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Several dozen tea party activists and other concerned citizens, wave signs and small American flags as they march outside the main Internal Revenue Service office on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. The rally was one of many around the country after IRS officials acknowledged that some conservative groups received inappropriate attention and questioning. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
IRS official Lerner: I did nothing wrong
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups has told Congress she did nothing wrong and has invoked her con...
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Georgia studying Medicaid expansion options
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has said the state can't afford to expand its already-strained Medicaid program to include 650,000 more residents, but his administration is studying ways ot...
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A man carries a drawer and a bag filled with clothes from Rachel Hernandez' home as residents of the Heatherwood Addition, on the south side of SE 4 and Bryant in Moore, Okla., returned to their homes Tuesday, May 21, 2013, to salvage any items after Monday's destructive tornado. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)
Okla. mayor wants to require tornado shelters
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The mayor of the Oklahoma City suburb battered by a monstrous tornado says he is pushing to require safe-room shelters in all new homes. Glen Lewis said Wednesday he will propo...
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FILE - In this May 13, 2013, file photo, the screen on the phone console is seen at the reception desk at The Associated Press Washington bureau. The Justice Department’s latest effort to examine who journalists are talking to _ the secret subpoena of Associated Press phone records from April and May of last year _ demonstrates how government investigators are guided more by policy and the judgments of high-ranking officials than by specific laws or, in this case, the need to satisfy an independent federal judge. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
Policy, discretion guide media sources probes
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post t...
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Del. police: Ga. man tried to flush 3 kg of PCP
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Dover police say a Georgia man tried to flush nearly three kilograms of PCP when he was found at a vacant property. Police announced Tuesday that officers called to a home on He...
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More tornadoes in forecast for central US Tuesday
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of the central United States already reeling from powerful tornadoes this week. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., ...
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Ga. police increase enforcement patrols for summer
ATLANTA (AP) — Police in Georgia are rolling out increased enforcement patrols as part of their summer safety campaign. The 100 Days of Summer H.E.A.T. campaign is designed to reduce fatal crash c...
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Searchers rest outside the Briarwood Elementary School after the tornado destroyed the school , Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, David McDaniel)
Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Search and rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to pil...
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Jekyll breaking ground on overdue convention hotel
by Associated Press
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
JEKYLL ISLAND (AP) — Developers are set to start construction on a new convention hotel for Jekyll Island after long delays that largely resulted from difficulties getting a bank loan for the $41 m...
Fog blankets much of Georgia in wake of storms
by Associated Press
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
ATLANTA (AP) — Fog blanketed much of Georgia in the wake of storms that washed out roads in the northeast part of the state and led to rising streams and rivers. Forecasters said a dense fog advis...
Wave of attacks kills at least 57 in Iraq
by SINAN SALAHEDDIN,Associated Press
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
BAGHDAD (AP) — A string of car bombs and shootings killed at least 57 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodl...
Medical emergency eyed in Va. parade crash
by DEBRA McCOWN,Associated Press
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — Witnesses described a frantic scene and close calls after an elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a small Virginia mountain town's parade. Investigators were...
Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup
by JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN,Associated Press
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Investigators will look closely at a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the commuter train derailment and collision outside New York City that left dozens ...
Hofstra student killed by police during break-in
by FRANK ELTMAN,Associated Press
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York ...
$590M-plus Powerball: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla
by BARBARA RODRIGUEZ,Associated Press
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimate...
North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters
by HYUNG-JIN KIM,Associated Press
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. North Korea ro...