Tornadoes touch down in Oklahoma - CBS News

Tornadoes touch down in Oklahoma - CBS News: "A broad tornado has blown through the Oklahoma City metropolitan area at the start of evening rush hour. State offices and a number of businesses let their workers go home hours earlier so they could be out of harm's way."

Europe in wrangle over airspace closure rules - Yahoo! News

Europe in wrangle over airspace closure rules - Yahoo! News: "PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - New airspace closure rules decided after last year's Icelandic volcanic eruption have caused divisions in Europe on how to decide whether airlines can fly near the ash cloud."

Unbelievable Before-and-After Picture From Joplin, MO Neighborhood | The Blaze

Unbelievable Before-and-After Picture From Joplin, MO Neighborhood | The Blaze: "Buzzfeed has posted an alleged before-and-after picture from a Joplin, MO neighborhood that shows just how utterly devastating the F4 tornado from earlier this week was."

Obama Signs Westminster Abbey Guest Book…Using 2008 Date! | The Blaze

Obama Signs Westminster Abbey Guest Book…Using 2008 Date! | The Blaze: "2008 was a good year for Barack Obama. He won the election and became the first black president, after all. And even though it’s now 2011, it seems 2008 is still at the forefront of Obama’s mind. See, while on his state visit in London today, Obama signed the guest book at the famed Westminster Abbey, but he didn’t date it May 24, 2011 — instead he put “24 May 2008:”"

Classic Plains Tornado Outbreak Ingredients - weather.com

Classic Plains Tornado Outbreak Ingredients - weather.com: "Sadly, given the events in Joplin, Mo. and Minneapolis this past weekend, we are not through with severe weather this week. Not by a longshot."

Searchers, dogs scour Missouri tornado wreckage - Yahoo! News

Searchers, dogs scour Missouri tornado wreckage - Yahoo! News: "JOPLIN, Missouri (Reuters) - First they found his dark blue teddy bear. Then frantic relatives searching for toddler Skyular Logsdon spotted his red T-shirt and pants, torn, rain-soaked and wrapped around a telephone pole."

Q & A: Tim Pawlenty on Evangelicals and the Issues | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

Q & A: Tim Pawlenty on Evangelicals and the Issues | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction: "Tim Pawlenty knows that he doesn't carry the same name recognition that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin does, but that doesn't keep him from testing the 2012 presidential waters. The former governor of Minnesota said recently that he is 'leaning' towards a run as he promotes his new book Courage to Stand (Tyndale). An outspoken evangelical, Pawlenty attends Wooddale Church, led by Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals"