﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='/site/rss/rss.xsl' media='screen'?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>TulsaWorld.com - News</title><link>http://www.tulsaworld.com</link><description>The latest news and information from the Tulsa World.</description><ttl>5</ttl><copyright>Copyright 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.</copyright><item><title>Obama headed to Oklahoma on Sunday; death toll remains at 24</title><description>The state Medical Examiner's Office has released a partial list of names of those who died in the tornado. The dead include 10 children, two who were infants. Dump trucks, cranes and other heavy equipment ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Obama_headed_to_Oklahoma_on_Sunday_death_toll_remains/20130522_298_0_GovMar750876?rss_lnk=1</link><author>MICHAEL OVERALL and AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writers</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:01:33 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_fallininterview5555522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Oklahoma City mayor: Up to 13K homes hit by tornado</title><description>An aerial view of the site shows whole neighborhoods obliterated, with gouged earth littered with splintered wood and pulverized cars.</description><link>/article.aspx/Oklahoma_City_mayor_Up_to_13K_homes_hit_by_tornado/20130522_777_0_MOOREO664315?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:51:45 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama to visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town</title><description>White House spokesman Jay Carney says the president will view the tornado damage first-hand. He also plans to meet with victims and first responders.</description><link>/article.aspx/Obama_to_visit_tornado_ravaged_Oklahoma_town/20130522_777_0_WASHIN149295?rss_lnk=1</link><author>JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:44:08 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Koch Industries gives $1M to tornado recovery</title><description>Several companies that Koch owns have operations in Oklahoma.</description><link>/article.aspx/Koch_Industries_gives_1M_to_tornado_recovery/20130522_46_0_MOOREK959732?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:18:28 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NJ Gov. Chris Christie: Oklahoma tornado victims deserve aid</title><description>New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said now is 'not a time for political retribution' against the people of Oklahoma victimized by a powerful tornado.</description><link>/article.aspx/NJ_Gov_Chris_Christie_Oklahoma_tornado_victims_deserve/20130522_777_0_BELMAR539591?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:16:40 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>State Medical Examiner's Office releases names of Oklahomans who died in Moore tornado</title><description>The state Medical Examiner's Office has released a partial list of names of those who died in the tornado. The dead include 10 children, two who were infants</description><link>/article.aspx/State_Medical_Examiners_Office_releases_names_of_Oklahomans/20130522_777_0_Thesta690159?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:55:09 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Man sentenced to 8 years in fatal crash</title><description>Owasso police arrested him after a witness who’d been drinking with him at the Jack of Clubs bar saw a news report about the fatal hit-and-run crash.</description><link>/article.aspx/Man_sentenced_to_8_years_in_fatal_crash/20130522_450_0_AColli193281?rss_lnk=1</link><author>­AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:41:03 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_jedidahperkey55522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Tulsa to conduct routine storm sirens test at noon</title><description>The Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency periodically tests the system to ensure the sirens are operating normally.</description><link>/article.aspx/Tulsa_to_conduct_routine_storm_sirens_test_at_noon/20130522_11_0_Tulsas283677?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:46:15 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ruin revealed: Wreckage from Moore's 'storm of storms' surveyed</title><description>The EF5 tornado that killed at least 24 people and gutted a wide swath of this tornado-weary community Monday was deemed “the storm of storms” as officials surveyed the muddy, splintered rubble that remained.</description><link>/article.aspx/Ruin_revealed_Wreckage_from_Moores_storm_of_storms/20130522_777_A1_MOORET282601?rss_lnk=1</link><author>CARY ASPINWALL World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:43:30 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_A1AmberFord0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Man sought in Walgreens robbery</title><description>He told the attendant that he would not shoot her if she gave him all of the money from the register and she complied, police said.</description><link>/article.aspx/Man_sought_in_Walgreens_robbery/20130522_450_0_Police724932?rss_lnk=1</link><author>AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:25:17 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_robberywalgreens555522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Mother, newborn died seeking refuge from the storm</title><description>Relatives of Megan Billingsley Futrell and her 3-month-old son, Case, grieved Tuesday outside a crumbled 7-Eleven in Moore. The two were killed Monday when a powerful tornado wiped out the store and an ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Mother_newborn_died_seeking_refuge_from_the_storm/20130522_777_0_MOOREM490613?rss_lnk=1</link><author>ZEKE CAMPFIELD  NewsOK.com</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:18:26 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Death toll remains at 24 as agencies continue response</title><description>More than 300 staffers with the Federal Emergency Management Agency remained active in response and recovery efforts in Moore on Tuesday.