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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  Activists say 28 Hezbollah members killed in SyriaMay 20, 201311:16 AM ET BEIRUT (AP) — Fierce street fighting in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border has killed at least 28 elite members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, activists said Monday, as Syrian government forces pushed deeper into the strategic, opposition-held town.   Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for TumblrMay 20, 201311:12 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.   Oklahoma, other tornado-hit states brace for moreMay 20, 201312:28 PM ET SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left.   Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reformMay 20, 201310:34 AM ET MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.   Wave of attacks kills at least 86 in IraqMay 20, 201311:04 AM ET BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of attacks killed at least 86 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 230 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years. 
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