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- Craig Wehrle: Bush competent? No, I don't think so May 21, 2013Dear Editor: If I read correctly what was printed last week, George W. Bush was a good president while Obama is a bad president because he did a lousy job cleaning up after Bush. How then can …
- 'Citizen Koch' filmmakers claim PBS killed their doc to please Koch brothers May 21, 2013According to an article in this week's New Yorker, Charles and David Koch didn't put pressure on PBS to kill "Citizen Koch." They didn't have to.
- In Case You Missed It: This program not brought to you by the Koch brothers May 20, 2013Our daily afternoon roundup of the best stuff on captimes.com and beyond.
- Will new Food Fight restaurant fight its other restaurants for customers? May 20, 2013The group will open a new restaurant in the 100 block of State Street across from the Overture Center, its sixth downtown.
- Blogger's advice to the Kochs: forget the Tribune, buy the State Journal May 20, 2013The problem is, if blogger Rick Edmonds thinks the Tribune Co. markets are too liberal for the Koch brothers, why would they go for Madison?
- 'Double dipping' bill sparks debate among commenters May 20, 2013Is Duey Stroebel's "double dipping" bill aimed at fairness, or is it just another attack on public workers?
- Political groups will shame you into voting May 20, 2013Mailers that expose your voting record and that of your neighbors are becoming common across the country. Expect more in the future.
- Morning briefing: Selling state property, erosion control, flu shots, raw milk trial May 20, 2013Stories that are making the news today in Madison and around the state and country.
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- Twister kills dozens in Oklahoma May 21, 2013A massive tornado with winds of up to 200 miles per hour devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore today, destroying at least two elementary schools and killing at least 51 people, including 20 children.
- Blackhawks fall to Red Wings, trail series 2-1 May 21, 2013Back-to-back defeats leave them in 2-1 series hole with Game 3 in DetroitThe Red Wings scored two quick goals in the second period and held on for a 3-1 win over the Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals.
- Source: Fewer than 5 schools to be spared despite protests May 21, 2013Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down.
- Woman suing Trump: 'Somebody had to stand up to him' May 21, 2013A Chicago woman who sued Donald Trump over a failed condo deal testified today she felt conned when she found out that key incentives to investors had been revoked.
- Protesters arrested at school closings rally at City Hall May 21, 2013More than 20 people protesting Chicago Public School plans to close 53 elementary schools were arrested this afternoon at City Hall, officials said.
- South Siders cope with first weekday of Red Line shutdown May 21, 2013Tens of thousands of South Side commuters tested out new routes to work today on the first weekday with the Red Line's Dan Ryan branch closed for repairs.
- Kirk undecided on Pritzker for Commerce Secretary May 21, 2013Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker has Sen. Dick Durbin¿s support to become Commerce Secretary, but Sen. Mark Kirk is on the fence.
- Vandals destroy organ, leave gang slogans at S. Side church May 20, 2013A deacon opening the International Harbor of Grace Church for a morning service found pews uprooted, an antique organ destroyed and the walls full of gang slogans.
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- Vast Oklahoma Tornado Kills at Least 91 May 21, 2013Homes were flattened, cars flung through the air and at least two schools packed with children destroyed, sending rescuers to dig out those buried in rubble.
- Immigrant Death Rate Rises on Illegal Crossings May 21, 2013Migrant deaths remain high even as apprehensions have fallen, with tighter borders pushing people to take riskier routes from Mexico to the United States.
- Massachusetts G.O.P. Holds Out Hope for Senate Seat May 21, 2013The chances of Gabriel Gomez, the Republican running against Representative Edward J. Markey for John Kerry’s vacated Senate seat, are thought to be fair.
- White House Defends Tracking Fox Reporter May 21, 2013Officials searched the personal e-mails and tried to track the movements of a Fox News correspondent, James Rosen, in investigating a leak.
- 2 F.B.I. Agents Die in Counterterrorism Training Exercise at Sea May 21, 2013It was the first time that an F.B.I. agent has been killed in the line of duty since December 2011.
- A Mayoral Race of ‘Firsts’ for Los Angeles Voters May 21, 2013Los Angeles is about to elect either its first woman or its first Jew as mayor, but the milestone seems to have done little to excite voters.
