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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 — Breaking news: according to a report in today's Washington Post, Hillary Clinton's chances of winning the presidency in 2016 have increased by approximately a zillion percent, due to the fact that her former chief strategist Mark Penn …
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Clintons to stay out of N.Y.C. race — Bill and Hillary Clinton are making clear they are staying out of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, just as the race is about to be roiled by the candidacy of their close aide Huma Abedin's husband, Anthony Weiner.


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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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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The D.O.J. Versus James Rosen
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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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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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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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How the Obama Administration Talks to Black America — “Convenient race-talk” from a president who ought to know better — The first lady went to Bowie State and addressed the graduating class. Her speech was a mix of black history and a salute to the graduates. There was also this:
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Chinese hackers who breached Google gained access to sensitive data, U.S. officials say — Chinese hackers who breached Google's servers several years ago gained access to a sensitive database with years' worth of information about U.S. surveillance targets, according to current and former government officials.

How to Legalize Pot — THE first time I talked to Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert at U.C.L.A., was in 2002, and he explained why legalization of marijuana was a bad idea. Sure, he said, the government should remove penalties for possession, use and cultivation of small amounts.
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