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IRS ex-commissioners deny lying; official to take the Fifth
WASHINGTON - As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the Fifth Amendment rather than answer questions about the screening and why she didn't tell Congress about it. ... Full story
Syria, Israel exchange fire in Golan Heights
TEL AVIV/CAIRO - The Israeli army on Tuesday fired at a target in Syria after one of its military vehicles was hit by cross-border fire in the Golan Heights. ... Full story
Rescuers comb through Oklahoma tornado rubble in search of life
MOORE, Okla. - While most in this tornado-ravaged city slept, Fire Chief Randy Poindexter urged his search and rescue team to keep digging, keep looking. ... Full story
Woman reunited with dog amid tornado wreckage
US rescue teams launched a massive hunt for survivors Tuesday after a tornado tore through a suburb of Oklahoma City, causing chaos and leaving dozens dead, including children. But there was relief amid the devastation for one woman in Moore, when she was reunited with her dog. ... Full story
Utah Police End Three-Year Search for Missing Mom
After a three-and-a-half-year search, Utah police have called off attempts to find missing mother Susan Powell. ... Full story
Robbery case makes Supreme Court to reconsider police search laws
WASHINGTON - An inmate of one of California's most remote prisons will get his moment in the Supreme Court sun, with a shot at clarifying the rules governing certain searches by law enforcement officers. ... Full story
Glitch in widely used polygraph can skew results
WASHINGTON - Police departments and federal agencies across the country are using a type of polygraph despite evidence of a technical problem that could label truthful people as liars or the guilty as innocent, McClatchy has found. ... Full story
Oklahoma Tornado Death Toll Revised, 24 killed
MOORE -- Emergency crews combed the sticks and rubble remains of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday morning less than a day after a massive tornado slammed through the community, flattening homes and demolishing an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb. ... Full story
Jodi Arias Pleads for a Life Sentence to Jury
"Another shocker in the Jodi Arias trial!" HLN headlined its coverage Monday. ... Full story
Prosecutor retaliated against Fast and Furious whistle-blower: ATF
WASHINGTON-- The former top federal prosecutor in Arizona retaliated against the lead whistle-blower in the Fast and Furious gun-smuggling scandal by leaking an internal report that suggested the whistle-blower once favored allowing illegal gun sales as a way to track weapons to drug cartels in Mexico, the Justice Department's inspector general's office said Monday. ... Full story
Syria, Israel exchange fire in Golan Heights
TEL AVIV/CAIRO - The Israeli army on Tuesday fired at a target in Syria after one of its military vehicles was hit by cross-border fire in the Golan Heights. ... Full story
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