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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Tue 21 May, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Frantic search for survivors after Oklahoma tornado At least 91 people are dead after a powerful 3km-wide tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, destroying entire blocks of homes and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. "It just looked like a big meat grinder, blender, just the... just the way the movies make it look. Absolute carnage. A sky full of things that needed to be on the ground. It was insane," one witness said. More » Rudd at odds with Gillard on gay marriage TV to ban in-broadcast sport gambling promos AGL fined over illegal doorstep sales tactics Bayley to stand trial on multiple rape charges Prague's lonely hearts offered fast track to love More Analysis » When does mission creep become censorship? The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is completely out of control. Over the past nine months ASIC has been ordering internet service providers to censor websites it suspected of hosting fraudulent investment material. It's an almost perfect illustration of regulatory mission creep. More » WorkChoices still haunts Coalition's cred on IR Why the didgeridoo should be our national instrument Can a US president be overweight? Referendum deserves more than silence Australia must help break the 'resource curse' Abbott budget reply a series of stumbles Defining investment in the federal budget Tony Abbott jumps on Labor's budget catch 22.2 Politics of growth needs a rethink Just In More Just In » Quarter of Aussie tweens are underage Facebook users By Mark Di Stefano A survey has found a quarter of Australian children aged between eight and 12 use Facebook, despite the fact that the minimum age for a user is 13. More » Prague's lonely hearts offered fast track to love Frantic search for survivors after Oklahoma tornado Watch: Oklahoma City tornado videos Map: Oklahoma tornado's path SA Premier accused of gambling ads retreat Demetriou defends AFL's links with bookies Record-breaking tornadoes in US history AGL fined over illegal doorstep sales tactics Rudd at odds with Gillard on gay marriage World More World » Prague's lonely hearts offered fast track to love Transport officials in the Czech capital, Prague, say they plan to help the city's lonely hearts by introducing train carriages reserved for singles. More » Frantic search for survivors after Oklahoma tornado Watch: Oklahoma City tornado videos Map: Oklahoma tornado's path Record-breaking tornadoes in US history Kirk to allow gay men and women to be ministers Business More Business » Yahoo to buy blogging website Tumblr for $1.1b Internet giant Yahoo has confirmed that it will purchase the popular blogging website Tumblr for more than $1.1 billion. More » Carr pledges assistance for man jailed in Dubai US dollar, shares ease on ratings concerns Dollar could dive below 90 US cents Petrol prices set to surge on dollar decline Politics More Politics » SA Premier accused of gambling ads retreat The South Australian Opposition said the Premier Jay Weatherill needed to clarify exactly what gambling advertising would be banned on television and during sports matches. Opposition treasury spokesman Iain Evans said comments by the Premier on ABC Radio showed he was retreating from the position he had announced just a day earlier. Asked if his Government planned to ban the advertising of live odds before a game and after, Mr Weatherill responded: "No, it will be when the game starts. That's the time from which ... advertising of the live odds can't continue." More » Rudd at odds with Gillard on gay marriage Pakistan court grants Musharraf bail in Bhutto case Kevin Rudd endorses same-sex marriage Governments called on to reveal resources revenue Sport More Sport » NRL's Storm sold to consortium The Melbourne Storm has been sold by News Ltd to a private consortium gathered by NZ entrepreneur Bart Campbell. More » Demetriou defends AFL's links with bookies Taylor fights charge in Origin bid Smith, McCabe slim chance for Lions Southern Stars name Ashes squad after pay-rise Thomas could miss rest of Collingwood's season Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Yahoo to buy blogging website Tumblr for $1.1b Internet giant Yahoo has confirmed that it will purchase the popular blogging website Tumblr for more than $1.1 billion. More » Russia retrieves mice, newts after space journey Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on Moon Researchers laud new IVF time-lapse method 'Scissor-handed' creepy-crawly named after Johnny Depp Environment More Environment » Global warming could be slower than first thought: report By environment reporter Sarah Clarke and Katie Hamann A new report says the planet may be warming slower in the short-term than had been previously projected. 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