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• Czech police say US suspect in 4 murders arrested May 24, 2013
  PRAGUE (AP) — Police say an American man suspected of killing a family of four in the Czech Republic has been arrested in the United States. Brno regional police chief Leos Trzil said Friday that Kevin Dahlgren was arrested at the airport in Washington, D.C. The suspect fled to the U.S. after the victims — identified by neighbors as a married couple and thei […]
• Turkey passes bill restricting alcohol sales, ads May 24, 2013
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular country. The legislation, adopted on Friday, bans the sale of alcoholic drinks between 10 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Storm took classmates, parents as it swept through May 24, 2013
  MOORE, Okla. (AP) — One loved unicorns. Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Safe room mandates remain rare in tornado states May 24, 2013
  MOORE, Okla. (AP) — When a deadly tornado tore through the central Oklahoma city of Moore, many survivors emerged from their storm shelters to see their homes blown away. The mayor suggested that storm shelters should perhaps be mandated for new homes. Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge May 24, 2013
  MIAMI (AP) — The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys May 24, 2013
  GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's controversies are far from over. The Scouts' longstanding ban on gay adults remains in force, and many lib […]
• Earthquake hits Russia's Far East May 24, 2013
  MOSCOW (AP) — A powerful earthquake on Friday hit Russia's Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometers (4,400 miles) west of the epicenter. Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told The Associated Press the epicenter was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of the Russi […]
• 'I just don't know how to feel. It's just something I had to do' May 24, 2013
  BY NOLAN CLAY AND ANDREW KNITTLEMOORE — Going house to house Monday searching the rubble for tornado survivors, Michael Bond found postal worker Rick Jones — already dead. So, for the next four hours, the Federal Aviation Administration worker helped the stranger the only way he could. Bond stayed there — to fulfill a promise to the victim's sister. “I […]
• I-5 bridge collapses into Wash. river, injuring 3 May 24, 2013
  MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — An Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed north of Seattle Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the water and sparking a rescue effort by boats and divers who pulled three injured people from the chilly waterway. Authorities said it appeared nobody was killed in the bridge failure that raised the question about the safet […]
• Actress Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge May 24, 2013
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested in midtown Manhattan after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window. It happened at an apartment building on West 47th Street at about 7:40 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com […]