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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.   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.   Split-second choice ended with NY student deadMay 20, 20131:20 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) — The college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer. 
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