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3 foreign companies invest in U.S. LNG export project May 20, 2013 Mitsui and Mitsubishi of Japan, and GDF Suez of France each plan to take a stake in a gas export plant being developed at Hackberry, La., the New York Times reports. International companies, responding to a ravenous global appetite for natural gas, particularly in Japan and Europe, want access to shale gas from the... Read More

Oklahoma City police are investigating suspicious death

May 20, 2013 Police are at the scene of a suspicious death at 1420 NE 15. Read More

Tornado watch: Monday setup more volatile than Sunday May 20, 2013 “We're really worried about the drive home, the school bus rides home this afternoon and evening,” meteorologist Rick Smith said. “Storms will be peaking in intensity in that 3 to 5 o'clock time-frame.” Read More

Crime Stoppers: James Lee Hammer

May 20, 2013 Oklahoma City Police seek your help Read More

Code Enforcement 101 offers basics for keeping neighborhoods looking good May 20, 2013 Residents who attend Tuesday's workshop at the Civic Center Music Hall will be able to meet face-to-face with city department heads. Read More

House panel approves Indian museum project funding May 20, 2013 The Oklahoma House Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget voted 13-10 to use tax revenue from Internet and out-of-state purchases to provide $40 million to help complete the project. The measure still needs approval from the full House and Senate. Lawmakers hope to adjourn by the end of this week. Read More

Archie Comics' gay kiss a poke at real controversy

May 20, 2013 It's just a quick kiss, but it's a long step forward for Archie Comics' only openly gay character Kevin Keller. The Riverdale teen finds his life turned upside down after locking lips with his boyfriend, Devon, in Pop Tate's diner, drawing the ire of at least one disapproving Riverdale mom. The woman "gets very... Read More

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

May 20, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday is Mayer's boldest move since she left Google 10 months ago to lead Yahoo's latest comeback attempt. It marks... Read More

Ark. treasurer accused of taking cash from broker

May 20, 2013 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — 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. Martha Shoffner made her initial federal court appearance... Read More

AP NewsAlert May 20, 2013 PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias' lawyers ask to withdraw from case, say they won't call witnesses in penalty phase. Read More

Oklahoma weather: Severe storm updates May 20, 2013 Follow live severe storm updates, road closings and travel conditions below. The following tweets are from reporters, state officials and meteorologists. Read More

Woman on Trump: 'Somebody had to stand up to him'

May 20, 2013 CHICAGO (AP) — An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme has told jurors she had qualms about suing the developer-turned-TV star given his power and influence. But during testimony Monday, when she was asked why she nonetheless took Trump to court, Jacqueline Goldberg... Read More

Split-second choice ended with NY student dead

May 20, 2013 NEW YORK (AP) — The college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer. A moment later both Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello and the intruder were dead — killed after a split-second decision that is... Read More

Police Investigating Death Threats Made Against Chris Brown

May 20, 2013 The Los Angeles Police Department is currently investigating death threats made against R&B singer Chris Brown, according to TMZ.com. The site reports multiple threats were called in to the office of Brown’s attorney. The caller reportedly threatened Chris’ life, but it’s unclear what, if any, specific... Read More

William M. Fine dies

May 20, 2013 William M. Fine, a former magazine publisher and retailer whose research helped shape New York State’s stringent narcotics laws, died Friday in California. He was 86, according to The New York Times. The paper reports his daughter-in-law said the cause was multiple atrophy syndrome. Read More

Report says poor are moving to nation's suburbs May 20, 2013 LOS ANGELES (AP) — More poor people live in the nation's suburbs than in urban cities because of affordable housing, service-sector jobs and the increased use of housing vouchers, according to a study released Monday. The number of those in poverty living in suburbs jumped 67 percent between 2000 and 2011, a... Read More

Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner

May 20, 2013 ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million. The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a city of about... Read More

United to restart 787 flights on Monday

May 20, 2013 United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are flying again after being grounded for four months because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. Federal authorities lifted the grounding order on... Read More

U.S. Supreme Court rejects final appeal of Oklahoma death row inmate May 20, 2013 Anthony Rozelle Banks got away with murder for nearly two decades before Tulsa police connected him to a 1979 killing. His final appeal was rejected Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More

Chesapeake names new CEO