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    Severe storms kill at least 22

    Michael Richardson, center, and his mother, Betty Lawson, right, carry a crib from Richardson's home in Picher, Okla., Sunday, May 11, 2008, as his sister, Corissa Lawson, looks on at left. Richardson's home was destroyed by a tornado Saturday. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states.


    NYT: Obama, McCain map fall strategies

    Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are already drawing up strategies for taking each other on in the general election, focusing on the same groups, campaign aides said.

    Growing deficits threaten pensions

    The funds that pay pension and health benefits to police officers, teachers and millions of other public employees across the country are facing a shortfall that could soon run into trillions of dollars.

    3 die in medical helicopter crash

    A medical helicopter on a return flight after dropping off a patient crashed after takeoff, killing the surgeon, nurse and pilot aboard, officials said Sunday.

    President's daughter Jenna married

    Henry Hager and Jenna Bush exchange vows at the altar Saturday, May 10, 2008, at Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas.  Proceeding over the wedding ceremony is the Rev. Kirbyjohn Caldwell.  White House photo by Shealah CraigheadPresident Bush called the wedding "spectacular," saying that his daughter and new son-in-law exchanged vows just as the sun set at the Texas ranch.


    53 migrants held hostage in Phoenix

    Fifty-three illegal immigrants found Sunday had been held against their will in a fortified home by suspected smugglers demanding more money, authorities said.

    Scientists probe recent coyote attacks

    A coyote roams past a house in Alterra Park in Chino Hills, Calif. on Thursday, May 8, 2008. Last week, a nanny pulled a 2-year-old girl from the jaws of a coyote in this San Bernardino County community about 30 miles east of Los Angeles. Coyotes normally avoid contact with humans and hunt rabbits and rodents. But scientist said some that live near suburban developments are becoming bolder, raiding garbage or even attacking pets and humans. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)The coyote was limping as it approached a girl in a sand box at a public park — but it was still dangerous. It snapped its jaws on the girl's buttocks and her nanny had to pry the toddler from the wild animal.


    Ex-cop accused of rape to go on trial

    Four times between the winters of 2002 and 2005, a blue-eyed man wearing a ski mask and dark clothes crept quietly into the bedrooms of women in Bloomington, Ill., and raped them.

    6 die in minivan crash

    A minivan crossed an interstate median, flipped and was hit by another vehicle in western Pennsylvania, killing six of seven people on board, state police said Sunday.

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