- Overruns Forcing Lower Payments to Some Providers in Stopgap Health Program May 21, 2013The cost of claims for people with serious medical conditions has exhausted most of the $5 billion provided by Congress for the health insurance program.
- Virginia G.O.P Pleases Crowd With Barbs About I.R.S. May 21, 2013At each mention of the government’s targeting of conservative groups, the 8,000 delegates at the state party convention in Richmond roared their approval.
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- Ray Manzarek, Doors keyboardist, diesRay Manzarek, Doors keyboardist, dies Ray Manzarek, the founding member and keyboard player for the Doors whose haunting and sweetly melodic organ riffs loomed large in the psychedelic rock era, died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany. Formed in 1965, when Mr. Manzarek had a chance encounter with aspiring poet and film student Jim Morrison at V […]
- Expert: Replace at-risk Bay Bridge rodsExpert: Replace at-risk Bay Bridge rods Caltrans needs to examine hundreds of at-risk rods on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge and replace any that are hard enough to be vulnerable to cracking, says an internationally known expert who serves as an adviser to the state agency. John Fisher, 82, an emeritus professor of civil engineering at Lehigh Univers […]
- Senators to query Apple on tax sheltersSenators to query Apple on tax shelters Apple CEO Tim Cook is scheduled to appear Tuesday before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to explain why the Cupertino computer giant is avoiding paying billions of dollars in taxes by diverting nearly two-thirds of its pretax revenue through Irish subsidiaries. McCain called the argument by multinat […]
- Deadly twister hits Oklahoma, Kansas, IowaDeadly twister hits Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:58 pm, Sunday, May 19, 2013 A tornado that severely damaged a mobile home park southeast of Oklahoma City killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found in an op […]
- Israeli-Syrian threats bolster tensionsIsraeli-Syrian threats bolster tensions Los Angeles Times Copyright 2013 Los Angeles Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 8:34 pm, Sunday, May 19, 2013 Fears of an escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday with renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons cache […]
- News of the day From Across the Globe, May 20News of the day From Across the Globe, May 20 Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country. The leader of the group, Seifallah Ben Hassine, is wanted for his involvement in a mob attack on the U.S. Em […]
- News of the Day From Across the Nation, 05/20News of the Day From Across the Nation, 05/20 Students at Hofstra University on New York's Long Island wore white ribbons at their graduation ceremony Sunday to honor a fellow student who was accidentally killed by a police officer confronting an armed intruder. A police officer aiming at the would-be robber opened fire, fatally hitting Rebello as well […]
- Chinese premier in India to expand tiesChinese premier in India to expand ties Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 8:34 pm, Sunday, May 19, 2013 Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighborin […]
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- 'Dancing With the Stars': Kellie, Zendaya each receive two perfect 30s May 21, 2013It's a blitz of bangles, a spectacle of sequins and rhinestones! It's the penultimate night of Season 16 of "Dancing With the Stars," when the four remaining celebrities and their pro partners do everything they can to win and take home the Mirrorball Trophy tomorrow night.
- Palo Alto to bid for post office May 21, 2013Palo Alto will be among the bidders when the historic downtown post office hits the market later this year.
- Mountain View City Council to review options for Immigrant House May 21, 2013Mountain View's historic Immigrant House may have escaped the wrecking ball, but its future is still uncertain. That could change Tuesday night when the city council considers a slew of potential permanent sites for the structure, potential uses, and options for funding its relocation and renovation.
- Police chief: Turf war between rival Norteño gang members may have sparked fatal East Palo Alto shooting May 21, 2013A turf war between rival Norteño gang members in two cities may have set off a shooting Sunday night in East Palo Alto that killed a 16-year-old and injured two other teenagers, police said.
- San Francisco Giants pitcher Ryan Vogelsong suffers fractured hand during win over Washington Nationals May 21, 2013San Francisco Giants Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong, in the middle of his best outing of the season, suffered a fractured right hand while swinging at a pitch Monday night, bringing his best start of the season to a premature and ominous close.
- Oakland A's defeat Texas Rangers 9-2 May 21, 2013Coco Crisp has three hits (two infield and a double), a walk, a run scored, an RBI groundout and a stolen base as the Oakland A's rout the Texas Rangers 9-2.
- San Jose: Pedestrian hit, killed crossing street near James Lick High School May 21, 2013A pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle while crossing a street Monday night near James Lick High School in East San Jose, authorities said.
