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Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.

The tornado that devastated this Oklahoma City suburb of 56,000 people destroyed Plaza Towers and also slammed Briarwood Elementary, where all the children appear to have survived. Students and parents recounted stories Tuesday of brave teachers who sheltered their pupils, in some cases by herding them into a closet and a restroom amid the fear and panic.

Severe_Weather_Broa.jpgTeachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, May 20. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern)
 
by David A. Lieb
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — 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 changed quickly.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 05:00

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Calif. doc gets 14 years for promising cancer cure

A Los Angeles doctor was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for bilking patients out of more than $1 million by promising them that an herbal supplement she hawked could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases.

HERBAL_DOCTOR_FRAUD_Broa.jpgDr. Christine Daniel gives a flu shot to patient Amparo Villaluazo at Daniel's Sonrise Medical Clinic in Mission Hills . (AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, Hans Gutknecht)

 

by Greg Risling
Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles doctor was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for bilking patients out of more than $1 million by promising them that an herbal supplement she hawked could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 11:38

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Virginia GOP nominates conservative Black Minister for Lt. Gov.


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E. W. Jackson delivers his acceptance speech for the Republican nomination for Lt. Gov. at the Virginia Republican convention in Richmond, Va., May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)


by Bob Lewis
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Republicans have chosen firebrand conservative minister E.W. Jackson's for lieutenant governor, the first Black candidate the party has nominated for statewide office since 1988.

Last Updated on Monday, 20 May 2013 19:27

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Questions linger in shooting of NY college student

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In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rebello is shown. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High School)

 

by Frank Eltman
Associated Press Writer

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — As a family prepared for the funeral of a Hofstra University junior killed by a police officer's bullet during a standoff with an armed intruder, some on Monday questioned whether officers should have confronted the gunman or waited for help, including a hostage negotiating team.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 05:00

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Miss. mayoral candidate: Radical or mainstream?

An attorney who was active in a Black nationalist group decades ago and still refers to a client as a 'former Black Panther heroine' is running for mayor of Mississippi's capital city.

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Council member and attorney Chokwe Lumumba, is shown in this Sept. 14, 2010 photograph. The Democratic primary is likely to be decided in a runoff. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger)

by Emily Wagster Pettus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An attorney who was active in a Black nationalist group decades ago and still refers to a client as a "former Black Panther heroine" is running for mayor of Mississippi's capital city.

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 May 2013 14:34

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