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Stories of survival: Second-grader recounts tornado
"I just looked back for a second when I saw it ... and it was carrying the ceiling up"; 8-year-old Courtney Brown describes devastating tornado


Injured third-grade teacher tells of trying to protect students
Jennifer Doan used her body to shield her students as tornado bore down on Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.


Oklahoma tornado: Before and after photos
A look at Moore, Okla. before and after a deadly tornado passed through


2 infants among 10 kids killed in Oklahoma tornado
Medical examiner's office announces it has positively identified 23 of 24 victims, 10 of those killed are children


Okla. family mourns child killed at school by tornado
Joshua Hornsby raced to find his 9-year-old daughter at school when twister hit; he got there 10 minutes too late


Bernanke: Tightening monetary policy now would hurt recovery
Federal Reserve chairman says that starting to withdraw support for the economy would be a mistake


L.A. voters limit number of medical pot clinics
Proposition D caps number of dispensaries to 135 -- far below 1,000 that operated before -- with hopes to keep neighborhoods safer


Octogenarians in race to summit Mt. Everest
Yuichiro Miura, 80, Min Bahadur Sherchan, 81, both seek to claim title of oldest climber to reach peak


Top 10 cities where renting is better than buying
Buying a home isn't always a financially savvier option than renting, especially if it takes a decade to see any savings


Watch: Jodi Arias pleads for her life
Convicted murderer describes how she contemplated suicide but now wants to live; lays out plans to help others in prison


Kerry: U.S. ready to step up aid to Syrian rebels
While warning of Hezbollah and Iran's involvement in Syria, Kerry tries to push Assad regime to negotiate a truce


Costa Concordia captain ordered to stand trial
Plea bargain attempt fails for Capt. Francesco Schettino, accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship


N. Korea sends top envoy to China as tensions mount
High-profile delegation seen as possible attempt by Kim Jong Un to repair ties with key ally and economic benefactor


Massive tornado hits Oklahoma
Extreme weather system proves fatal as massive twister devastates swaths of Oklahoma


Brigadier general suspended over altercation with woman
Army says Bryan Roberts of Fort Jackson, S.C, was in altercation with woman other than his wife


Bono and Olivia Wilde join Matt Damon's "toilet strike"
The celebs pledge "not to go to the bathroom until everyone in the whole world has access to clean water and sanitation" in support of Water.org


New "Dancing with the Stars" champion announced
Celeb takes home show's mirrorball trophy


Tornado victims start picking up the pieces
Many assessing whether to rebuild their homes; Officials confident they've found all survivors, recovered all bodies


Orlando man with ties to Boston bomb suspect killed in shootout with FBI
John Miller: "Something went wrong" when authorities went to Ibragim Todashev's apartment to interview him regarding bomb suspect


IRS' Lerner: "I have not done anything wrong"
Official who oversees tax-exempt office in the IRS tells Congress she's invoking the Fifth Amendment to protect her innocence