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Around the Nation

6:23 pm

Thu May 23, 2013

Boy Scots Vote To Allow Gay Members, But Not Leaders

By Kathy Lohr

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Members of the Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to allow gay members.

Science

4:49 pm

Thu May 23, 2013

'Extremely Active' Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted

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Hurricane Sandy churns off the Atlantic coast on Oct. 29. NOAA officials are forecasting seven to 11 hurricanes, compared with about six in a typical season.

By Jon Hamilton

Originally published on Thu May 23, 2013 6:23 pm

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Unusually warm ocean temperatures and favorable wind patterns mean the Atlantic is likely to see "an active or extremely active" hurricane season this year, say officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The agency expects between seven and 11 hurricanes and as many as 20 named storms during the 2013 season, which runs from June 1 through November.

The Two-Way

4:05 pm

Thu May 23, 2013

After The Storm: Students Gather For One More School Day

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Students and teachers from Eastlake Elementary and Plaza Towers Elementary schools gathered Thursday to say goodbye for the summer. This was a chance to reconnect after the devastating tornado brought an abrupt end to the school year at Plaza Towers in Moore, Okla.

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David Huffman leaves Eastlake Elementary with his children Moira, 8, and Wendy, 5. Moira attends Eastlake, and Wendy will start kindergarten there next year.

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Sixth-grader Mckayla Franks leaves Eastlake Elementary with her mother, Summer Franks.

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Students and teachers from the Eastlake and Plaza Towers Elementary schools gathered at Eastlake on Thursday to say goodbye for the summer. It was a chance to reconnect after a devastating tornado brought an abrupt end to the school year at Plaza Towers, in Moore, Okla.

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Amber Hill leaves Eastlake with her son Jaren May. Jaren was in the autism program at Plaza Towers and went through the tornado with his teacher and fellow students. Jaren came out Thursday carrying a balloon, a goody bag and a brand-new backpack to replace the one he lost in Monday's tornado.

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Cary Smith had picked up his son Jordan, 13, and daughter Tia, 5, from school on Monday, right before the tornado came through Moore. He and the family live close to Plaza Elementary, and he ran to the school to help pull a teacher and three kids from the rubble in the aftermath of the tornado.

By David Schaper

Originally published on Thu May 23, 2013 6:23 pm

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Under cloudy skies and through intermittent showers, 4-year-old Kamrin Ramirez holds in her little hands two cards, one addressed to Ms. Patterson, the other for Ms. Johnson, her two preschool teachers at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

"I write thank you so much," she says.

Plaza Towers was obliterated by Monday's powerful twister, and seven children died beneath the rubble there. Students whose schools were destroyed were able to meet up Thursday with their teachers in other Moore schools.

The Record

3:15 pm

Thu May 23, 2013

Georges Moustaki, Who Wrote Songs For Edith Piaf, Dies

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Georges Moustaki with Edith Piaf in New York in 1958. Moustaki wrote the lyrics to "Milord," one of Piaf's biggest hits.

By Elizabeth Blair

Originally published on Thu May 23, 2013 4:05 pm

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Politics

3:03 pm

Thu May 23, 2013

Health Officials Decry Texas' Snubbing Of Medicaid Billions

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the opening session of the Texas Legislature in Austin earlier this year.

By Wade Goodwyn

Originally published on Thu May 23, 2013 4:05 pm

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The state of Texas is turning down billions of federal dollars that would have paid for health care coverage for 1.5 million poor Texans.

By refusing to participate in Medicaid expansion, which is part of the Affordable Care Act, the state will leave on the table an estimated $100 billion over the next decade.

Texas' share of the cost would have been just 7 percent of the total, but for Gov. Rick Perry and the state's Republican-dominated Legislature, even $1 in the name of "Obamacare" was a dollar too much.

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