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The Scramble At Moore Medical Center As The Tornado Hit
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Nick Stremble, a registered nurse and manager at the hospital, described what he saw Monday. As winds ripped through the facility, people started “to tumble and roll and be pushed down the hall,” he said.
 

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Former IRS Head to Senate: It Wasn’t My Fault
May 21, 2013 | NPR · The man who led the IRS during the years when agency workers targeted tax-exempt applications from conservative groups did his best to deflect accusations from unhappy senators.
 

Tornado Leaves Moore, Okla., Neighborhoods Unrecognizable
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Melissa Block and Robert Siegel have the latest on the tornado that caused major damage in Moore, Okla., on Monday.
 

Okla. Tornado Survivors Try To Collect Lives After Storm
May 21, 2013 | NPR · For some neighbors in Moore, Okla., the decision of taking cover away from home or sheltering in place made the difference between life and death.
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Apple CEO Defends Tax Practices At Senate Hearing
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Apple CEO Tim Cook faced tough questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. He defended a tax strategy that allows Apple to avoid taxes on tens of billions of dollars of profits. Cook also called on the Congress to lower the U.S. corporate tax rate.
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Loss Of Timber Payments Cuts Deep In Oregon
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Today in Oregon, voters are deciding whether to raise their own taxes to make up for lost timber payments from the federal government. Hundreds of counties in Western states are facing a financial crisis due to the loss of timber payments. Property taxes usually pay for county services such as law enforcement. But counties in states from Colorado to California have vast national forests and can’t collect taxes on that land. So Congress created timber payments to compensate them. Now the bill authorizing those payments has expired. Oregon received the largest payments, and more than half its counties face a budget and safety crisis now. Amelia Templeton of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that in Josephine County, the sheriff has laid of 80 percent of his deputies and no longer arrests people.
 

Moore Residents Slowly Allowed Into Tornado-Damaged Areas
May 21, 2013 | NPR · It’s been a difficult day in Moore, Okla., as crews go house-to-house searching for survivors from Monday’s tornado. Authorities have tightened access into areas with the worst damage.
 

Tech Companies Have A Lot At Stake With Immigration Bill
May 21, 2013 | NPR · The tech industry is getting a lot in the Senate’s immigration overhaul bill. It increases the number of temporary worker visas for skilled technical workers but the industry is pushing for more, including the end of provisions meant to protect American tech workers from unfair competition. The industry’s goals and tactics are antagonizing other groups that want to see the bill pass.
 

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Teacher Led Students Through Storm Despite Peril To Daughter
May 21, 2013 | NPR · The high school in Moore, Okla., wasn’t badly damaged by Monday’s tornado. But a special ed teacher stayed with her own students there rather than hunting for her own daughter at a wrecked elementary school.
 

New Hospital In Joplin, Mo., Designed With Tornadoes In Mind
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Robert Siegel speaks with John Farnen, executive director of strategic projects for Mercy Hospital Joplin, regarding lessons of the Joplin, Mo., tornado for rebuilding large structures like the Mercy Hospital Joplin.
 

 

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AP
The Scramble At Moore Medical Center As The Tornado Hit
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Nick Stremble, a registered nurse and manager at the hospital, described what he saw Monday. As winds ripped through the facility, people started “to tumble and roll and be pushed down the hall,” he said.
 

NOAA
WATCH: Moore Tornado As Seen From Space
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Once NOAA realized conditions were ripe for severe weather they put their satellites on overdrive. They beamed back amazing images.
 

AP
Nutrition Group Says Chocolate Milk Is OK, No Need For Aspartame
May 21, 2013 | NPR · The nation’s largest group of nutritionists is urging the FDA to reject the dairy industry’s petition to change the definition of milk. The petition aims to allow aspartame or other alternatives to be used to sweeten milk in an effort to boost consumption in schools.
 

Arts & Life

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‘Arrested Development’ Leads The Charge For Old Brands In New Media
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Brands that found their original audiences in traditional, old-media platforms are finding ways to keep going in the world of new media.
 

NPR
China Builds Museums, But Filling Them Is Another Story
May 21, 2013 | NPR · China has been building museums with abandon, opening about 100 annually in recent years. Two of the biggest opened on the same day last fall on opposite banks of Shanghai’s Huangpu River. But filling these museums — with both art and visitors — is proving more challenging.
 

The Art And Science Of Motivation
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Graduation season is upon us and that means a slew of uplifting commencement speeches trying to motivate young adults to greatness. Science and experience tell us that everyone is motivated differently, so how do speakers, coaches and business managers inspire people?
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Paula Cole On Mountain Stage
May 21, 2013 | NPR · The bestselling singer-songwriter gives a stripped-down and intimate performance, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va. Here, Cole plays a few new songs, as well as two of her biggest hits: “I Don’t Want to Wait” and “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?”
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Pat Metheny And John Zorn: A Vivid Sound World
May 21, 2013 | NPR · The two artists are known opposites in the world of instrumental music. On Metheny’s latest, the jazz guitarist wrings an unexpectedly visual listening experience from Zorn’s knotty compositions.
 

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Kanye West Stands Alone
May 21, 2013 | NPR · On his new songs, the rapper points fingers in every direction, including back at himself.
 

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