Shawnee firefighters assist driver Marco Corr as he is taken from the cab of his overturned truck, in Shawnee, Okla., Sunday, May 19, 2013. Corr was taken out of the cab through the front windshield. A tornado caused extensive damage along Interstate 40 at the junction with U.S. 177. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)

Massive tornado in Oklahoma City suburb causes destruction

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A mile-wide tornado chewing through the Oklahoma City area has reduced neighborhoods to rubble and left cars and trucks crumpled on the sides of highways.

Kansas man gets 260 years for producing child porn

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A central Kansas man has been sentenced to 260 years in prison for using a 9-year-old girl to produce child pornography.

‘Ride for the Wall’

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Hundreds of motorcycles roared through Topeka this morning as part of the Annual “Run for the Wall.”

A tornado touches down southwest of Wichita, Kan. near the town of Viola on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The tornado was part of a line of storms that past through the central plains on Sunday. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Travis Heying)

Video: KSN takes shelter during Sunday’s tornado warning

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KSN employees and meteorologists took shelter from the tornado Sunday while continuing to broadcast from a safe place.

Civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. A wave of car bombings across Baghdad’s Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed and wounded scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)

Deadliest attacks in Iraq since US troop pullout

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Here is a look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011

River authority retains development consultant

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The Topeka –Shawnee County Riverfront Authority today entered into a one-year agreement with an economic development consultant to direct redevelopment efforts along Kansas River corridor.

Jodi Arias watches as her defense attorneys Jennifer Wilmott, center, and Kirk Nurmi ask to withdraw from the case on Monday, May 20, 2013, during the penalty phase of her Arias' murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Ariz. The judge promptly denied their request. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8, 2013 in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)

Arias trial wraps for day after series of motions

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Defense attorneys for Jodi Arias asked the judge to remove them from the case and declare a mistrial Monday, arguing the frenzy surrounding the case has created a modern-day witch hunt.

PHOTO by: Nate Nottage-Tracey, Kansas First News

Wire theft left lights on Sardou Bridge inoperable.

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Westar Energy is rewiring street lights across the Sardou Bridge in Topeka. The project, which is expected to conclude in early June, requires traffic to be restricted to one lane.