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NWS upgrades Oklahoma tornado to EF-5
MOORE, Okla., May 21 (UPI) -- The National Weather Service Tuesday upgraded the tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., to an EF-5 as Gov. Mary Fallin pledged, "We will get through this."



WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Internal Revenue Service official who revealed IRS conservative-group targeting will decline to answer lawmaker questions Wednesday, her attorney said.
GOP lawmakers: Oklahoma tornado aid must be offset
MOORE, Okla., May 22 (UPI) -- As Moore, Okla., residents came to terms with the tornado tragedy, Washington Republicans said extra storm aid would have to be offset by budget cuts elsewhere.
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner enters NYC mayor's race
NEW YORK, May 22 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, forced to resign from Congress because of Twitter, entered the New York mayor's race Wednesday via YouTube.
NEW CASTLE, Del., May 22 (UPI) -- A Delaware man was severely injured Tuesday morning when a box a neighbor had put out on the curb for trash pickup exploded, officials said.
BALLARAT, Australia, May 22 (UPI) -- At least three people were seriously hurt Wednesday morning in a collision between Australian army vehicles at a base in Victoria, officials said.
CASHEL, Ireland, May 22 (UPI) -- An Irish truck driver was laid to rest Tuesday, two years after he was beaten to death and dumped in a disused pit for farm waste.
BEIJING, May 22 (UPI) -- A road in south China's Guangdong province caved in, killing at least five people, authorities said.
GORDON, Scotland, May 22 (UPI) -- Skeletal remains found by a dog walker in a Scottish woodland have been identified as a 19-year-old man who vanished in 1999, police said Tuesday.
BANGKOK, May 22 (UPI) -- Police want to question a political cartoonist in a defamation case brought by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over comments he reportedly made about her on Facebook.
DOHA, Qatar, May 22 (UPI) -- If there is one strategic weakness or Achilles' heel in U.S. geostrategic thinking, it is a fixation with winning battles and not winning wars.
FORT JACKSON, S.C., May 21 (UPI) -- Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts, commander of Fort Jackson, was suspended Tuesday following allegations of adultery and a physical altercation, the U.S. Army said.
FORT MEADE, Md., May 21 (UPI) -- A military judge said Tuesday portions of the court-martial of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning will be closed to the public to protect classified material.
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- Hezbollah's efforts to help the Assad regime win the civil war in Syria is a concern to the United States and its allies, a White House spokesman said Tuesday.
Jodi Arias pleads for her life
PHOENIX, May 21 (UPI) -- Convicted murderer Jodi Arias pleaded for her life during Tuesday's death penalty phase in a Phoenix court, saying, "I want everyone's pain to stop."
NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- The girl who gained fame as the miracle "Mud Baby" after surviving a deadly 1999 tornado in Moore, Okla., says she is praying for the victims of Monday's storm.
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Tornadoes Devastate Moore, Oklahoma
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A damaged movie theater is seen in aftermath of a series of tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma, May 21, 2013. On May 20 a series of tornadoes swept through severals towns south of Oklahoma City leaving a path of destruction and killing at least 24 people. UPI/J.P. Wilson