Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 51 people
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise....

AP Photos: Images from the aftermath of devastating Oklahoma tornado that killed dozens
The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath :...

Jodi Arias to address jurors in penalty phase of murder trial as panel considers life or death
PHOENIX (AP) -- When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in prison....

Lawmakers get first crack at IRS commissioner who was in charge when tea party targeted
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups....

In absence of federal shield law, discretion guides pursuit of reporters' records
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 to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier....

When is it OK for wunderkinds to drop out of school? (Hey, it worked for Tumblr's founder!)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade. She says she "could see how much of the work he was doing at school wasn't relevant to what he wanted to learn."...

Police close active investigation of Susan Powell's disappearance, offer new details in case
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) -- Josh Powell reportedly had an affair just months before his wife disappeared and his brother may have been "heavily involved" in getting rid of her body, Utah police revealed as they announced they couldn't solve the sensational case....

FBI: Agents fell to deaths training off Va. coast during 'maritime counterterrorism exercise'
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night....

After days on pins and needles, chilled Mass. sea turtles recovering with help of acupuncture
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) -- Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild - from an acupuncturist....

Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of rock group The Doors, dies at 74 from cancer
Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74....