The tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., a year ago took 161 lives, injured hundreds more and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings. It also fractured the landscape of the city, and opened the door to a massive rebuilding and recovery operation.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:03:42Z
Chicago police get high marks for NATO protests

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy address the news media during a protest march to Boeing corporate offices for a demonstration as a part of the NATO summit Monday, May 21, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

A city and police force dogged by the memory of violent clashes at the 1968 Democratic National Convention are claiming a burnished reputation in the wake of this weekend's NATO summit protests.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:09:51Z
Legion No. 1 admits he knew of priest's kid in '05
The head of the embattled Legion of Christ religious order admitted Tuesday to covering up news that his most prominent priest had fathered a child and announced a review of all past allegations of sexual abuse against Legion priests amid a growing scandal at the order.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T06:55:52Z
Mich. jury close to finish line in stabbings trial
A jury in Michigan is returning for closing arguments and deliberations in the fatal stabbing of a 49-year-old man, the last Michigan attack linked to a knifing spree two summers ago.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:11:32Z
Old feud in Bush administration part of Ariz. race

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2008, file photo, former Surgeon General Richard Carmona speaks during a news conference in Austin, Texas. Old political battles are resurfacing for former Carmona as he seeks to become Arizona’s next U.S. senator _ as a Democrat, not as a Republican. Carmona served four years as surgeon general under Republican President George W. Bush. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, file)

Richard Carmona arrived in Washington a political novice in 2002 and left four years later scarred and frustrated. He didn't go quietly.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:07:44Z
Opening statements set in Ft Hood bomb plot trial

FILE - This June 14, 2011, file photo shows Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo in Nashville, Tenn. Abdo, a Muslim soldier who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., is accused of planning to bomb a Killeen restaurant filled with Fort Hood soldiers and shoot any survivors last summer. He faces up to life in prison if convicted of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, the most serious of the six charges on which he's being tried at his federal trial in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo, File)

Opening statements are set to be delivered in the federal trial of a soldier accused of planning to bomb a restaurant frequented by Fort Hood troops.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:07:57Z
Greeks embrace some new myths about life with the euro

A man makes his way past a replica of a one drachma coin outisde the Athens Town Hall

ATHENS (Reuters) - In a land of ancient myths, modern Greeks have created some of their own about their near-bankrupt country's future as an integral part of a Europe that will never kick them out. Solemn warnings from abroad that Athens cannot stay in the euro while rejecting the terms attached to the billions offered to pull Greece out of its financial hole are widely disbelieved in a land that considers itself the envy of foreigners. ...
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:04:43Z

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