Principal recounts tornado hitting Oklahoma school
| |Friday, May. 24, 2013
MOORE, Okla. — Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, "It's here."
Jury foreman says life or death decision unfair
| |Friday, May. 24, 2013
PHOENIX — They were 12 ordinary citizens who didn't oppose the death penalty. But unlike spectators outside the courthouse who followed the case like a daytime soap opera and jumped to demand Jodi Arias' execution, the jurors faced a decision that was wrenching and real, with implications that could haunt them forever.
AP PHOTOS: Storm survivor looks for silver lining
| |Friday, May. 24, 2013
MOORE, Okla. — Sabrina Mitchell is used to looking for silver linings.
DA: Tenn. victims shot after drugs handed over
| |Friday, May. 24, 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A former police officer, accused of killing two people during a robbery at an east Tennessee pharmacy, gunned down his victims after they complied with his demands for painkillers, a prosecutor said Friday.
Man accused of killing 5 in Illinois takes stand
|Friday, May. 24, 2013
PEORIA, Ill. — A 34-year-old man accused of killing five members of a central Illinois family with a tire iron took the witness stand Friday, wiping away tears as he painted a horrifying picture of the murder scene.
Can Tornado Alley become safer? Yes, within limits
| |Friday, May. 24, 2013
In the wind-swept prairie called Tornado Alley, the scene is eerily familiar: Homes smashed to splinters. Trees and telephone poles snapped like twigs. Piles of bricks, overturned cars and dazed survivors sifting through rubble in search of a precious photo or heirloom. A town in ruins.
Students safe after armed man reported at school
| |Friday, May. 24, 2013
THORNTON, Colo. — A high school student whose class project included a soldier memorial display with a replica AK-47 was carrying it to his mom in the parking lot Friday around the time another student and a teacher said they saw someone outside with what looked like a rifle, police said.
Lawyer wants documents in Maine teen death sealed
|Friday, May. 24, 2013
BANGOR, Maine — The lawyer for a Maine man charged with killing a 15-year-old girl wants a judge to keep affidavits and search warrants with details about the case under seal.
Evacuated residents of ND city returning home
| |Friday, May. 24, 2013
BISMARCK, N.D. — As authorities suggested residents of a northeastern North Dakota city flee their homes earlier this week in case a rain-swollen dam burst, Daryl Thompson hurriedly prepared meals at his Main Street cafe for the emergency workers who would stay behind.
Wis. farmers, firefighters partner on hazards maps
| |Friday, May. 24, 2013
MILWAUKEE — Without even thinking, Joe Ortner rattles off a list of items on his family's dairy farm that could kill you: 1,000 gallons of diesel, 500 gallons of gas, cleaning chemicals in the milking parlor, oil and lubricant for repair work and a 6-foot-deep manure pond in which you could drown.
