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  • Safe room mandates remain rare in tornado states
    MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery - for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage in early May. About three weeks later, the shelter saved their lives when a...
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  • VIDEO Cop Chase Caps Death Threat
    VIDEO Cop Chase Caps Death Threat A Brunswick man led police on a chase yesterday that started with what reports detail as a death threat against an ex-girlfriend.   WJW Fox 8 News reports Luke Pfeiler…
  • 12 Time OVI Offender To Prison
    12 Time OVI Offender To Prison A Cuyahoga Falls man who has 12 drunk driving convictions has been handed a prison sentence. Edward South, 70, of Highpoint Lane in Cuyahoga Falls, was sentenced to to eight…
  • Two Arrested For Four Akron Murders
    Two Arrested For Four Akron Murders Akron Police think they may have solved a quadruple murder that happened in an apartment on Kimlyn Circle near Chapel Hill Mall April 18th. They've arrested two men and charged…
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  • Teen Wins ‘Doodle 4 Google’ Contest with Heartfelt Reunion Drawing

    Teen Wins ‘Doodle 4 Google’ Contest with Heartfelt Reunion DrawingSabrina Brady/Google(NEW YORK) -- The instructions were plain and simple: Draw your “best day ever.” Sabrina Brady did just that and it’s landed her quite literally front and center in all of Google’s glory.

    Brady, 17,  was crowned the national champion of the site’s fourth ever Doodle 4 Google contest on...

  • Bridge Collapse over Skagit River in Washington Sends Cars, People into Water

    Bridge Collapse over Skagit River in Washington Sends Cars, People into Water A portion of the Interstate 5 freeway over the Skagit River in Skagit County, Wash., collapsed May 23, 2013, sending cars and people into the water, authorities said. (Tiffany Matson)(SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash.) -- A portion of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state collapsed Thursday night, sending cars and people into the water, authorities...

  • Texas Deputy, Shot in 'Evil Evan' Manhunt, Returning to Force

    Texas Deputy, Shot in 'Evil Evan' Manhunt, Returning to ForceiStockphoto/Thinkstock(BOWIE, Texas) -- The Texas deputy shot three times in March while chasing a paroled Colorado inmate suspected in the slaying of Colorado's prisons chief will be heading back to work this weekend, and he says he is "ready to go back to it."
    On Wednesday, authorities released the dash camera video of the moment 27-year-old...

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  • Rangers Stave Off Elimination, Beat Bruins in OT
    Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Chris Kreider scored 7:03 into overtime Thursday night, to give the New York Rangers a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins…
  • Scoreboard Roundup - 5/23/13
    Getty Images/Hemera(NEW YORK) -- NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference Semi-Finals - Game 5: New York Rangers 4 – Boston Bruins 3 OT (Bruins lead series, 3-1)Western Conference Semi-Finals…
  • Hamlin takes Coca-Cola 600 pole with record lap
    CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Denny Hamlin broke the track record Thursday with a lap of 195.624 mph to capture the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday at Charlotte Motor…

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  • McDonald's Stands Behind Its Clown
    Authors: James GrebeyBen Hider/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Don't mess with Ronald McDonald.That was the message Thursday from the fast food chain's chief executive Don Thompson, who defended his company from…
  • US Stocks Inch Lower
    Authors: Carmen CoxHemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Stocks tumbled hard in early trading on Thursday, but recovered most of their losses by the closing bell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 12.67…
  • Jobless Claims Dropped Last Week
    Authors: jcTim Boyle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A report from the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday showed jobless claims dropping for the week. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits…

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  • Ohio Voter Fraud ‘Does Exist,’ But ‘Not an Epidemic’
    Authors: Carmen CoxiStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- In what was one of the 2012 election cycle’s most important battleground states, “voter fraud does exist,” Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted acknowledged in…
  • Lois Lerner Placed on Administrative Leave
    Authors: Carmen CoxPete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Congressional and administration sources confirm that IRS director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave.Lerner came under fire…
  • Republicans Aim to Recruit, Elect More Women
    Authors: Carmen CoxJupiterimages/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Making sure that more Republican women run for office and that they get the support they need is the focus of “Right Women, Right Now,” a…

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  • 10 Things Every Man Should Know by 21
        Adulthood has no eureka moment. Author and blogger Kelly Williams Brown, whose new book Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps came out this week, believes true maturity is instead built on smaller stepping stones: using the correct screwdriver, wearing sunscreen, not going around telling everyone the foolish thing your friend did at 14. "Those moments of feeling together and in-control, we kind of need them," Brown says. "Because life…
  • 5 Ways Vacations Without the Baby Will Make You a Better Parent
      Being a parent is hard. Despite it being the most rewarding job on earth, it can also be exhausting and downright frustrating at times. We need a break once in a while -- a time-out for ourselves, if you will. And although the thought of taking a trip without the little one is slightly terrifying, it really can do wonders for Mom and Dad -- and it's good for the whole family! Here are…
  • Memorial Day Sales: 7 Things that Are Cheaper to Buy This Weekend
      Memorial Day is part of a long-weekend holiday created to celebrate the men and women who died serving in the United States military. Somehow, it has morphed into an unofficial celebration of summer - complete with cookouts, pool openings, and amazing sales to help us start our summer off under budget. This is a great weekend for bargain hunters no matter what you're shopping for. You'll find plenty of yard sales, blowouts, knock-down discounts,…
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