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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  Search for tornado survivors nearly completeMay 21, 20137:42 PM ET MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.   Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.May 21, 20137:14 PM ET MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up.   Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bombMay 21, 20137:18 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.   Senate panel approves immigration billMay 21, 20138:13 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.   Jodi Arias asks for life term; jury deliberatesMay 21, 20138:13 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail. 
Latest Headlines  Clippers won't offer Del Negro new deal as coachMay 21, 20135:41 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vinny Del Negro is out as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers after a season in which the team won its first division title but lost in the first round of the playoffs.     Andy Murray out of French Open due to back injuryMay 21, 20136:34 PM ET LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday because of a chronic back injury and will now focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court season next month. 
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