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Vast Oklahoma Tornado Kills Dozens
By NICK OXFORD and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
Homes were flattened, cars flung through the air and at least two schools packed with children destroyed, sending rescuers to dig out those buried in rubble.
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Crews Search for Survivors in Oklahoma After Tornado
By JOHN ELIGON, MANNY FERNANDEZ and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
Rescue workers sought survivors as they sifted through debris and around power lines to reach those who were feared trapped.
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Apple’s Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and CHARLES DUHIGG
A Congressional inquiry’s findings were remarkable both for the tens of billions of dollars involved and for Apple’s audacity in saying some of its subsidiaries were stateless and beyond any tax authority’s reach.
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The Lede
Latest Updates on Tornado That Left Dozens Dead Near Oklahoma City
By JENNIFER PRESTON
Witnesses and reporters on the ground described widespread destruction after a tornado touched down in Moore, a suburb south of Oklahoma City, on Monday afternoon.
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Before Tumblr, Founder Made Mom Proud. He Quit School.
By JENNA WORTHAM and NICK BILTON
David Karp, 26, whose mother responded to his high school boredom with a suggestion that he try home-schooling, played a role in several start-ups before founding Tumblr.
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Helicopters Bring Viewers Vivid Images of Tornado
By BRIAN STELTER
Daylight and a hovering helicopter allowed cable news channels to bring startling images of the mile-wide tornado in Oklahoma to viewers on Monday.
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Op-Ed Columnist
What Our Words Tell Us
By DAVID BROOKS
Gradual shifts in language use over the centuries reflect tectonic shifts in culture.
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Op-Ed Columnist
One School’s Catholic Teaching
By FRANK BRUNI
With just the briefest acknowledgement of her life partner, Carla Hale lost the job she’d loved for more than 18 years.
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Ray Manzarek, 74, Keyboardist and a Founder of the Doors, Is Dead
By JON PARELES
Mr. Manzarek played a key role in creating the group’s psychedelic sound, which could be haunted, meditative and circuslike, but which was also widely imitated.
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Well
The Scientific 7-Minute Workout
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
In 12 exercises deploying only body weight, a chair and a wall, it fulfills the latest mandates for high-intensity effort, which essentially combines a long run and a visit to the weight room into about seven minutes of steady discomfort — all of it based on science.
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The Appraisal
Gulliver Seeks Rental: The Newfound Fascination With Tiny Dwellings
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
Few are keen to crumple themselves and their belongings into a tiny apartment and call it home, yet the eagerness to explore these spaces seems to spread like a determined little wildfire.
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ArtsBeat
Ray Manzarek, Doors Keyboardist, Dies at 74
By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR.
Mr. Manzarek, who founded the band with Jim Morrison, died on Monday afternoon at a clinic in Rosenheim, Germany.
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Op-Ed Contributors
Stop the Leaks
By WILLIAM P. BARR, JAMIE S. GORELICK and KENNETH L. WAINSTEIN
Prosecutors were right to obtain phone records of A.P. journalists.
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Editorial
New Efforts to Undercut Health Reforms
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Republicans seize on two controversies to block the means to help the uninsured.
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Wells Dry, Fertile Plains Turn to Dust
By MICHAEL WINES
Parts of the vast High Plains Aquifer, once a prodigious source of water, are now so low that crops can’t be watered and bridges span arid stream beds.
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Well
No Easy Choices on Breast Reconstruction
By RONI CARYN RABIN
While a recent article by Angelina Jolie about her mastectomy and reconstruction raised awareness, it may have left the impression that the surgeries are quick and easy procedures, some doctors fear.
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Eureka
Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories
By MAGGIE KOERTH-BAKER
Psychologists are beginning to unravel the mystery behind this brand of American political paranoia.
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ArtsBeat
The Final Countdown: Jason Bateman on the Return of 'Arrested Development'
By JEREMY EGNER
Jason Bateman discusses what the show has meant for his career, why he almost didn’t get the job and what he shares in common with Michael Bluth.
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The Great Divide
The 1 Percent Are Only Half the Problem
By TIMOTHY NOAH
The other half of the inequality story, the skills gap, should also command our attention.
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The Lede
Latest Updates From the Devastation in Oklahoma
By JENNIFER PRESTON, CHRISTINE HAUSER and LIAM STACK
The Lede is following developments in Moore, Okla., where rescue workers continue to dig through debris searching for victims.