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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Emer- bathroom just sheltering the little girl gency responders searched through when it hit," Gray said. "It's a miracle splintered wreckage Monday after that little girl survived." a line oftornadoes battered several The girl, who is about 18 months small communities in Texas and Ar- old, was taken to the hospital and kansas, killing at least five people, laterreleased to relatives. including a young couple who died "That poor little girl is never going trying to shield their daughter from to know them," Gray said. "But she' s the storm. young enough that she' ll never reThree people were still missing in a member what happened." rural East Texas town. Scores of othThe two parents met when they ers werehurt, some critically. were teenagers attending different The couple, both in their late 20s, high schools and were married in died when a twister hit their mobile April2004, before they even graduhome late Sunday in the Arkansas ated. town of Nashville. Polly McCammack, who also lives Michael and Melissa Mooneyhan in Nashville, is Melissa's third cousin. were trying to protect their daughter A week ago, she said, the close-knit when the parents' trailer flipped over family lost their grandmother who and "exploded," Howard County Coro- "practically raised" Melissa and her ner John Gray said. siblings. "I hadwondered ifthey were in an "The family has been hit hard. enclosed space like a hallway or a They' re strong, but it's almost like to
the point you' re afraid to breathe," McCammack said. Michael Mooneyhan worked in the deli department of the local Wal-Mart. Melissa was a stay-at-home mom doting on their daughter. "That baby was definitely their life. They considered her their greatest blessing. You couldn't find two parents who loved a child more," McCammack said. "She's going to grow up knowing family and knowing love." Family members went to the site of the destroyed home looking for mementos, toys and other things they could salvage for the little girl, McCammack said. National Weather Service investigators confirmed a tornado with a preliminary EF2 rating and winds estimated at 125 mph touched down in Nashville, meteorologist Travis Wash-
Picassopainting sells for $179M
cord for artwork at auction,
selling for $179.4 million on Monday night, and a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti set a record for most expensive sculpture, at $141.3 million. Picasso's Women of Algiers (Version 0)" and Giacometti's life-size "Pointing Man" were among dozens of masterpiecesfrom the 20th century Christie's offered in a curated sale titled "Looking Forward to the Past." T he Pic asso pri c e, $179,365,000, and the Giacometti price, $141,285,000, included the auction house's premium. The buyers elected
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summit and instead sending Camp David meeting. "The open hand has been lower-ranking, yet highly influential representatives. turnedaway,"Jon Alterman, The absence of Saudi seniorvice president at the Arabia's newly crowned Center for Strategic and InKing Salman in p articu- ternationalStudies, said of lar has sparked questions the Saudi decision. about summit's effectiveWhile the White House ness. The Saudis are bitter and Saudi officials deny rivals with Iran and among Salman is snubbing the U.S., O fficials i n sisted t h e r e the most outspoken critics the absence of the king and was no weakening in ties of Obama's nuclear detente other heads ofstate does between the U.S. and the with Tehran. cast a shadow over Obama's Gulf, despite the fact that Adding to the diplomatic summit. For a p r esident just two other heads of state intrigue: Saudi Arabia's an- who rarely invites world will join Obama for Thurs- nouncement Sunday that leaders to Camp David and day's meetings at the presi- Salman would not travel to chafes at the choreographed dential retreat in the Mary- the U.S. came just two days diplomacy of global sumland mountains. The rulers after White House officials mits, his invitation to the of Saudi Arabia, the United said Obama and the king Gulf leaders was an unusuArab Emirates, Bahrain would hold one-on-one talks ally personal overture and and Oman are skipping the in Washington ahead of the underscored the importance
to remain anonymous.
Overall, 34 of 35 lots sold at Monday's auction for a total of $706 million.
he places on alleviating potential obstacles to an Iran nuclear deal. T he White H ouse i n sisted there would still be substantive
di sc u ssions
about Obama's pursuit of a nuclear accord, as well as Tehran's meddling in the Middle East, which is perhaps an even greater con-
cern to the Gulf. Obama and King Salman discussed the summit by phone Monday, the White House said. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir joined the White House in denying tensions between the two countries and called suggestions of a snub "really offbase."
