Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Best Buy Co. on Tuesday reported a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores. Its adjusted earnings beat Wall Street expectations, but revenue fell short as the...

Conn Carroll

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

At least 51 people were killed yesterday when a massive tornado destroyed a two-mile wide swath of Moore, Oklahoma, an Oklahoma City suburb. The state medical examiner’s office estimates that at least another 40 people may also be dead. Tragically, natural disasters have become a political...

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

ATLANTA (AP) — Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery. Its quarterly results topped Wall Street's view and the world's biggest home improvement chain boosted its full-year...

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting its troops to fire back. The two sides...

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank. The companies said late Thursday that SoftBank had...

Charlie Spiering

Updated: 1 hr ago

Several photos of this flag, raised above the tornado wreckage in Moore, Oklahoma wreckage were shared on Twitter early this morning. “US Marines just found this US Flag buried in the rubble. They raised the flag just now,” reported the Weather Network’s Jaclyn Whittal.  ...

Jonetta Rose Barras

Updated: 1 hr ago

Oh, let's nip it right now. Tommy Wells isn't running to be the city's first white mayor. If Jack Evans or David Catania jumps in the race, as has been predicted, they won't be vying to be the District's chief executive based on the color of their skin either. When a candidate plays the race...

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A powerful roadside bomb killed six policemen in western Afghanistan on Tuesday when their vehicle hit the explosives buried in the road, an Afghan official said. Insurgents often use makeshift land mines to target both Afghan government officials and international...

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MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) — Muslim gets life in prison, 6 get lesser terms for killing of Buddhist monk in Myanmar strife.