NATL WEATHER SERVICE UPGRADES THE TORNADO THAT HIT MOORE, OK ON MON TO AN **

WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THE TORNADO'S PATH WAS 17 MILES LONG, 1.3 MILES WIDE **

SPOX SAYS THE AGENCY UPGRADED THE RATING FROM AN EF-4 BASED ON DAMAGE **

IT'S THE FIRST EF-5 TWISTER TO HIT THE U.S. IN TWO YRS **

LAWMAKERS SAY THE GOVT HAS PLENTY OF FUNDING FOR RECOVERY EFFORTS IN OK **

GOVT HAS MORE THAN $11 BIL IN DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS AND RECOVERY COSTS ARE **

WHITE HOUSE SPOX JAY CARNEY AND TOP LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL AGREED TUES **

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH TX **

ADVISORY COULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE EASTERN TX AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES **

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED IN SOME AREAS **

ON MON, A TWISTER WAS REPORTED IN BLANKET TX, ABOUT 100 MILES SW OF FORT- **

DAMAGE FROM MONDAY'S DEADLY TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED THAT OF THE **

THE JOPLIN TWISTER CAUSED SOME $3 BIL IN DAMAGE, INCLUDING $2 BIL IN **

JOPLIN'S EF-5 TORNADO KILLED 158 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAN 1,100 NEARLY **

IN OTHER NEWS... U.S. OFFICIALS ID FIVE MEN THEY BELIEVE MAY BE BEHIND THE **

OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY SEIZING THEM BY MILITARY **

HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PROOF TO TRY THEM IN A U.S. CIVILIAN COURT **

THE ATTACK LAST SEPT KILLED FOUR AMERICANS, INCLUDING AMB CHRIS STEVENS **

IRS OFFICIAL LOIS LERNER WILL PLEAD THE FIFTH AT A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON **

IN A LETTER ADDRESSED TO HOUSE OVERSIGHT CMTE CHMN DARRELL ISSA (R-CA), **

ISSA ALLEGES LERNER HAD PROVIDED FALSE AND MISLEADING INFO TO CONGRESS ON **