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BDGazette: #PlainviewMA boy wins Nat'l Geogrpahic bee by naming farthest point from earth's center. Spoiler: It's Chimborazo (link)

AP: BREAKING: 2 UK govt officials: London attack appears to be motivated by radical Islam. -SS

AP: 12-year-old from Mass. wins 2013 National Geographic Bee by correctly naming farthest point from Earth's center: (link) -DC

BDGazette: Cause of April 21 fire at Shaw's Motel building in #northamptonma still under investigation acc. to state Fire Marshal's office

AP: MORE: Jurors in Jodi Arias case say they're deadlocked over whether she should get death sentence: (link) -SS

BDGazette: RT @SenStan: Amendment 49 has passed, it increases aid to communities by $21.25 million...back to pre-recession levels..allowing for robust…

AP: Oklahoma medical examiner's office releases names of 23 of 24 of those killed in Moore tornado: (link) -SS

AP: MORE: UK prime minister says attack that killed man near London barracks could be terrorism: (link) -SS

AP: How residents of one block in Moore, Okla., experienced Monday's deadly tornado: (link) -DC

kristinpalpini: Infographic: Teens: Median Number of Facebook Friends is 300. check out other social media data at pew (link)

AP: MORE: Oklahoma City mayor says up to 13,000 homes were hit by tornado: (link) -CC

AP: Hitting the road for Memorial Day? So are 31.2 million other Americans, AAA estimates: (link) -DC @GlobeTrotScott

AP: BREAKING: Oklahoma City mayor says 12,000 to 13,000 homes damaged or destroyed by tornado.

kristinpalpini: Washington Female CEOs Earn $600,000 Less Than Male Lobby Peers (link) via @BloombergNews

FIREGROUND360: SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON + EVENING | VIA NWS BOSTON | (DCN) (link)

AP: 2 infants among those killed in Oklahoma tornado; authorities say 24 fatalities included 10 kids: (link) -DC

AP: RT @AP_NFL: Bears LB Brian Urlacher (@BUrlacher54) announces retirement (link) (@aseligmanap) #NFL

kristinpalpini: Northampton removing sidewalk benches 2deter panhandlng Good idea? i like lunching@ benches but the"gauntlet" is real (link)

AP: Our CEO pay interactive shows who the top earners were in 2012 and who got the biggest raises: (link) -DC

kristinpalpini: Unplanned toxic emissions—in regulatory speak“upsets”—are occurring more often than industry admits, go(link)jxQXfGar

AP: Oklahoma tornado cost could top $2 billion, state estimates: (link) -DC

AP: MT @AP_Sports: 'Totally stupid and out of place' - Sergio Garcia apologizes for 'fried chicken' comment: (link)