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Crews Dig Through Night After Deadly Oklahoma Twister

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MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.

Officials say at least 51 people were killed in Monday's twister, including at least 20 children. Those numbers were expected to climb.

The center of the devastation is in Moore, a community of 41,000 people 10 miles south of Oklahoma City.

More than 120 people were being treated at hospitals, including about 50 children. Amy Elliott, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office, said Tuesday that there could be as many as 40 more fatalities from Monday's tornado.

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Disabled New York Newlyweds Offered Apartment

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RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A newlywed mentally disabled couple forced to live in separate New York group homes may soon be able to move in together.

According to court papers, Paul Forziano and Hava Samuels have been offered an apartment in a group home for the mentally disabled in Riverhead, on Long Island.

Forziano's mother, Roseann Forziano, told Newsday that "seeing the apartment was a thrill for them."The apartment is attached to a group home housing eight others with similar disabilities.

If all goes well, they could move in by July 1. They were married in April and currently live three miles apart.

They weren't allowed to share a bedroom by the state-sanctioned nonprofits that run the group homes. They challenged that practice in a federal civil rights lawsuit.

The nonprofits weren't immediately available for comment.

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Decision Due On Dismissal Of Kennedy Case In New York

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ARMONK, N.Y. (AP) - A town judge in New York is deciding whether the drugged-driving case against Kerry Kennedy should go to trial.

The North Castle judge is expected to rule Tuesday on Kennedy's motion to dismiss the charge.

Kennedy is the daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the ex-wife of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. She was arrested in July after her Lexus swerved into a tractor-trailer near her home north of New York City.

Police said she failed sobriety tests.

A small amount of a sleeping drug was found in Kennedy's blood. She said she believes she accidentally took a sleeping pill that morning instead of thyroid medication.

The defense says fairness demands a dismissal. But prosecutors say dropping the charge would feed the perception that famous people are treated differently.

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