In a drizzle under hastily erected bright lights, dozens of emergency workers searched into the night Monday for the missing children at the flattened Plaza Towers Elementary School.

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Victims of tornadoes in Shawnee and Carney, Okla., assess devastation, recount experiences

By MICHAEL OVERALL World Staff Writer

With fresh storm clouds building on the horizon, 79-year-old Rose Marie Blackwell stuffed a family photo album into a plastic bag Monday.

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House Speaker derails Fallin's plan to save Insure Oklahoma

By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer

Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon pulled the plug Monday on Gov. Mary Fallin's plans to save the Insure Oklahoma program, which provides health care for working poor Oklahomans.

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Poverty rising faster in suburbs than in Tulsa

By MIKE AVERILL World Staff Writer

Poverty rates in suburban areas have seen a rapid increase since 2000, in many cases outpacing the increases in cities, according to a new book from the Brookings Institute.

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Resident files legal challenge to Rogers County sales-tax vote

By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer

A voter has filed a legal challenge to last week’s unofficial renewal of a Rogers County sales tax, alleging the public wasn’t properly notified.

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Tornadoes aren't so thrilling when they're in your own backyard

Despite the best technology the scientists have to offer, the location of the start of a tornado can't be predicted.

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Tornado Outbreak: Monday's severe weather

By Staff Reports

Multiple tornadoes broke out across the state Monday, as was forecast by the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman. Here's a look at how the day unfolded.

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Humidity causes storms to fade over Tulsa

By SAMANTHA VICENT World Staff Writer

Sunday's National Weather Service preliminary storm report indicated six confirmed tornadoes touched ground in Oklahoma, but atmospheric conditions had the storms weakening before they could inflict damage in the Tulsa area.

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Tornado debris found in Tulsa

By SAMANTHA VICENT & KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writers

Debris from the Monday afternoon tornado in Moore fell from the sky in the Tulsa area, more than 120 miles away, according to the National Weather Service's Tulsa office.

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Minor tornado damage reported in rural areas north of Tulsa

By JERRY WOFFORD & JARREL WADE World Staff Writers

Tornadoes that reportedly cut a path north of Tulsa on Monday hit mostly rural areas, several county officials said.

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Muskogee's Swon Brothers urge prayers for Oklahoma

By RITA SHERROW World Scene Writer

You can vote for Muskogee's country duo on "The Voice" by calling 1-855-864-2303.

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Children’s museum awaits opening

By NOUR HABIB World Scene Writer

The Tulsa Children’s Museum Discovery Lab opens to the public this weekend, with events scheduled from Saturday through Monday for the grand opening celebration.

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Execution date sought for Oklahoma death-row inmate Anthony Banks

By CHRIS CASTEEL NEWSOK.COM & BILL BRAUN World Staff Writer

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt sought an execution date Monday for a death-row inmate whose brutal Tulsa crime went unsolved for nearly two decades.

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Indian cultural center funding advances; OK POP museum bill vote delayed

By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer

A bill that would channel $40 million to the mothballed American Indian Cultural Center made it through a House of Representatives committee Monday, but a vote on a similar bill for the proposed OK POP museum in Tulsa was postponed because of the weather.

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Gov. Fallin approves $7.1 billion state budget

By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau

Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill on Monday setting a $7.1 billion state budget for fiscal year 2014.

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Local, State briefs

By STAFF REPORTS AND Associated Press

A Tulsan was sentenced Monday to 41 years in prison for crimes that included assaulting a 3-year-old girl who was struck by gunfire.

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Myanmar leader makes landmark White House visit

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON & NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press

Obama spoke as he sat in the Oval Office with former general Thein Sein, who became the first president of Myanmar to visit the White House in 47 years.

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Hezbollah steps up role in Syrian civil war

By Associated Press

Hezbollah was pulled more deeply into Syria's civil war as 28 guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite militant group were killed and dozens more wounded while fighting rebels, Syria activists said Monday.

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Attacks in Iraq kill at least 95

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Associated Press

Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next door.

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More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

By JULIE PACE & CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press

Obama spokesman Jay Carney defended keeping the president out of the loop on the Internal Revenue Service audit, saying Obama was comfortable with the fact that "some matters are not appropriate to convey to him, and this is one of them."

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Chilean miner happy to be played by Antonio Banderas in film "The 33"

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press

Antonio Banderas will star in a movie as one of the 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for more than two months in 2010, and the charismatic survivor he's playing couldn't be happier.

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Manzarek, keyboardist for The Doors, passes away at 74

By Wire Reports

Manzarek, whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone, and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, died Monday in Rosenheim, Germany, of bile duct cancer.

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Warren Buffett gives young entrepreneurs 10 shares

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press

Meeting Warren Buffett was exciting, but 10-year-old Matthew Meyer said winning $5,000 and 10 shares of stock in Buffett's company made Monday the best day of his life.

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5 killed, six injured in crash in Illinois; van coming from California

By JIM SUHR Associated Press

A van carrying 11 men returning from a California religious gathering careened off of a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times Monday, killing five of them and sending six others to hospitals, authorities said.

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Alaska volcano's ash prompts flight cancellations

By RACHEL D'ORO Associated Press

An Alaska volcano eruption is prompting regional airlines to cancel flights, including to a town that reported traces of fallen ash.

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News briefs

By Wire Reports

California Gov. Jerry Brown says he doesn't know if the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will open over Labor Day weekend because of safety concerns.

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Nation Briefs

By Wire Reports

Arkansas' state treasurer was accused Monday of taking at least $36,000 in cash - sometimes stashed in a pie box - from a broker who later came to manage a large share of the state's $3.3 billion stock and bond portfolio.

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Daily U.S. Casualties

By Associated Press

Afghanistan: As of Monday, at least 2,085 members of the U.S. military had died as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

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Will Rogers Says

By Staff Reports

I think it is a patriotic duty that I ought to perform, or somebody ought to perform every once in a while, and let the people of this country know who is Vice-President..." - April 27, 1930

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Way back when: Today in history

By GENE CURTIS

Prompted by a financial crisis, deadly riots that killed at least 500 and demonstrations by thousands, Indonesian President Suharto stepped down after 32 years as head of the world's fourth most populous nation.

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