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People affected by the massive tornado that killed at least 51 people and destroyed parts of Oklahoma still do not know where their loved ones are, but many of them are using social media to find out.More >>
People affected by the massive tornado that killed at least 51 people and destroyed parts of Oklahoma still do not know where their loved ones are, but many are using social media to find out.More >>
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Residents in tornado-stricken Moore, OK, await news on missing love ones Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado devastated the city, killing at least 51. Rescuers worked all night, with particular attentionMore >>
A medical examiner's office spokeswoman said 24 deceased victims from the Moore, OK, tornado had been transported to their Oklahoma City office. Seven of the dead were children.More >>
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Dozens of people have died after a second day of tornadoes twisted through Oklahoma, this time taking aim at the town of Moore, south of Oklahoma City.More >>
By CHRIS TALBOTT AP Music Writer Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74.More >>
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It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize.More >>
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The first witness in Alabama's gambling corruption trial, Republican state Sen. Scott Beason, has returned to the witness stand for the fourth day of testimony.
Beason was one of three Republican legislators who helped the FBI in its investigation of Statehouse corruption by recording meetings and phone calls. Defense attorneys resumed questioning him Thursday morning about the tape recordings he made.
Beason said he wore a recording device "most every day" during part of the 2010 legislative session when the FBI was conducting its investigation of vote buying on pro-gambling legislation.
Beason said he made some recordings at the direction of the FBI and made others on his own when gambling came up in discussions.
CALLS FOR RESIGNATION
The chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party is calling for Sen. Beason's resignation, but the state Republican Party chairman is defending him.
Democratic Chairman Mark Kennedy says Beason ought to resign over calling black customers at Greenetrack "aborigines." The comment was included in a transcript of FBI recordings presented Wednesday in Alabama's gambling corruption trial. Kennedy says Beason made a national spectacle out of the state.
Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead says Beason is one of the most honorable people he knows and Beason does not have a racist bone in his body. Armistead says people should listen to the evidence presented in the trial and not try to mix politics with it.
Beason was back on the witness stand Thursday for the fourth day.
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