Police say they didn't see bulletin before attack GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Hours be- fire. Five officers responded, killing the twogunmen. One unarmed secua provocativeProphet Muhammad rity guard was injured; no one attendcartoon contest, the FBI sent local au- ing the event was hurt. thorities the license plate number and Bates describedthe security plan, photo of one of the shooters, who had which he said took several months to
But Bates said no one at the law e nforcement command post w a s aware of the FBI's bulletin on Simpson priorto the attack. "We had no information from the FBI or anyone else that Simpson
a prior terrorism-related conviction, create, as "an overwhelming success."
posed a threat to our event," he said.
but police said Monday they didn't see the intelligence bulletin in time. Garland Police Chief Mitch Bates also said the FBI notice was not specific enough to have altered authorities' response. About 40 Garland policeofficers, along with members of federal and state law enforcement agencies, were guarding the May 3 event at a conference center in suburban Dallas when the attackers drove up and opened
The FBI memo was sent to the North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force, a 24-agency organization that includes one Garland police detective, Bates said. That detective, who received the bulletin via email, didn't see it until after the event. The police chief described the bulletin as "one of many emails sent on that day," and his spokesman said
fore two would-beterrorists attacked
The FBI sent the bulletin through its Dallas command post to Garland police, informing them that one of the attackers, Elton Simpson, "might be interested in going to Garland," FBI DirectorJames Comey told reporters in Washington on Thursday. The FBI issued the warning even though Comey said they didn't believe Simpson had left Phoenix. An FBI spokeswoman in Dallas made the transcript of Comey's comments available Monday.
ered in front of a housing unit.
NEW YORK — A vibrant, The two prison staffers were multi-hued painting f r om attacked when they tried to Pablo Picasso set a world re- break up the gathering.
White House: Gulf overtures are fine WASHINGTON (AP)The White House on Monday racedto dispel the notion that President Barack Obama's efforts to reassure anxious Persian Gulf nationsabout his overtures to Iran were unraveling ahead of a rare Camp David summit this week.
CorrectionsDirector Scott Frakes said the disturbance began at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday when about 40 inmates gath-
Tsarnaev defense: Feds haven't shown impact of death BOSTON — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers rested their case Monday in their bid to save him &om execution after death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean testified that he expressed genuine sorrowforthe victims. "No one deserves to suffer like they did," Prejean quoted him as saying. The prosecution wrapped up its case as well Monday. The sides will return Wednesday to give closing arguments, affer which the federal jury will decide whether the 21-year-old Tsarnaev should be puttodeath orreceivelife in prison.
WORLD
Polish vote could signal shift WARSAW, Poland — President Bronislaw Komorowski l ost the first r ound of t h e
country's presidential election to a previously unknown 42-year-old member of the E uropean Parliament, i n what is being called the biggest shock in Polish politics in years. The defeat for the communist-era dissident, who has long polled as one of the nation's most trusted leaders, is a sign that parliamentary elections this fall could be unpredictable. It could even signal a possible return to power for Law and Justice, the right-wing group backing Sunday's winning presidential candidate Andrzej Duda. A runoff in two weeks will decide the final outcome. In the first round, Komorowski took33.8percent ofthe votes compared to34.8 percent for Duda, according to official results released early Tuesday. In all there were 11 candidates.
Boar visits Hong Kongmall HONG K ON G —
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about a c onsumer culture
gone wild. A Hong Kong shopping mall received a visit from a
h a m - f i ste d cu s t o mer
o n Sunday when a w i l d boar wandered in and got trapped inside a children' s clothing store. Video showed the boar, which h a d app a rently TECUMSEH, Neb. — A climbed up a ladder in the weekend revolt at a Nebraska shop's back room, punching maximum security prison a hole through the showthat saw inmates temporar- room's false ceiling with a ily take control of half the hoof. housing units left two prisN ews reports said t h e oners dead, authorities said animal was a 5 5 -pound, on Monday, probably killed 3-foot-long juvenile female. by other inmates during the A crowd o f s h oppers, chaos. watching from behind a Four other prisoners were line of police, squealed in injured and two staff'assault- amazement as the boar ed at Tecumseh State Cor- clambered down onto the rectional Institution about 60 top ofdisplay case,jumped miles southwest of Lincoln, to the floor and skittered which houses serious offend- around the shop. ers including Nebraska's 11 — The Associated Press Death Row inmates.
Prison revolt leaves two inmates dead
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