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A flag flies in the debris of a mobile home after a tornado struck a mobile home park near Dale, Okla., Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)

Tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Okla.

Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left of the community she called home. Several tornadoes struck parts of the nation's midsection Sunday, concentrating ...

FILE - Jodi Arias cries as Steven Alexander, brother of murder victim Travis Alexander, makes his "victim impact statement" to the jury in this Thursday, May 16, 2013 file photo, during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias returns to court Monday May 20, 2013 for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in her lover's killing as jurors consider a life sentence or execution. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, File)

Arias returns to court for penalty phase of trial

Jodi Arias returns to court Monday for the continuation of the penalty phase of her trial after being convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of her one-time lover as jurors consider a sentence of life in prison or execution. Last week, jurors heard tearful comments from Travis Alexander's brother ...

Conn. derailment to cause 'greatly slowed' commute

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has a suggestion for commuters who manage to make it to work in New York City from southwest Connecticut: You might want to stay put in the Big Apple — all week. The governor warned that Monday's commute is expected to be "extremely challenging" following ...

Split-second choice ended with NY student dead

The Long Island 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. A moment later both Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello and the intruder were dead— killed after a split-second ...

BC ceremony notable for who will attend, who won't

This year's commencement at Boston College looks to be notable for who will be there, as well as who won't. Two graduate business students who were injured in the Boston Marathon bombings have recovered enough to receive their diplomas in Monday's ceremonies. Brittany Loring and Liza Cherney are both set ...

Civil rights trial on NYPD tactic closing

The federal civil rights challenge to the contentious New York Police Department tactic of stop, question and frisk is closing after more than nine weeks of testimony from men who say they were wrongly stopped because of their race and police officers and officials who believe the nation's largest force ...

ILE - In this Oct. 6, 2010 file photo, people on a tour of Plum Island, N.Y., off the coast of Long Island, watch seals relaxing on the rocky shore. Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway. As the federal government proceeds with plans to sell the island 100 miles east of New York City, Long Island officials are taking steps to prevent resorts or condos or any other development, even before the bidding for Plum Island begins. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NY town eyes limit on use of Plum Island

Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway. As the federal government proceeds with plans to sell ...

A tornado touches down southwest of Wichita, Kan. near the town of Viola on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The tornado was part of a line of storms that past through the central plains on Sunday. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Travis Heying)

Tornadoes level homes in Okla., 1 dead

Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of ...

This undated publicity film image released by Paramount Pictures shows, Zachary Quinto, left, as Spock and Chris Pine as Kirk in a scene in the movie, "Star Trek Into Darkness," from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. The three astronauts in the International Space Station were offered a sneak peak of the movie days before it opens Thursday, May 16, 2013 on Earth. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Zade Rosenthal)

'Trek' does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes

"Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations. The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009's "Star Trek," which ...

FILE - In this May 15, 2013 file photo, a service person works on sign at BP station at 35E and County Road E in Vadnais Heights, Minn. The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday, May 19, 2013 says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.66. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Marlin Levison, File)

US gas prices up 11 cents over past 2 weeks

The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.66. Midgrade costs an average of $3.84 a gallon, and premium is $3.98. Diesel held ...

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