- Mom and baby foxes make Facebook's Menlo Park campus their home May 21, 2013A mother and three baby foxes like living on Facebook's Menlo Park campus, and they're neither sly nor shy about it.
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- Judge will decide if auditors get 2,000 disputed emails from St. Tammany coroner May 20, 2013BATON ROUGE - Under a joint agreement, the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office will turn over about 78,000 emails to the state Legislative Auditor by Friday and give another 2,000 disputed emails to a state judge who will decide if...
- Oklahoma tornado kills 51, including 20 children; at least 40 more fatalities expected: Live video and latest updates May 21, 2013Videos from a variety of news organizations show effects of a monstrous tornado that roared through Oklahoma City suburbs today, flattening neighborhoods and making a direct hit on an elementary school.
- Murder victim found in Harvey field May 21, 2013Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responding to reports of gunfire in the Woodmere subdivision in Harvey on Monday night found a man with multiple gunshot wounds lying in a nearby field. The victim was dead at the scene, according to Col....
- JPSO responding to homicide in Woodmere subdivision in Harvey May 21, 2013Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies are responding to a homicide in Harvey. The incident was reported Monday (May 20) after 10:45 p.m. in the 2200 block of Alex Kornman Boulevard in the Woodmere subdivision.No details have been reported at this time.Anyone...
- St. Charles Parish Council passes ordinance mandating parish president to sign contentious contract May 21, 2013In a last-ditch effort to force St. Charles Parish President V.J. St. Pierre's hand in signing a contract renewal that has inspired tremendous controversy within parish government, the St. Charles Parish Council voted Monday in favor of an ordinance mandating...
- After Mother's Day shooting, West Bank groups plot solutions to violence May 21, 2013When a group of West Bank organizations focused on preventing violence and mentoring youth gets together after major acts of violence in New Orleans, the members usually come together to complain. But in the wake of last week's shooting on...
- New Orleans firefighter pension fund worries Louisiana Senate committee as it passes compromise package of changes May 21, 2013Lawmakers described a compromise aimed at putting the troubled New Orleans Firefighters Pension and Relief Fund on surer financial footing as a small step for a program they argued needs a full overhaul, during a committee hearing Monday. The...
- High tech will never make teachers obsolete, educational visionary tells UNO audience May 21, 2013In the idealistic educational strategy that Salman Khan spelled out Monday evening to an enthralled audience at the University of New Orleans, students learn at their own pace from the thousands of YouTube videos his enterprise has turned out for...
The Guardian, UK
- Monstrous tornado devastates Oklahoma suburbs May 21, 2013At least 51 people have been killed in Moore, including at least 20 children, with the death toll expected to rise to 91A monstrous tornado at least a mile (800m) wide has roared through suburbs of Oklahoma City, flattening entire neighbourhoods and destroying a primary school with winds up to 200mph (320 kph). At least 51 people have been killed, including […]
- Number of Afghan women jailed for fleeing abuse soars May 21, 2013More women imprisoned for 'moral crimes' as fears grow that hard-won rights are at risk as western troops head homeThe number of Afghan women jailed for fleeing forced and abusive marriages, and other "moral crimes", has soared since 2011, according to Human Rights Watch.About 600 women and girls are in prison for offences including runni […]
- Guatemala overturns former dictator's genocide conviction May 21, 2013Trial of Efrain Rios Montt, convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity committed in 1980s, thrown into disarrayGuatemala's top court has overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of proceedings.The ruling late on Monday threw into disarray a process that had been h […]
- Oklahoma tornado - in pictures May 21, 2013Photo coverage of the powerful tornado that has torn through the Oklahoma City suburb of MooreJoanna Ruck
- Oklahoma tornado: 91 feared dead - live updates May 21, 2013A major disaster has been declared in Oklahoma after a tornado struck, killing scores of peopleHaroon Siddique
- Eurozone crisis live: 'Severe' economic weakness in Southern Europe, warns Vodafone May 21, 2013Latest figures from mobile giant Vodafone underline the economic crisis in Spain and ItalyGraeme Wearden
- Schmallenberg vaccine available to UK farmers this summer May 21, 2013Vaccine will prevent a disease that causes severe birth defects and miscarriages in livestockA new vaccine is being made available to prevent a disease which causes severe birth defects and miscarriages in livestock, it was announced today.Schmallenberg virus, which emerged in the Netherlands and Germany in 2011 and has been seen in cattle and sheep in the U […]
- Oklahoma tornado - the devastation in Moore: interactive May 21, 2013Ninety-one people, including at least 20 children, are feared dead after the mile-wide tornado tore through a residential suburb, two schools and a theatre
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- Giant Oklahoma tornado kills dozens May 21, 2013At least 91 people, including 20 children, are feared dead as a gigantic tornado rips through Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening whole neighbourhoods.
