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Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. On Tuesday, the National Weather ...
Gay Fla. teen charged for underage girlfriend
An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights advocates to say the teen is being unfairly targeted for a common high school romance because she's gay. The criminal case against Kaitlyn Hunt is unusual because it involves ...
Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try
Everything's a go for Orb. The Kentucky Derby winner was in a playful mood the day before the Preakness, making faces for photographers between nibbles of grass outside his stall at Pimlico Race Course. "He's really settled in well. He seems to be energetic about what he's doing so I ...
Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2013 so far
The sun has fired off a massive flare, the strongest solar eruption this year. The powerful flare occurred Sunday and erupted on the side of the sun that was not facing Earth. While the planet was not hit with radiation, space weather forecasters say the solar blast briefly disrupted high-frequency ...
TX search firm seeks $100K from Casey Anthony
A Texas search and rescue organization involved in the search for 2-year-old Caylee Anthony says her mother Casey owes it more than $100,000 in expenses. Attorneys for Texas Equusearch Mounted Search and Recovery say in federal bankruptcy court documents that Casey Anthony knew her daughter was already dead when the ...
New satellite appears to be working flawlessly
A new satellite hovering nearly 450 miles above the Earth appears to working flawlessly as it embarks on a 10-year mission to document the planet's surface, scientists and engineers at the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science Center said Monday. Landsat 8 is sending more than 400 data-filled ...
Senate passes bill letting states tax online sales
The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping — for many a largely tax-free frontier — to state sales taxes. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 69 to 27, getting support ...
WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: 'Ticos,' songs and cheese
It was a party atmosphere along Barack Obama's motorcade route from the airport after he arrived in this Central American country for his first visit as president. Thousands of locals, who are known as "Ticos," lined the road to welcome their fourth visiting American president. The most recent one to ...
Hill aides: White House recalculates spending cuts
The White House budget office is recalculating how to apply automatic spending cuts for a handful of agencies, freeing up almost $4 billion for the Pentagon and another $1 billion or so for other agencies like the Homeland Security Department and NASA. Capitol Hill aides familiar with the White House ...
MLB, players give $100K to Texas explosion victims
Major League Baseball and the players association are donating a combined $100,000 to victims of the Texas fertilizer plant explosion that killed at least 14 people and injured about 200. The league says Thursday it will encourage fans to donate during games on national television and with signage behind home ...
Growing crowd of celebrity wines take spotlight
Fancy having Brangelina, Drew Barrymore and Dan Aykroyd over for dinner? No problem, they'll even bring the wine. OK, maybe the stars themselves won't show up, but their wines will appear with just a wave of a credit card. You might start with an aperitif of Angelina Jolie and Brad ...
Moss hits 2nd HR in 19th, A's outlast Angels 10-8
Brandon Moss and the Oakland Athletics played 6½ hours of baseball before walking off with one tiring win. Moss hit his second home run of the night with two outs in the bottom of the 19th inning to give Oakland a 10-8 victory over the Los Angeles Angels early Tuesday ...
EU aims to better protect bees from pesticides
The European Union says it will move ahead with measures to better protect dwindling bee populations after the 27 nations in the bloc failed to agree on a common stand. EU Consumer Commissioner Tonio Borg said Monday that his agency will propose restricting the use of three pesticides as of ...
Did brotherly bond play role in Boston bombings?
It's a vexing puzzle about the Boston Marathon bombings: The younger of the two accused brothers hardly seemed headed for a monumental act of violence. How could he team up with his older brother to do this? Nobody knows for sure, but some experts in sibling research say the powerful ...
Lawmakers look at speeding up death penalty in Florida
Florida lawmakers are tired of delays in carrying out death sentences and have decided to speed up the process. Bills now in the House and Senate would create quicker timeframes for appeals. They would also make it harder for inmates to dismiss their lawyers and would increase the requirements for ...
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