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Vast Oklahoma Tornado Kills at Least 91 — MOORE, Okla. — A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools.
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LIVE UPDATES: Crews switch to recovery at Plaza Towers elementary — Live updates from the 4Warn Storm Team on severe weather, tornadoes and damage. — B. White — Facilities opening up their doors for storm-displaced residents: — University of Oklahoma - student housing (Norman)
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Coburn Wants Tornado Disaster Aid to Be Offset — The tornado damage near Oklahoma City is still being assessed and the death toll is expected to rise, but already Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says he will insist that any federal disaster aid be paid for with cuts elsewhere.
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Children pulled from rubble at Oklahoma school flattened by tornado
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Oklahoma City tornado: Get the latest developments in this disaster
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‘Major damage’ as huge tornado rips through neighborhoods south of Oklahoma City
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The White House's shifting IRS account — The White House on Monday once again added to the list of people who knew about the IRS investigation into its targeting of conservative groups — saying White House chief of staff Denis McDonough had been informed about a month ago.
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Obama Went Off Script To Address Gay Grads Directly At Morehouse College — A slight change in the language, but a significant change in meaning. Instead of a veiled reference to same-sex couples, Obama made the language direct. — Via: Jason Reed / Reuters
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As GOP weighs how best to profit from Obama's problems, Democrats hope it overplays its hand
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White House Says It Didn't Loop Obama In on I.R.S. Inquiry
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Obama's newest ally: John McCain
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Senior W.H. staff knew of IRS investigation, did not tell Obama
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The Impeachment Option — Representative Jason Chaffetz …
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Secret Service Looking Into Radio Host's Graphic Violent Comments About Obama, Hillary Clinton — The Secret Service is following up on recent comments by right wing radio host Pete Santilli, who claimed to want to shoot former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the vagina and see President Obama tried and shot for treason.
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Hillary '16 Campaign Off to Excellent Start
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Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief — WASHINGTON — As frantic rescue missions continued Monday in Oklahoma following the catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through the state, it appeared increasingly likely that residents who lost homes …
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Oklahoma GOP Sen. Tom Coburn Will Seek To Offset Tornado Aid — Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn will seek to offset federal aid to victims of a massive tornado that blasted through Oklahoma City suburbs on Monday with cuts elsewhere in the budget. — “That's always been his position …
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Apple's Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds — WASHINGTON— Even as Apple became the nation's most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world through a web of subsidiaries so complex it spanned continents and surprised experts …
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Senate investigators: Apple sheltered $44 billion from taxes
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Obama's rating steady in face of controversies, likely buoyed by rising economic hopes — Majorities of Americans believe that the Internal Revenue Service deliberately harassed conservative groups by targeting them for special scrutiny and say that the Obama administration is trying to cover …
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GOP bill would suspend IRS audits
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Exclusive: Hillary's Benghazi ‘Scapegoat’ Speaks Out — Raymond Maxwell, the only official at the State Department's bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to lose his job after the attacks, tells Josh Rogin that he's been scapegoated by Hillary Clinton's team. — Following the attack in Benghazi …
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Judge ruled feds need not notify Fox reporter of search — A federal judge in Washington ruled in 2010 that the Justice Department was not required by law to notify Fox reporter James Rosen that prosecutors had obtained his emails in connection with an investigation into a leak about North Korean plans to test a nuclear weapon.
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IRS's Lerner Had History of Harassment, Inappropriate Religious Inquiries at FEC — Perhaps no other IRS official is more intimately associated with the tax agency's growing scandal than Lois Lerner, director of the IRS's Exempt Organizations Division. Since admitting the IRS harassed hundreds …
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4 dead, 44 hurt in Dagestan bombing, security officials say — Makhachkala, Dagestan (CNN) — At least four people are dead and 44 are injured after two bombs exploded Monday in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, the Ministry of Health's website says. — Thirty-one of the injured were hospitalized, it says.
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A State-by-State Snapshot of Poverty Among Seniors: Findings From Analysis of the Supplemental Poverty Measure — During recent deficit reduction discussions, policymakers have debated whether to increase Medicare beneficiaries' contributions toward their medical care and reduce the cost …
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