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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twisterMay 21, 20131:41 PM ET MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb.   Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma townMay 21, 20131:31 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.   Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happenedMay 21, 20131:50 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.   Syrian, Hezbollah troops fight rebels in key townMay 21, 201311:38 AM ET BEIRUT (AP) — Backed by elite troops of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, Syrian government forces fought rebels in a strategic opposition-held Syrian town near the Lebanese border for the third straight day Tuesday.   Israel warns Syria against attacks on GolanMay 21, 20131:30 PM ET JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli and Syrian troops exchanged fire across their tense cease-fire line in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, prompting an Israeli threat that Syria's leader will "bear the consequences" of further escalation and raising new concerns that the civil war there could explode into a region-wide conflict. 
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