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Lily Raymond, 17, rushes to embrace her brother Ethan Raymond, 11, as a teacher escorts him away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City on Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern)

Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.

The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up. But before all of the youngsters could get there, the tornado alarm sounded. The plan ...

FILE - In this May 9, 2013 file photo, Cindy Amberger, left, and her partner, Lynne Hvidsten, celebrate after the Minnesota House passed the gay marriage bill Thursday, May 9, 2013 in St. Paul, Minn. The Senate passed the bill and Gov. Mark Dayton signed it into law. The successful push to legalize gay marriage is likely to be what most Minnesotans remember about the 2013 legislative session. (AP Photo/Jim Mone,File)

Minn. session '13: What got done, what didn't

Minnesota state lawmakers promised when the legislative session began that their top priority was setting a new state budget. To that end, they produced a $38.3 billion two-year spending plan that hikes taxes on top income earners and on cigarettes, and distributes hefty spending increases to public schools, freezes tuition ...

In this photo made available by the Hunt family,  Kaitlyn Hunt and her father Steve in Vero Beach, Fla., Monday May 20, 2013. Kaitlyn, 18, was expelled from school  for dating and having sex with her 14-year-old girlfriend, who was a fellow player on her basketball team. Hunt was arrested and charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years. (AP Photo/Hunt Family, HO)

Gay Fla. teen charged for underage girlfriend

An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights advocates to say the teen is being unfairly targeted for a common high school romance because she's gay. The criminal case against Kaitlyn Hunt is unusual because it involves ...

5 things to know in Florida for May 22

Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today. FACE-CHEWING VICTIM CONTINUES RECOVERY IN MIAMI A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year appeared Tuesday to be mostly at peace with his disfigurement, strumming a guitar, ...

Ex-library official indicted in bribery scheme

The ex-technology chief for Detroit's public libraries and two former business contractors are charged in a $1.4 million bribe and kickback scheme. The U.S. Justice Department announced the indictments Tuesday. Forty-six-year-old Timothy Cromer was the library system's chief administrative and technology officer in 2006-13. The Associated Press left a phone ...

A member of a security team, left, talks with a local resident who was allowed by security officers into a virtually sealed off neighborhood, amid the rubble of destroyed homes, one day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Oklahoma schools hit by tornado had no safe rooms

An emergency official says Oklahoma has reinforced tornado shelters in more than 100 schools across the state, but the two that were hit by this week's storms in suburban Oklahoma City did not have them. Albert Ashwood is director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. He told reporters Tuesday ...

Gay US teen charged for underage girlfriend

An 18-year-old girl is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights advocates to say the teen is being unfairly targeted for a common high school romance because she's gay. The criminal case against Kaitlyn Hunt is unusual because it involves two ...

NIU administrator to retire after FBI probe

A Northern Illinois University administrator who went on leave after an FBI investigation will retire at the end of the month. The Daily Chronicle in DeKalb reports (http://bit.ly/14NTai7) Eddie Williams will retire May 31. He is the DeKalb school's executive vice president for finance and chief of operations. He has ...

Suspect in FAMU hazing death files written plea

The attorney for the last of the suspects charged in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major during a hazing ritual said his client didn't have to appear for an arraignment Tuesday because he'd already entered a written not guilty plea. Darryl Cearnel was scheduled to be arraigned ...

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, Tumblr founder David Karp participates in the "Bloomberg Leadership Summit" seminar in New York. Karp, 26, who founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to Yahoo for $1.1 billion, doesn't even have a high school diploma. Karp's mother told the AP that she let him leave school because she realized "he needed the time in the day in order to create."  (AP Photo/Charles Sykes/Invision for Advertising Week)

Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?

It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college. But now we've got David Karp, who doesn't even have a high school diploma. Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to ...

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