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Obama offers help for Oklahoma tornado victims

18 mins ago - President Barack Obama says he is instructing his disaster response team to get tornado victims in Oklahoma everything they need "right away."

21 mins ago - The former head of the Internal Revenue Service heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups.

22 mins ago - A leading Senate Democrat says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups was intolerable, and he is promising to get to the bottom of how it happened.

33 mins ago - A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by using a cluster of affiliates located outside the United States and is prepared to question its chief executive Tuesday about the "loopholes."

Updated: 9:38 AM - The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.

44 mins ago - The Division of Waste Management will adjust its collection schedule for the Memorial Day holiday.

Posted: 7:11 AM - More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of the central United States already reeling from powerful tornadoes this week.

Posted: 7:09 AM - President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday.

Posted: 6:46 AM - Russia's point man on Syria and on its relations with the U.S. is turning his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts - alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma as the state recovers from a massive tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, killing dozens and flattening entire neighborhoods.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - CBS has taken the scheduled season-ending episode of "Mike & Molly" off the air because its plot line revolved around a tornado threatening the couple.

Updated: 6:53 AM - The tornado, which hit Monday afternoon, was at least a mile wide.

Updated: 05/20/2013 - MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Several children have been pulled out of the rubble alive at a school in an Oklahoma City suburb.

Updated: 05/20/2013 - Officials at two hospitals say they're treating more than 120 patients, including about 70 children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.

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