- Apple 'among US's big tax avoiders' May 21, 2013Apple is accused of being "among America's largest tax avoiders" by a Senate committee, who says the company avoided paying billions of dollars in US taxes.
- Fresh bombings in Iraq 'kill 13' May 21, 2013At least 13 people are killed in new bomb attacks in Iraq, a day after a wave of bombings across the country left at least 70 people dead.
- Rios Montt's conviction overturned May 21, 2013Guatemalan former military leader Efrain Rios Montt has his conviction for genocide overturned by the constitutional court.
- Bolivia law backs Morales third term May 21, 2013Bolivia passes a law which could allow President Evo Morales to be elected for a third time, despite claims that it is unconstitutional.
- Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek dies May 21, 2013Ray Manzarek, keyboard player and founder member of the 1960s rock band The Doors, dies aged 74 in Germany after a long battle with cancer.
- North Koreans free Chinese crew May 21, 2013A Chinese fishing crew seized by unidentified North Koreans two weeks ago is freed along with their boat, reports say.
- EU parliament to debate tax evasion May 20, 2013The European Parliament is to meet to debate ways to tackle tax evasion, as the EU aims to stem the huge flow of funds lost to member states.
The Independent, UK
- At least 91 feared dead including 20 children as massive tornado rips through Oklahoma May 21, 2013A monstrous tornado that may be remembered as among the largest and most destructive in American history roared through a heavily populated suburb of Oklahoma City, cutting a swathe as much as two miles wide and flattening homes, shops, hospitals and, perhaps most devastatingly, schools that had no time to evacuate.
- In pictures: Massive tornado rips through Oklahoma May 21, 2013A monstrous tornado that may be remembered as among the largest and most destructive in American history roared through a heavily populated suburb of Oklahoma City, cutting a swathe as much as two miles wide and flattening homes, shops, hospitals and, perhaps most devastatingly, schools that had no time to evacuate.
- At least 91 killed including 20 children as massive tornado rips through Oklahoma May 21, 2013A monstrous tornado that may be remembered as among the largest and most destructive in American history roared through a heavily populated suburb of Oklahoma City, cutting a swathe as much as two miles wide and flattening homes, shops, hospitals and, perhaps most devastatingly, schools that had no time to evacuate.
- 91 killed including 20 children as massive tornado causes widespread damage in Oklahoma May 21, 2013A monstrous tornado that may be remembered as among the largest and most destructive in American history roared through a heavily populated suburb of Oklahoma City, cutting a swathe as much as two miles wide and flattening homes, shops, hospitals and, perhaps most devastatingly, schools that had no time to evacuate.
- 'It was just like the movie Twister': Man survives Oklahoma tornado by taking refuge in horse stall May 21, 2013As a two-mile wide tornado bore down on Moore, Oklahoma on Monday afternoon, one man survived by taking refuge in a horse stall.
- Man survives Oklahoma tornado by taking refuge in horse stall May 21, 2013As a two-mile wide tornado bore down on Moore, Oklahoma on Monday afternoon, one man survived by taking refuge in a horse stall.
- Scores killed including seven primary school children as massive tornado causes widespread damage in Oklahoma May 21, 2013A monstrous tornado that may be remembered as among the largest and most destructive in American history roared through a heavily populated suburb of Oklahoma City, cutting swathe as much as two miles wise and flattening homes, shops, hospitals and, perhaps most devastatingly, schools that had no time to evacuate.
- Huge tornado delivers 'direct hit' on elementary school in Oklahoma City May 20, 2013A monstrous tornado that may be remembered as among the largest and most destructive in American history roared through a heavily populated suburb of Oklahoma City, cutting swathe as much as two miles wise and flattening homes, shops, hospitals and, perhaps most devastatingly, schools that had no time to evacuate.
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