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Thu, 23 May 2013 14:40:58 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OKLAHOMA_TORNADO?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI 2013-05-23T14:40:58Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OKLAHOMA_TORNADO_VICTIMS?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field.... Thu, 23 May 2013 16:09:14 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OKLAHOMA_TORNADO_VICTIMS?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By SEAN MURPHY, RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, DAVID A. LIEB and CHRISTO 2013-05-23T16:09:14Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RICIN_LETTER_SPOKANE?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- The FBI has arrested a suspect in a case involving the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin and says investigators are working "around the clock" to address any remaining risks.... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:31:34 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RICIN_LETTER_SPOKANE?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS 2013-05-23T15:31:34Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEATH_ROW_COLORADO?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT DENVER (AP) -- Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' relatives and drew quick criticism from Republicans ahead of the 2014 election.... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:10:17 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEATH_ROW_COLORADO?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DAN ELLIOTT 2013-05-23T15:10:17Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOSTON_MARATHON_SHOOTING?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that officials believe may have been connected to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, authorities said.... Thu, 23 May 2013 14:02:57 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOSTON_MARATHON_SHOOTING?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By KYLE HIGHTOWER 2013-05-23T14:02:57Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AMERICAS_SCHOOLS_MORE_PE?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Reading, writing, arithmetic - and PE?... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:19:14 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AMERICAS_SCHOOLS_MORE_PE?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By JENNIFER C. KERR 2013-05-23T15:19:14Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOY_SCOUTS_GAYS?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members.... Thu, 23 May 2013 14:57:15 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOY_SCOUTS_GAYS?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By DAVID CRARY and NOMAAN MERCHANT 2013-05-23T14:57:15Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HOBBY_LOBBY_BIRTH_CONTROL?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT DENVER (AP) -- In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:41:31 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HOBBY_LOBBY_BIRTH_CONTROL?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By KRISTEN WYATT 2013-05-23T15:41:31Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_TEEN_PREGNANCIES_STATES?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.... Thu, 23 May 2013 04:20:35 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_TEEN_PREGNANCIES_STATES?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By MIKE STOBBE 2013-05-23T04:20:35Z http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GHETTO_TOURS?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood.... Thu, 23 May 2013 13:15:49 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GHETTO_TOURS?SITE=TXBRH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT By VERENA DOBNIK 2013-05-23T13:15:49Z