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Weather service confirms deadly tornado that hit Oklahoma was a top-of-the-scale EF-5
MOORE, Okla. – The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph (322 kph). Spokeswoman Keli Pirtle said Tuesday the agency upgraded the tornado from an EF-4 on the enhanced Fujita scale to an EF-5 based on what a damage assessment
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AEG lawyer revises testimony and tells jury director of Jackson’s tour had full contract
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A corporate lawyer for concert giant AEG Live LLC on Tuesday revised his testimony and said the tour director of Michael Jackson’s ill-fated “This Is It” concerts had a signed contract. AEG Live General Counsel Shawn Trell told jurors that he had forgotten that Kenny Ortega was working under a signed
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Trove of Muppets creator Jim Henson’s items headed for NYC’s Museum of the Moving Image
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they’re getting a spiffy new home in Queens. Muppet creator Jim Henson’s family is donating about 400 puppets, costumes, props and other items to the Museum of the Moving Image. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was on hand for the announcement Tuesday. The
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Police: Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris evacuated after suicide inside the landmark church
PARIS – Paris police say Notre Dame Cathedral has been evacuated after a man committed suicide in the 850-year-old monument and tourist site. A police official says officers closed the cathedral to the public after the incident Tuesday afternoon. The official could not confirm French media reports that the man had shot himself. Officials with
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South Africa: Tears, kisses as court acquits brother of Olympian amputee Oscar Pistorius
JOHANNESBURG – Oscar Pistorius’ older brother cried tears of relief Tuesday as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide and negligent driving for the death of a woman in a road accident. The case attracted international interest because the two Pistorius two brothers — including double-amputee Olympics star Oscar — faced court cases for the
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Death toll from Oklahoma tornado revised to at least 24
MOORE, Okla. – The state medical examiner’s office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including nine children.
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At the Cannes Film Festival: Reeves moves behind the lens; a mother now, Rai plans her return
CANNES, France – Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: KEANU REEVES STEPS BEHIND THE LENS The transition from actor to director was not an easy one for Keanu Reeves. Reeves, who showed clips from his upcoming film “Man of Tai Chi” to a select crowd on Monday, said it
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The pope and the devil: Francis’ obsession with Satan leads to suspicion he performed exorcism
VATICAN CITY – Is Pope Francis an exorcist? The question has been swirling ever since Francis laid his hands Sunday on the head of a young man after celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed and shook, and then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over
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Russian foreign minister angry at alleged vote theft at Eurovision Song Contest
MOSCOW – Russia’s point man on Syria and on its relations with the U.S. on Tuesday turned his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts — alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was meeting with his counterpart from Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic which is investigating why the
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Syria says it destroys Israeli vehicle that crossed ceasefire line in Golan Heights
DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting its troops to fire back. The two sides appeared to be referring to the same incident.