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Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion

The tornado that tore through an Oklahoma City suburb destroyed or damaged as many as 13,000 homes and may have caused $2 billion in overall damage, officials said Wednesday. Updated 33 minutes ago
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IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'

The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions. Updated 56 minutes ago
- GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups
- Lew: IRS actions "unacceptable and inexcusable"

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Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said. Updated 58 minutes ago

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“Rehab Addict” host can’t stop demolition of Minneapolis house

Nicole Curtis proclaimed city ineptitude from the sidewalk as the crew’s excavator took sweeping bites out of the three-story Victorian. Updated 10 minutes ago

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'Rehab Addict' host can't stop demolition of Mpls. Park Avenue house

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Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts

Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its extraordinary stimulus programs. Full storyFull story Updated 48 minutes ago

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Chicago Board of Ed to vote on 53 school closings

The Chicago Board of Education was expected to take a final vote Wednesday on whether to close 53 schools, an ambitious proposal that sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define — for better or worse — Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office. Full storyFull story Updated 1:10 PM

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