Huge Tornado Touches Down Near Oklahoma City

The aftermath of the tornado in Moore, Okla. (The Weather Channel)

The aftermath of the tornado in Moore, Okla. (The Weather Channel)

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A huge tornado touched down on Monday near Oklahoma City, and the National Weather Service urged residents to immediately take cover as a massive storm system in the middle of the country threatened to pummel as many as 10 states.

“The tornado on the ground right now is huge and has hit through populated areas,” Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said on CNN. She said it was too early to know the extent of the damage, but live television showed extensive destruction in the area.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths from the tornado, which was near Moore, Oklahoma, in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.

U.S. Charges Three NYU Researchers In Chinese Bribery Case

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U.S. authorities brought criminal charges against three New York University researchers on Monday, alleging they conspired to take bribes from Chinese medical and research outfits for details about NYU research into magnetic resonance imaging technology.

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Obama aide makes another claim about the source of his anti-Koch brothers comments
Austan Goolsbee / AP
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A onetime economic adviser to President Barack Obama offered up yet another explanation on Twitter last week for why he claimed in 2010 that Koch Industries paid no income taxes.

Austan Goolsbee caused a mini-scandal in 2010 when he told reporters during a background press briefing that Koch Industries—the company of libertarian philanthropists Charles and David Koch—paid no income taxes.

Group: Hezbollah Suffers Big Losses In Syria Battle

Syrians inspect rubble of damaged buildings due to government airstrikes, in Qusair, Syria. The town has been besieged by regime troops and pro-government gunmen backed by Hezbollah. (AP)
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About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday.

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Huge Tornado Touches Down Near Oklahoma City

The aftermath of the tornado in Moore, Okla. (The Weather Channel)

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A huge tornado touched down on Monday near Oklahoma City, and the National Weather Service urged residents to immediately take cover as a massive storm system in the middle of the country threatened to pummel as many as 10 states.

“The tornado on the ground right now is huge and has hit through populated areas,” Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said on CNN. She said it was too early to know the extent of the damage, but live television showed extensive destruction in the area.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths from the tornado, which was near Moore, Oklahoma, in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.

U.S. Charges Three NYU Researchers In Chinese Bribery Case

NYU

BY:

U.S. authorities brought criminal charges against three New York University researchers on Monday, alleging they conspired to take bribes from Chinese medical and research outfits for details about NYU research into magnetic resonance imaging technology.

Hazy Memories

Obama aide makes another claim about the source of his anti-Koch brothers comments
Austan Goolsbee / AP

BY:

A onetime economic adviser to President Barack Obama offered up yet another explanation on Twitter last week for why he claimed in 2010 that Koch Industries paid no income taxes.

Austan Goolsbee caused a mini-scandal in 2010 when he told reporters during a background press briefing that Koch Industries—the company of libertarian philanthropists Charles and David Koch—paid no income taxes.