</description><link>/article.aspx/Death_toll_remains_at_24_as_agencies_continue_response/20130522_298_0_Moreth487979?rss_lnk=1</link><author>AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:11:02 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_lestercasey555522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Moore mayor wants to require tornado shelters</title><description>Underground safe rooms are typically built below garages and can cost around $4,000.</description><link>/article.aspx/Moore_mayor_wants_to_require_tornado_shelters/20130522_777_0_MOORET605771?rss_lnk=1</link><author>CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:01:11 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>St. John to make cuts following Fallin's decision not to expand Medicaid</title><description>The Affordable Care Act -- also known as 'Obamacare' -- led to reductions in Medicare payments to help fund expansion of Medicaid, but the state's decision not to accept the Medicaid funding means 'our ...</description><link>/article.aspx/St_John_to_make_cuts_following_Fallins_decision_not/20130522_11_0_Tulsas689680?rss_lnk=1</link><author>WAYNE GREENE and SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff Writers</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:38:44 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>John Stancavage: Storm shelter may be wise addition to remodeling budget</title><description>A phone call to a Tulsa storm shelter dealer Tuesday got an apologetic message saying the firm was deluged with business and asking for patience.</description><link>/article.aspx/John_Stancavage_Storm_shelter_may_be_wise_addition/20130522_46_E1_Aphone292156?rss_lnk=1</link><author>JOHN STANCAVAGE Business Columnist</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:18:41 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_E1_stancavage-john_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Tornado aftermath likely to feature scam artists in Oklahoma</title><description>After the catastrophic tornado of May 2011 in Joplin, Mo., an outpouring of volunteers and donations was accompanied by scammers and fraudulent workers looking to take advantage of sympathetic souls and ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Tornado_aftermath_likely_to_feature_scam_artists_in/20130522_15_E1_Atrtec610752?rss_lnk=1</link><author>KYLE ARNOLD World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:18:32 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tornado has insurance industry poised for deluge of claims</title><description>As Oklahoma communities grapple with the devastation caused by this week's deadly tornadoes, the financial impact from the loss of homes and other property remains unclear.</description><link>/article.aspx/Tornado_has_insurance_industry_poised_for_deluge_of/20130522_15_E1_CUTLIN623848?rss_lnk=1</link><author>LAURIE WINSLOW World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:18:13 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_p1BZInsurance0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Wife found guilty of murdering Nichols Hills fire chief</title><description>She shed no tears Tuesday when jurors found her guilty of murdering her husband, just as friends testified she didn't cry after he was shot in their Mustang home.</description><link>/article.aspx/Wife_found_guilty_of_murdering_Nichols_Hills_fire_chief/20130522_12_0_ELRENO500093?rss_lnk=1</link><author>BRYAN DEAN NewsOK.com</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:01:48 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Victims tell their stories: Second-grader at Plaza Towers Elementary</title><description>“I could see the third-graders all cover up in the hallway,” recalled Courtney from her room at Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center. “Some of them didn’t make it.”</description><link>/article.aspx/Victims_tell_their_stories_Second_grader_at_Plaza_Towers/20130522_777_0_Famili787665?rss_lnk=1</link><author>DIANA BALDWIN NewsOK.com</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:53:23 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_courtneybrown5555522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Tulsa city auditor candidates say their race due more attention</title><description>For all their differences, Tulsa's city auditor candidates at least agree that their race deserves as much attention as the city's mayoral election.</description><link>/article.aspx/Tulsa_city_auditor_candidates_say_their_race_due_more/20130522_11_A19_CUTLIN914485?rss_lnk=1</link><author>ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:50:09 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_TULSAELECTIONSLOGO_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Mayor Dewey Bartlett presents sales-tax plan to Tulsa City Council</title><description>Councilor Blake Ewing said he was not necessarily opposed to the proposal but cautioned that he believes that neither the council nor the voters would support it.</description><link>/article.aspx/Mayor_Dewey_Bartlett_presents_sales_tax_plan_to_Tulsa/20130522_11_A15_CUTLIN519910?rss_lnk=1</link><author>ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:42:55 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_A15_A15ewing0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Big 12 baseball tournament will go on, but delayed a day</title><description>Baseball coaches Sunny Golloway and Josh Holliday are proud of their home state.</description><link>/article.aspx/Big_12_baseball_tournament_will_go_on_but_delayed_a/20130522_29_B1_OKLAHO100180?rss_lnk=1</link><author>ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:19:56 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Athletes aid Moore tornado victims by providing helping hands and relief</title><description>The athletes have spoken. Moore, Oklahoma, will rebuild.    </description><link>/article.aspx/Athletes_aid_Moore_tornado_victims_by_providing_helping/20130522_29_B1_CUTLIN983317?rss_lnk=1</link><author>JOHN E. HOOVER World Sports Columnist</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:19:48 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_hoover_0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Ruling against former city of Tulsa official who claimed discrimination upheld</title><description>Turner-Addison had filed the lawsuit Sept. 30, 2011, claiming that she was wrongly disciplined in response to her filing a civil-service grievance.