcripts and more — might turn up something the investigators missed.
GENE JOHNSON
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Today in History
May 22, 201312:00 AM ET
Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.
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Conn. rail service returns to normal
May 22, 20137:28 AM ET
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Homes next to Florida sinkhole to be demolished
May 22, 20136:22 AM ET
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10 Things to Know for Today
May 22, 20136:05 AM ET
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Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview
May 22, 20136:03 AM ET
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Protesters rally over IRS' tea party scrutiny
May 22, 20135:34 AM ET
DAN SEWELL
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