http://dailyadvocate.com en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 12:16:26 GMT Daily feed of articles http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148923 MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up. News Tue, 21 May 2013 21:20:00 GMT http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148916 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Federal and Ohio officials couldn't agree on spending for a state-run stopgap health insurance plan that covers Ohioans who can't get coverage elsewhere, so the U.S. government will take it over, state officials said Tuesday. News Tue, 21 May 2013 20:46:00 GMT http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148915 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Ohio Department of Transportation has revealed which sections of rural interstate highway will have a higher speed limit of 70 mph instead of 65 mph starting July 1. News Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:00 GMT http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148910 MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Gov. Mary Fallin says an Oklahoma suburb that was devastated by a deadly tornado will be rebuilt. News Tue, 21 May 2013 17:38:00 GMT http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148907 MOORE, Okla. — Search and rescue crews worked 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. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and those numbers were expected to climb, officials said Tuesday. News Tue, 21 May 2013 13:20:00 GMT http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148900 COLUMBUS, Ohio   — Ohio officials plan to bolster criminal background checks for those home health-care workers who provide direct care to the disabled and elderly. News Mon, 20 May 2013 21:17:00 GMT http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148899 CLEVELAND - Ohioans would only be required to display one license plate on their vehicles instead of two if a bill proposed by two state legislators is approved. News Mon, 20 May 2013 21:16:00 GMT http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148880 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio has cleared an initial step to get before voters. News Sat, 18 May 2013 13:38:00 GMT http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148879 FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor. News Sat, 18 May 2013 13:35:00 GMT http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148861 WASHINGTON (AP) The Smithsonian Institution is announcing plans for what curators believe is the first exhibition about the visual history of yoga. News Thu, 16 May 2013 21:42:00 GMT http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148859 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) is ready to sign legislation establishing an official state artifact. News Thu, 16 May 2013 21:38:00 GMT http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148855 WASHINGTON - The Washington Monument is now covered in scaffolding from top to bottom. News Thu, 16 May 2013 00:31:00 GMT http://dailyadvocate.com/Main.asp?SectionID=108&SubSectionID=832&ArticleID=148854 WASHINGTON - A House committee rebuffed Democratic efforts Wednesday to keep the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program whole, as debate on the farm bill turned into a theological discourse on helping the poor. News Thu, 16 May 2013 00:29:00 GMT