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Your week in review: Feb. 22

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Massive budget cuts, miserable weather and a medalist accused of murder captured our attention in this week's headlines. Massive budget cuts, miserable weather and a medalist accused of murder captured our attention in this week's headlines.
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  • Friday, May 24 2013 10:46 AM EDT2013-05-24 14:46:44 GMT
    (RNN) - A deadly tornado ripped through Moore, OK, killing 24 people. The EF-5 tornado had wind speeds of at least 200 mph and was roughly two miles wide. Among the dead were children who took shelter
    A deadly EF-5 tornado, a murder suspect with links to the Boston bombing suspects and a British soldier brutally killed by alleged terrorists dominated headlines this week.
  • Friday, May 17 2013 9:16 AM EDT2013-05-17 13:16:29 GMT
    (RNN) - A jury found Dr. Kermit Gosnell guilty of more than 200 counts involving the deaths of babies killed during failed abortions on Monday. Gosnell, 72, was sentenced the three consecutive life sentences
    Your week in review for May 17.
  • Friday, May 10 2013 9:37 AM EDT2013-05-10 13:37:34 GMT
    (RNN) - Authorities were shocked to discover that three missing Cleveland women were being held captive in the same house. Amanda Berry, Georgiana DeJesus and Michelle Knight were found alive after Berry
    Three missing women found alive in the same house, the verdict in the Jodi Arias trial and an insanity plea by the Colorado theater shooting suspect made headlines this week.

(RNN) - Despite dodging most of the tax hikes associated with the fiscal cliff less than two months ago, politicians in Washington find themselves back at the bargaining table to avoid across-the-board cuts in the budget sequester.

Various entitlement programs, transportation safety departments and defense spending could see drastic reductions.

Officials in Atlanta arrested a man after he allegedly hit a toddler aboard a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis. The child's mother claimed the man was intoxicated before the flight took off and that he hit her son while the 19-month-old was crying.

In Los Angeles, police are investigating the death of a Canadian tourist who was found inside a hotel water tank. Investigators said the woman was likely decomposing in the tank for more than two weeks.

Meanwhile, paraolympian Oscar Pistorius was arraigned for premeditated murder in a South African court. Detectives said the gold medalist shot and killed his supermodel girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

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