E-mail plea for help from former Springfield priest a scam SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- Some Springfield residents received an e-mail plea for help that appears to have come from their former pastor.   One person who received the message hopes to warn others-- it's a scam. The e-mail Luis Prieto received Monday morning was short ...

Judge orders Walmart to provide more info in Mexican bribery case WILMINGTON, Del.--A judge in Delaware ordered attorneys for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to turn over more information to shareholders seeking records on how the company responded to allegations of bribery involving its operations in Mexico. The judge on Monday suggested that Wal-Mart attorneys ...

National Weather Service confirms tornado Monday morning near Carthage. CARTHAGE, Mo. -- The National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down Monday morning east of Carthage. The EF-1 storm damaged powerlines and buildings near Palimino and 13th street approximately two miles east of the Jasper County seat.  Wind speeds topped nearly ...

Tractor-Trailer crash on I-44 in Springfield slows traffic SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating a tractor-trailer crash in west Springfield, slowing traffic on I-44.  It happened around 1 p.m. near the Highway 160 exit in the westbound lanes.  The truck ended up in the median.  No other ...

Large tornado touches down near Oklahoma City, more forecast TULSA, Okla., May 20 (Reuters) - A huge tornado flattened an area near Oklahoma City on Monday, leaving a wake of tangled wreckage, as a dangerous storm system threatened as many as 10 states. At least two schools were in the path ...

Arkansas Democrats say Treasurer Martha Shoffner should resign 'to restore public trust' LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Democratic Party of Arkansas says State Treasurer Martha Shoffner should resign following her arrest over the weekend. Chairman Will Bond says the party is "shocked and disturbed" by allegations listed in an affidavit filed Monday ...

GOP leaders say impeachment talk premature
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, are distancing themselves from those conservatives who suggested in recent days that President Barack Obama could face impeachment for the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue Service.

FBI agents killed in Va. training were among elite
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast were part of the agency's elite hostage rescue team, a group known most recently for rescuing an Alabama boy from an underground bunker.

Publicist: Founding member of The Doors dies at 74
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 74.

Search for survivors begins in OKC suburb
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A mix of volunteers and first responders are combing through debris in an Oklahoma City suburb looking for survivors.

White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it would like to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this week.