JARIYA: Most Popular stories from May 21

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Most Popular stories from May 21

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May 21

Okla. death toll estimate revised; at least 24 dead

A mile-wide tornado with winds up to 200 mph killed at least 24 people Monday afternoon.

Adam Scott putts during The Players championship. Golf's governing bodies have adopted a new rule that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions.

Golf's governing bodies ban the anchored stroke

The USGA and R&A made the proposed ban official on Tuesday.

Eighteen-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt, a student at Florida's Sebastian River High School, was arrested in February related to what her father said was a consensual same-sex relationship with another student who was 14.

Support grows for student expelled over same-sex 'love'

Online groups trying to change laws to protect peers from prosecution in similar cases.

MORE HEADLINES

Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a collapsed wall at the Plaza Tower Elementary School to free trapped students in Moore, Okla., following a tornado May 20.

nation

Reporter's notebook: 'You can't fathom it'

Entire blocks of homes have been erased, reduced to awkward piles of rubble wrapped around cars and trees.

Russia's Dina Garipova performs during the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, on May 18, 2013. Russia's foreign minister charged Tuesday that some votes were stolen from Garipova, who finished fifth.

world

Russia vows reprisals for 'stolen' song contest votes

Azerbaijan's president has ordered a probe into the burgeoning scandal.

A woman carries her child through a field Monday near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

nation

How to help Oklahoma tornado victims

Want to help victims of this week's devastating tornadoes? Here's how.

Planning for retirement can be confusing.

columnist

7 mistakes to avoid in retirement planning

It's complicated, this retirement thing, and we can't afford to screw up. What NOT to do.

Zach Galifianakis at the premiere of 'Hangover Part 3' on Monday.

people

Zach Galifianakis reacts to Oklahoma tragedy

The star was affected by the tragedy at the 'Hangover 3' premiere.

Dallas Cowboys' Tony Romo (9) sits on the bench after throwing his fifth interception of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, in Arlington, Texas. The Bears won 34-18. (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman) ORG XMIT: OTKTG315

nfl

Tony Romo out after undergoing back surgery

Cowboys QB should be back and ready to go by the start of training camp

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris celebrated its 850th anniversary in 2013.

world

Notre Dame in Paris evacuated after suicide

Police official could not confirm French media reports that man had shot himself.

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An employee of the \"Daily Monitor\" newspaper demonstrates against a police raid May 20 in Kampala, Uganda. Police raided several newspapers and a radio station after the publication of a confidential memo by a senior army general alleging that Ugan