By DAVID MERCER and DON BABWIN WASHINGTON, Ill., AP) — As a powerful tornado bore down on their Illinois farmhouse, Curt Zehr's wife and adult son didn't have time to do anything but scramble down the...

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Two years after a tornado tore through Joplin, excavation work continues on yards that revealed high levels of lead after being disrupted by the storm. The Joplin Globe reports (http://bit.ly/16UrEPk...