</description><link>/article.aspx/Ruling_against_former_city_of_Tulsa_official_who_claimed/20130522_11_A19_ULNSbd191947?rss_lnk=1</link><author>DAVID HARPER World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:18:08 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_A19_A19lana0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Local, State briefs</title><description>A previously convicted Tulsa felon was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for physically abusing three children. Matthew Charles Oeth, 27, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of child abuse by injury. ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Local_State_briefs/20130522_11_A18_CUTLIN72454?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:16:33 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_OethMatthew0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Lotteries</title><description>OKLAHOMA LOTTERY RESULTS FOR 05/22/13:</description><link>/article.aspx/Lotteries/20130522_11_A2_PickPi933979?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports </author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:58:10 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iran hard-liners given a boost</title><description>Iran's supervisory electoral body on Tuesday disqualified from next month's presidential race two high-profile candidates who have been assailed as disloyal to the nation's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Iran_hard_liners_given_a_boost/20130522_13_A10_CUTLIN673147?rss_lnk=1</link><author>RAMIN MOSTAGHIM &amp; PATRICK J. MCDONNELL Los Angeles Times</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:54:41 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_A10_A10out0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Activists fear Afghan women losing out</title><description>The number of Afghan women and girls jailed for 'moral crimes' has risen dramatically in the past 18 months, raising concerns that gains in women's rights might be reversed with the withdrawal of most ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Activists_fear_Afghan_women_losing_out/20130522_13_A10_CUTLIN300597?rss_lnk=1</link><author>KAY JOHNSON Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:52:18 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_NEafghanfem0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban</title><description>A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency.</description><link>/article.aspx/Court_strikes_down_Arizona_20_week_abortion_ban/20130522_13_A12_SANFRA674246?rss_lnk=1</link><author>PAUL ELIAS Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:51:46 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WikiLeaks case deal reached on bin Laden-linked testimony</title><description>Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony from a ...</description><link>/article.aspx/WikiLeaks_case_deal_reached_on_bin_Laden_linked_testimony/20130522_13_A12_ULNSry637579?rss_lnk=1</link><author>DAVID DISHNEAU Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:49:38 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_Manning_WikiLeaks_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Senate panel OKs immigration bill</title><description>Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Senate_panel_OKs_immigration_bill/20130522_13_A14_CUTLIN629207?rss_lnk=1</link><author>DAVID ESPO &amp; ERICA WERNER Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:48:48 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_Immigration_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Broken Arrow looking ahead to completion of $3.7 million downtown streetscape project</title><description>The downtown streetscape project is expected to be disruptive for merchants and customers this summer but transformative once complete.</description><link>/article.aspx/Broken_Arrow_looking_ahead_to_completion_of_37_million/20130522_11_A15_CUTLIN50260?rss_lnk=1</link><author>SUSAN HYLTON World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:48:14 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_A15_A15norman0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>OKPOP backers put museum funding legislation on hold in wake of tornadoes</title><description>Backers of a proposed popular culture museum for downtown Tulsa have given up on their efforts to get state funding this year, saying it would be inappropriate to proceed amid the tragedy of the Moore ...</description><link>/article.aspx/OKPOP_backers_put_museum_funding_legislation_on_hold/20130522_11_A15_CUTLIN192764?rss_lnk=1</link><author>WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:47:41 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_A15_A15blackburn0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Longtime superintendents for Jenks, Union schools to step down June 30</title><description>Jenks Public Schools Superintendent Kirby Lehman and Union Public Schools Superintendent Cathy Burden  -  two of the state's most outspoken voices for public education  -  are counting down the last days ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Longtime_superintendents_for_Jenks_Union_schools_to/20130522_11_A15_CUTLIN472464?rss_lnk=1</link><author>KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:47:23 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_p1burdenlehman0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Amid the chaos of the Moore tornado families reunited in the aftermath</title><description>Eleven-year-old Zoey Tennyson cried all night Monday as her nightmares were of flying bricks and a buried teacher.  </description><link>/article.aspx/Amid_the_chaos_of_the_Moore_tornado_families_reunited/20130522_11_A1_CUTLIN389892?rss_lnk=1</link><author>GINNIE GRAHAM &amp; KYLE FREDRICKSON World Correspondent</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:47:02 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_p1torschool0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Survivor of 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising dies at 93</title><description>Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 9 ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Survivor_of_1943_Warsaw_ghetto_uprising_dies_at_93/20130522_11_A17_Boruch271031?