Wrong Count: Authorities have drastically revised the number of dead in the Oklahoma tornado downward to 24 from a high of 91. Seven of the dead are reported to be school children. Officials say that initially there was duplication in …

National: Twenty school children are among the 91 people dead after a mile-wide tornado tore through Moore, Okla. and parts of Oklahoma City. Two schools were destroyed as well as blocks of homes and businesses. Rescue and recovery teams are …

Day of the Dead: One elderly man is dead after a tornado ripped through a mobile home park in Shawnee, OK. A large storm front swept through yesterday bringing at least one tornado a half-mile wide. More tornadoes could hit …

  National: A Hofstra University student who died during a home invasion on Long Island was actually killed by a police officer responding to her 911 call. Investigators say Andrea Rebello, 21, her twin sister Jessica, and two others were …

National: The recently fired head of the IRS was personally audited by an angry Congressional committee over the agency’s special attention to conservative political groups. But Steven Miller refused to say the audits of groups applying for non-profit status were …

Syria: Russia has sent advanced anti-ship missiles to Syria that could be used to hold off a naval blockade of the embattled government. This underlines Russian commitment to the Syrian regime and illustrates why it is difficult for the US …

Scandalville: The President fired the acting IRS commissioner over the scandal about targeting conservative non-profit political groups. Steven Miller knew about inappropriate audits last fall and didn’t tell the administration. In a brief speech to the press, President Obama said, …

National: Russia detained a CIA officer they claim is a spy caught in the act of trying to flip a Russian operative. When he was arrested Ryan Fogle was wearing a blonde wig with a baseball cap and carried a …

Angelina: Actress Angelina Jolie announced in a NY Times opinion piece that she quietly had a double mastectomy because she has a high genetic risk of breast cancer. Her mother died of cancer. Jolie went through three months of procedures, …

Babs Retiring: Barbara Walters, a television fixture for 50 years, is expected to announce today on her show “The View” that she is retiring in a year. The 83-year-old Walters started at a time when women fetched the coffee and …