Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard law professor and former Obama administration official, announced Wednesday morning via Web video that she will challenge Republican Sen. Scott Brown for his seat in Massachusetts. Warren began her first day of campaigning at a subway stop in South Boston — an area filled with the kind of conservative Democrats that Warren, a 62-year-old Oklahoma native,must win over. Read full article > >

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Elizabeth Warren announces bid for Senate seat in Massachusetts

Ne ither a summer-long lockout nor the frenzied shopping spree that followed, basically the Oklahoma land rush of free agency, could stop its on-time arrival. Practice games have arrived; a season is to be had . As the cymbals from the NFL Films musical score collide in the background, all together now, in your best John Facenda baritone: Beneath a humid August sky, the road to Indianapolis, the path to raising the Lombardi Trophy, starts here, in the searing summer heat. Well, not literally here, in Washington. Not now. I really just meant the NFL preseason , which for the Redskins begins Friday night in Landover against a team that almost won the Super Bowl last year and whose fans regard FedEx Field as their second home. Read full article > >

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It’s the John Beck-Rex Grossman show as Redskins preseason commences

A series of storms struck Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas late Tuesday and early Wednesday, wiping out homes and businesses and killing at least nine people.

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Storms Hit 3 States and at Least 9 People Are Killed

Severe weather rampaged across the U.S. heartland, leaving at least seven dead in Kansas and Oklahoma in what has become a historic spring storm season.

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Killer tornadoes blast through Oklahoma, Kansas

Tornadoes sweeping the US Mid-West have struck near Oklahoma City, leaving at least seven dead and hitting vehicles on a section of motorway west of the Oklahoma state capital.

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VIDEO: Tornado devastation in US Mid-West

Tornadoes sweeping the US Mid-West strike near Oklahoma City, killing at least five people, days after more than 120 died in a Missouri city.

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At least two tornadoes hit Oklahoma Tuesday, killing at least four people. (The Associated Press first reported seven deaths.) The storms struck during rush hour, injuring motorists along Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 81, Canadian County Sheriff Randall…

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At Least 4 Killed in OK Twisters

Kevin Durant scored 39 points as Oklahoma City advanced to the Western Conference finals, where it will play Dallas starting Tuesday.

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Thunder 105, Grizzlies 90: Thunder Ruins Grizzlies’ Upset Hopes

Christopher S. Linder needed to wipe clean convictions stemming from a drug deal in Phoenix to take office.

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No Pardon for Felon Elected Mayor in Oklahoma

Boise City, Okla., has gone 222 days with less than a quarter-inch of rain in any single day, a state climatologist said.

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Survivor of Dust Bowl Now Battles a Fiercer Drought

More than 90 tornadoes left at least 43 people killed and hundreds more injured across middle America to the Eastern Seaboard.

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After Storms, a Widespread Path of Death and Damage

A vicious storm system that began brewing in Oklahoma has since wreaked havoc across the Midwest and into the Northeast, leaving at least 40 people dead in the wake of its tornadoes, flash floods, and hail as big as softballs. Emergency crews searched…

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Furious U.S. Storm Claims 40 Lives

A punishing storm system that began Thursday evening continued to pummel parts of the Deep South into the early hours of Saturday morning.

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Storm Kills 7 Overnight in Alabama

Pictures have emerged of a deadly storm that swept through the southern US states of Oklahoma and Arkansas.

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VIDEO: Deadly tornados sweep through US

A powerful storm that ripped through Arkansas and Oklahoma late Thursday, killing nine people, reached Mississippi and Alabama Friday. The violent winds and tornadoes have toppled trees, dislodged power lines, blown off roofs, and tossed cars onto…

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Storm Barrels Across Southeast