Mass. Lt. Gov. Murray to quit, join business group

BOSTON (AP) -- Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray was named Wednesday to lead the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and will resign from his elected position, which he has held for more than seven years, effective June 2. (   05/22/2013 3:20 PM )

• Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

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LA voters back measure to cap number of pot shops

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles voters have approved a proposition limiting the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. (   05/22/2013 10:02 AM )

• Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion

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• Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban

• Sisters ejected from Pa. mall over cancer hats

Vienna official: Looted Nazi goods returned

VIENNA (AP) -- An official for the city of Vienna says the Austrian capital has handed over nearly 6,000 valuable objects looted by the Nazis to their rightful owners or their heirs since it started taking inventory of them 14 years ago. (   05/22/2013 9:14 AM )

• Congo fighting persists as UN chief arrives

• Zimbabwe's president signs new constitution

• Ukrainian journalists disrupt government session

• Ethiopian corruption watchdog arrests 51 suspects

Biden says Coast Guard faces growing demands

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden told graduating cadets Wednesday at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy that the nation will increasingly rely on the service for missions including more remote Arctic operations, port security and support of other U.S. military branches in securing maritime shipping around the world. (   05/22/2013 2:29 PM )

• NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police

• College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds

• Bill would block release of some Newtown records

• Conn. lawmakers advance school pool safety bill

Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. (   05/21/2013 8:58 PM )

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• Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

• Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat

• Curiosity rover drills into second Martian rock