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Wire Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:46:12 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judge sets June 20 hearing on Oklahoma challenge to IRS rules for 'Obamacare'</title><description>U.S. District Judge Ronald White has scheduled a June 20 hearing in Oklahoma's challenge to IRS rules to implement so-called 'Obamacare' in the state.</description><link>/article.aspx/Judge_sets_June_20_hearing_on_Oklahoma_challenge_to/20130522_11_A18_MUSKOG319222?rss_lnk=1</link><author>WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:45:42 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tulsa tea party groups protest at local IRS office</title><description>About 20 people picketed in the rain outside an east Tulsa federal building Tuesday as part of a national protest against the IRS.</description><link>/article.aspx/Tulsa_tea_party_groups_protest_at_local_IRS_office/20130522_11_A18_CUTLIN181957?rss_lnk=1</link><author>RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:45:07 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_p1irsprotest0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Key IRS figure plans to invoke rights against self-incrimination, won't testify at congressional hearing</title><description>Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the IRS' targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing We ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Key_IRS_figure_plans_to_invoke_rights_against_self/20130522_11_A18_CUTLIN353878?rss_lnk=1</link><author>STEPHEN OHLEMACHER &amp; ALAN FRAM Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:43:18 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_IRStestify0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Top 10 city code violations can drag down property values</title><description>The city of Tulsa's 'Top 10 Most Common Code Violations' lists the things neighbors are discouraged from doing, to help preserve the value of property citywide.</description><link>/article.aspx/Top_10_city_code_violations_can_drag_down_property/20130522_15_E4_Thecit59781?rss_lnk=1</link><author>PHIL MULKINS World Action Line Editor</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:29:02 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_E4_E4codeviolations0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>OU football coach Bob Stoops feels state's pain after tornado</title><description>Bob Stoops, like many Oklahomans during Monday's deadly tornado, watched the tragic event unfold via television.</description><link>/article.aspx/OU_football_coach_Bob_Stoops_feels_states_pain_after/20130522_29_B3_NORMAN828327?rss_lnk=1</link><author>ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:19:11 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sports-related tornado cancellations and relief efforts</title><description>Here is a list of events postponed or canceled by Monday's storm:</description><link>/article.aspx/Sports_related_tornado_cancellations_and_relief_efforts/20130522_29_B3_Hereis587181?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:19:01 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Divorces</title><description>ASKED</description><link>/article.aspx/Divorces/20130522_57_A16_hAsked384693?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:01:35 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Marriages</title><description>(Tulsans unless indicated)</description><link>/article.aspx/Marriages/20130522_60_A16_Tulsan398183?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:01:09 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Births: 5/22/2013</title><description>(Tulsans unless indicated)</description><link>/article.aspx/Births_5222013/20130522_55_A16_Tulsan395556?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:54 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nation Briefs</title><description>Jodi Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she 'lacked perspective' when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Nation_Briefs/20130522_11_A14_CUTLIN535135?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Wire reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:58:38 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_A14_A14arias0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Face-Off</title><description>Jordanian protesters try to breach the gate of the Iraqi Embassy on Tuesday.</description><link>/article.aspx/Face_Off/20130522_11_A10_CUTLIN173755?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:57:10 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_NEjordan0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>News Briefs</title><description>Kyrgyzstan's president on Tuesday reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air base that supports military operations in nearby Afghanistan.</description><link>/article.aspx/News_Briefs/20130522_11_A10_CUTLIN300672?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Wire Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:56:32 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_NEmoharrak0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Forecasters increased warnings in days before Moore tornado</title><description>When National Weather Service forecasters saw late last week the mix of atmospheric conditions models were predicting would come together Monday, they knew it would be significant.</description><link>/article.aspx/Forecasters_increased_warnings_in_days_before_Moore/20130522_11_A8_WhenNa601267?rss_lnk=1</link><author>JERRY WOFFORD World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:55:02 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130522_A8_A8mooretornadomap0522_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>U.S. Daily Casualties</title><description> Afghanistan:  As of Tuesday, at least 2,091 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.</description><link>/article.aspx/US_Daily_Casualties/20130522_11_A10_bAfgha281797?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:48:40 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>