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Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces

Zac and Denisha Woodcock look through the rubble of a tornado-ravaged rental home which they own Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening an entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds.

With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years.

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Marathon bombing victims urged to apply for funds

The administrator of the Boston Marathon victims' compensation fund says so far just five people have filed applications for a portion of the $30 million the One Fund has already collected.

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NYC judge: Renting apartments using Airbnb illegal

A judge has ruled that a New Yorker who rented his apartment on a popular traveler site broke the law.

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Cleveland kidnapping victims 'happy and safe'

The three women rescued after being held captive in a Cleveland house for about a decade say they are doing fine.

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Sisters ejected from Pa. mall over cancer hats

Three sisters say they were kicked out of a suburban Philadelphia mall after refusing to remove profanity-laden hats expressing their hatred of breast cancer.

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Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban

The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban openly gay boys belonging to the scouting movement.
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Teen pleads not guilty in deaths of Ohio brothers

A 17-year-old boy charged with killing two teenage brothers in northwest Ohio has pleaded not guilty.

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FBI agent fatally shoots man in Orlando

A man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed an apartment complex near Universal Studios in Orlando.

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Highway patrol: 29 hurt in Ohio bus, car crash

The State Highway Patrol says 29 people have been injured in a crash between a commercial bus and a car on Interstate 75 in northwest Ohio.
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Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down

With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time."
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Conn. rail service returns to normal

Regular train service returned to Connecticut on Wednesday, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks.