UPDATE: After Devastating Twisters, Tornado Threat Continues Through Monday

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Authorities in Oklahoma are spending Monday searching through debris left behind by tornadoes responsible for at least two deaths.

A tornado that started near Norman Sunday afternoon swept the landscape, destroying as many as 35 mobile homes as it moved east toward Shawnee. 

Oklahoma's state medical examiner's office spokeswoman Amy Elliot identified the two people who are confirmed to have been killed during Sunday's storms as 79-year-old Glen Irish and 76-year-old Billy Hutchinson. Both men were from Shawnee.

Another storm that first hit Edmond produced a tornado that tracked through the north-central part of the state, hitting the town of Carney, destroying as many as 20 homes.

The National Weather Service says preliminary information from a damage survey team near Shawnee indicates EF4 intensity.

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Parallels
12:36 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

Teaching The Rules Of War In Syria's Vicious Conflict

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This image provided by the Syrian Revolution against Bashar Assad and released May 2 shows soldiers loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad standing amid dead bodies at Bayda village, in the mountains outside the coastal city of Banias, Syria.

Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 2:02 pm

A new video from Syria is shocking even by the standards of a war that keeps setting new standards for brutality.

In the video, a rebel fighter identified as Khalid al-Hamad is shown cutting out and eating the organs of a dead government soldier.

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OneSix8
12:10 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

Entertaining the Hours of Your Week: A Triple Threat

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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

A theatrical adaptation of a historic novel, a performance about water and its unforgiving nature, and a local Okie gone global take this stage on this week’s OneSix8.

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Assignment: Radio
11:40 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Au Revoir, Y'all! Exchange Students' First Time In Oklahoma

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Adrian Guarrera (French) and Rich Dawson (British) visiting the University of Oklahoma.

Although the United States is a popular destination for exchange students around the world, not all exchange students choose to study in Oklahoma. Adrian Guarrera (University of Nice, France) and Rich Dawson (University of Sheffield, England) about their first time experience in the Sooner State.

Dawson: My first time in Oklahoma was crazy, y’all.

Guarrera: My first time in Oklahoma was definitely unforgettable.

Dawson: We’ve been here since August of last year on an exchange year and we’re going to be leaving in like 3 weeks.

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The Two-Way
10:22 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Boehner: Who's Going To Jail For What IRS Did?

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House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday in the Capitol.

Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 8:34 pm

He doesn't want to know who's going to resign, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters Wednesday morning.

He wants to know: "Who's going to jail" for what IRS personnel did to some conservative groups?

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Shots - Health News
10:19 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Angelina Jolie's Mastectomy Decision And Weighing Cancer Risks

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Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has sparked a discussion about breast cancer risk and how to manage it.

Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 9:35 am

On Wednesday's Morning Edition, David Greene talks with writer and breast cancer survivor Peggy Orenstein about actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer.

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OKPOP Museum
7:23 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Study Suggests OKPOP Museum Would Have $18 Million Impact

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Artist's rendering of the OKPOP Museum in Tulsa's Brady Arts District

A new study estimates that the proposed Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture in downtown Tulsa would have a nearly $18 million impact in its first year of operation.

The study by the Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce also estimates the museum would provide additional benefits, such as creating nearly 400 permanent jobs, a 650-space parking garage in downtown Tulsa and boost tourism.

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Around the Nation
10:45 pm
Tue May 14, 2013

With No Unified Database, Many Murder Victims Remain Nameless

Originally published on Tue May 14, 2013 6:15 pm

A serial killer who committed suicide in an Alaska jail last year confessed to murdering at least 11 people across the country. But Israel Keyes didn't name names, and investigators trying to figure out who he killed are running into a major stumbling block: There is no unified, mandatory national database for missing persons.

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The Two-Way
10:43 pm
Tue May 14, 2013

Road Crew In Belize Destroys Ancient Pyramid

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What's left of the Nohmul pyramid after a construction crew virtually destroyed the 2,300-year-old Mayan structure.

Originally published on Tue May 14, 2013 5:53 pm

A construction crew in search of gravel to use as road filler used its backhoes to level one of Belize's largest Mayan pyramids.

"It's a feeling of incredible disbelief because of the ignorance and the insensitivity ... they were using this for road fill," Jaime Awe, the head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology, said of the destruction at the 2,300-year-old Nohmul pyramid, located in the Orange Walk/Corozal area.

"It's like being punched in the stomach. It's just so horrendous," Awe said Monday of the destruction thought to have occurred last week.

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State Capitol
4:46 pm
Tue May 14, 2013

Budget With $5 Million For Legislative Offices Passes Senate

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State Sen. Clark Jolley debates for passage of a $7.1 billion state budget bill while Senate President Pro Temp Brian Bingman looks on.

Gov. Mary Fallin is expected to sign a bill heading her way that would provide $7.1 billion to fund state government.

The state Senate gave final legislative approval to the general appropriations bill Tuesday that increases spending by nearly $270 million over the current year’s budget.

Eight Republicans joined the dozen Senate Democrats in opposing the legislation.

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Politics and Government
3:37 pm
Tue May 14, 2013

Controversies Risk Starving Obama's Agenda Of Air

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The controversies facing his administration could be creating a stiff headwind for President Obama's second-term agenda.

Originally published on Tue May 14, 2013 3:55 pm

This was the critical moment, the brief time between his inaugural and when the nation's collective focus turns to whom his successor will be, when President Obama had to make real progress on his second-term agenda and thus forge his legacy.

Instead, the president finds his administration, the public, Congress and the news media distracted by controversies over Benghazi, the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups and a leak investigation in which the Justice Department secretly obtained months of phone records of Associated Press journalists.

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