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Hospitals treat more than 200 after Okla. tornado
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Hospital officials say they've treated more than 200 patients, including dozens of children, since a tornado ripped through suburban Oklahoma City....
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In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community....
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WikiLeaks prosecutor agrees to 1 lesser charge
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- Prosecutors say they have agreed to charge the Army private who released more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to the WikiLeaks site with a lesser offense on one of the 22 counts against him....
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Jersey shore readies for 1st post-Sandy summer
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) -- The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year....
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Utah man, brother suspects in wife's disappearance
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) -- Newly released police records show that Utah officials believe Josh Powell likely killed his wife and that his brother, Michael Powell, helped dispose of the body, but authorities felt they didn't have enough evidence to prove that theory in court....
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Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister
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 seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb....
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WikiLeaks hearing focuses on classified evidence
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is back in court for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next month....
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Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual US charge
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land Cruiser and struck and killed a 34-year-old Zimbabwe man....
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Conn. foster mom pleads guilty for spoon-spanking
NORWICH, Conn. (AP) -- A foster mother faces 100 days in prison after acknowledging she spanked a 4-year-old girl with a wooden spoon....
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Remains found in woods could be missing Maine teen
BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- State police in Maine say a body found in the woods likely is that of a 15-year-old girl last seen more than a week ago....
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Easier travel ahead for Conn. commuters
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Commuters facing long delays after a train collision disrupted their route along Connecticut's shoreline can look forward to easier traveling....
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AP photographer sees kids pulled from Okla. school
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late....
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Recovered remains of Pa. WWII veteran to be buried
FREEMANSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A military burial is scheduled in eastern Pennsylvania for a World War II soldier whose remains were recovered after more than 65 years....
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Decision due on dismissal of Kennedy case in NY
ARMONK, N.Y. (AP) -- A town judge in New York is deciding whether the drugged-driving case against Kerry Kennedy should go to trial....
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Caroline Kennedy's jury acquits NYC drug dealer
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York jury on which Caroline Kennedy served has acquitted a man of dealing crack cocaine....
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