Safety experts say Okla. school was ready for tornado
Source: USA Today
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 01:06:35 -0700 | travel-news
EDT May 22, 2013 The teachers and students in Moore, Okla., were as prepared as anyone could have been to respond to the devastating tornado that struck Monday, several school safety experts say...In May 1999, tornadoes ripped through the community,...
Quintana dominates as White Sox beat Red Sox 3-1
Source: The Boston Globe
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 23:32:14 -0700 | sports-news
Jose Quintana took a no-hitter into the seventh before David Ortiz broke it up with a one-out broken-bat single, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Tuesday night. Jeff Keppinger hit a two-run homer off...
Paille's goal puts Bruins on verge of East finals
Source: Associated Press
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:53:52 -0700 | sports-news
31 left in the third period, and the Boston Bruins put the New York Rangers on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Tuesday night. Boston leads the best-of-seven...
MLB: Oakland 1, Texas 0
Source: United Press International
Oakland :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:53:07 -0700 | sports-news
Rookie Daniel Straily and two Oakland relievers teamed up for a three-hit shutout Tuesday and the Athletics edged Texas 1-0. Straily (2-2) allowed only two hits and didn't issue a walk over seven scoreless frames, striking out five.
Egyptian army says Sinai hostages freed
Source: Al Jazeera English
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-22 00:08:35 -0700 | travel-news
21 Seven Egyptian soldiers and policemen abducted on the Sinai peninsula last week have been released, the Egyptian army has said in a statement. The seven kidnapped soldiers are now on their way to Cairo after they were released thanks...
Japan April trade deficit hit record $8.57B
Source: United Press International
Fukushima :: Japan | updated 2013-05-21 23:40:31 -0700 | business-news
Japan posted a record trade deficit of 879.93 billion yen ($8.576 billion) for April as a lower yen pushed import costs higher, the government said Wednesday. It was the 10th straight month of deficit as the Japanese government fights to...
Actor Sanjay Dutt moved to Pune jail
Source: BBC
Ayodhya :: India | updated 2013-05-22 01:07:22 -0700 | allnews
India Bollywood actor moved to Pune's Yerwada jail Sanjay Dutt is hugely popular for his role of a loveable gangster in Munnabhai movies Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has been moved to Pune's Yerwada jail where he will finish his sentence...
Parents withdraw from inquiry into death of U.S. engineer Shane Todd
Source: Reuters
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-05-21 23:45:39 -0700 | allnews
News Related Topics Rick and Mary Todd speak to Reuters during an interview at their temporary place of residence in Singapore May 22, 2013. The parents of a U.S. engineer found dead in Singapore last year said on Wednesday they...
Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president
Source: DAWN
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-22 00:22:07 -0700 | political-news
Iran's moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been barred from standing in next month's presidential election, along with a controversial aide of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. Rafsanjani, who served as president from 1989 to 1997,...
Kayani, Nawaz meeting
Source: DAWN
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-21 23:45:35 -0700 | political-news
There is nothing unusual about paying a courtesy call by the army general to prime minister-designate Nawaz Sharif, the chief of the PML-N. But given the history of Pakistan it is indeed not desirable that an army chief should congratulate...
Weather conditions were ideal for tornado that slammed Oklahoma
Source: Los Angeles Times
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-21 22:13:44 -0700 | technology-news
If I gave you 1,000 darts and blindfolded you, and you threw the darts, some would cluster together," said Robin Tanamachi, a postdoctoral researcher at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in nearby Norman, Okla. "That's, I think, what's happening here....
Japan Keeps Monetary Policy Steady
Source: International Herald Tribune
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-21 23:44:29 -0700 | business-news
In a unanimous vote, the bank's board stuck to its strategy of expanding the monetary base at an annual pace of 60 trillion yen to 70 trillion yen, or $585 billion to $682 billion, through purchases of government bonds, commercial...
Tomic will play French Open despite troubles: Woodbridge
Source: Reuters
Zurich :: Switzerland | updated 2013-05-22 00:36:18 -0700 | sports-news
Topics Bernard Tomic of Australia hits a return to Roger Federer of Switzerland during their men's singles match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 19, 2013. Bernard Tomic will play at next week's French Open despite his...
Road cave-in kills five people in China
Source: United Press International
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-21 23:36:46 -0700 | travel-news
A road in south China's Guangdong province caved in, killing at least five people, authorities said. The incident Tuesday occurred at the Huamao industrial park in Shenzen, a major city in the province in the southern tip of mainland China....
Anchored putting will be banned in 2016
Source: Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:52:28 -0700 | sports-news
Golf Assn. and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club banned what is commonly referred to as belly putting, or anchoring a club against your body while making a stroke...President Glen Nager said in a statement. "Anchoring is ... a substantial...
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