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Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces

With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years. Updated 6:26 AM

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Workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth... Updated 6:21 AM

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Twins rally in eighth, lose in 10th to Atlanta

Glen Perkins gave up a game-tying homer with two outs in the ninth and the Braves won it by putting together a two-out rally in the 10th. Full storyFull story Updated 19 minutes ago

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