http://cbs12.com RSS feed for stories from the "Top Stories" section of WPEC. en-us Copyright 2012, Sinclair Broadcast Group Wed, May 22 2013, 08:36 PM EDT Wed, May 22 2013, 08:36 PM EDT SBG WCM - Story Module http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/-did-pope-perform-exorcism-local-monsignor-weighs-in-7562.shtml?wap=0 Story by Chuck Weber/CBS 12 News
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- Did the Pope perform an exorcism with cameras rolling?

There's speculation about a video showing Pope Francis praying for a young man in a wheelchair. The man seems to convulse and slump in his chair. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 07:03 PM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/-did-pope-perform-exorcism-local-monsignor-weighs-in-7562.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/kaitlyn-hunt-hoping-best-7559.shtml?wap=0
"Overwhelming to say the least. Scared, I'm scared. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 05:30 PM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/kaitlyn-hunt-hoping-best-7559.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/neighbors-recount-terrifying-tornado-experiences-new-video-shows-twister-upclose-7553.shtml?wap=0 PHOTO: Kevin Metz shows holds up a stopped clock he found in the rubble of his father's home in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Monday's EF5 tornado destroyed Wayne Osmus' home and much of the Oklahoma City suburb.
VIDEO: Charles Gifford/YouTube
Posted by Scott T. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 01:39 PM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/neighbors-recount-terrifying-tornado-experiences-new-video-shows-twister-upclose-7553.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/local-humane-society-rescue-100-pets-stranded-oklahoma-tornado-7561.shtml?wap=0 Story by Lynn Gordon/CBS 12 News
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- A local animal shelter is on standby, waiting to rescue about 100 dogs and cats stranded by the devastation in Oklahoma.

The Tri-County Humane Society is loading up and ready to go. All the way to Moore Oklahoma, 22 hours up and back to rescue dozens of dogs and cats who got separated from their owners during Monday's killer tornado. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 07:01 PM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/local-humane-society-rescue-100-pets-stranded-oklahoma-tornado-7561.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/fire-rescue-cpr-revives-child-near-drowning-7564.shtml?wap=0 Story by Josh Repp / CBS12 News
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- A crisis averted thanks to CPR. 9-1-1 calls just released to CBS12 from Palm Beach County Fire Rescue describes a scary scene for any parent...when a child nearly drowns in a pool.

MORE: Wed, May 22 2013, 01:36 PM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/attorney-says-donald-trump-lied-witness-stand-7552.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/hurricane-readiness-drill-held-west-palm-beach-7550.shtml?wap=0 Story by Craig Gold / CBS12 News
Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A one-two punch indeed here at the Palm Beach County Emergency Operations Center.  2 Hurricanes... 10 days apart.

For folks along the treasure coast. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 01:30 PM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/hurricane-readiness-drill-held-west-palm-beach-7550.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/tornado-cleanup-could-cost-2-billion-7549.shtml?wap=0 Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. State authorities meanwhile said two infants were among the 24 people who perished in the twister. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 12:49 PM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/tornado-cleanup-could-cost-2-billion-7549.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/2-infants-among-24-killed-oklahoma-tornado-names-victims-released-7548.shtml?wap=0 Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week.

The office announced Wednesday that it has positively identified 23 of the 24 victims and that 10 of those killed are children. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 12:25 PM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/2-infants-among-24-killed-oklahoma-tornado-names-victims-released-7548.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/gator-removed-near-kids-playground-7547.shtml?wap=0 Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News
HOUSTON, Texas -- An eight-foot alligator was spotted hanging out near a child's water slide in a Houston neighborhood.

After a bit of a tussle, wildlife officials wrangled the gator into a truck and took it away. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 12:12 PM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/gator-removed-near-kids-playground-7547.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/moore-okla-mayor-wants-require-tornado-shelters-new-homes-7546.shtml?wap=0 Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The mayor of the Oklahoma City suburb battered by a monstrous tornado says he is pushing to require safe-room shelters in all new homes.

Glen Lewis said Wednesday he will propose an ordinance in the next couple of days at the Moore City Council that would modify building codes to require the construction of reinforced shelters in every new home in the town of 56,000. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 10:50 AM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/moore-okla-mayor-wants-require-tornado-shelters-new-homes-7546.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/bernanke-signals-fed-maintain-stimulus-plan-7545.shtml?wap=0 Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs.

Reducing the Fed's efforts to keep borrowing rates low would "carry a substantial risk of slowing or ending the economic recovery," Bernanke said in testimony to the Joint Economic Committee. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 10:43 AM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/bernanke-signals-fed-maintain-stimulus-plan-7545.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/south-florida-woman-sprays-seeingeye-dog-bleach-fearing-attack-7544.shtml?wap=0 Story by Tonya Alanez / Sun Sentinel
Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News
SUNRISE, Fla. -- A seeing-eye dog had bleach squirted in its eyes at a Publix grocery store when a 67-year-old woman intentionally sprayed the animal in an unprovoked attack, a police report says. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 10:01 AM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/south-florida-woman-sprays-seeingeye-dog-bleach-fearing-attack-7544.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/facechewing-victim-ronald-poppo-doing-well-recovery-7543.shtml?wap=0 Story by Mike Clary / Sun Sentinel
Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News
MIAMI -- When the so-called Causeway Cannibal chewed off a homeless man's face, disfiguring and blinding him, images of the facial injuries spread across the Internet and sparked worldwide revulsion. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 09:53 AM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/facechewing-victim-ronald-poppo-doing-well-recovery-7543.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/how-do-south-florida-hurricanes-compare-oklahoma-tornadoes-7542.shtml?wap=0 Story by Ken Kaye / Sun Sentinel
Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News
Following the tragic tornado devastation in Oklahoma on Monday, some might wonder how tornado winds compare with those of hurricanes.

Jim Lushine, retired weather service meteorologist, offers some insight:

"The tornado in Oklahoma has been preliminarily rated as EF-4 intensity with winds estimated between 166 and 200 mph, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 09:35 AM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/how-do-south-florida-hurricanes-compare-oklahoma-tornadoes-7542.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/trial-begins-captain-deadly-costa-concordia-cruise-ship-wreck-7541.shtml?wap=0 Posted by Scott T. Smith / CBS12 News
ROME (AP) -- A judge in Italy has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia to stand trial in the shipwreck of the cruise liner, which struck a reef off Tuscany last year, killing 32 people.

Francesco Schettino will be the only defendant in the trial, which begins on July 9 in the Tuscan town of Grosseto. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 09:31 AM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/trial-begins-captain-deadly-costa-concordia-cruise-ship-wreck-7541.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/boston-bombing-suspects-friend-ibragim-todashev-killed-fbi-shootout-7540.shtml?wap=0 (CBS News) The FBI was involved in a fatal shooting near Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., early Wednesday that killed a man with ties to the older brother suspected in last month's deadly terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 09:25 AM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/boston-bombing-suspects-friend-ibragim-todashev-killed-fbi-shootout-7540.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/congratulations-winners-our-30000-great-wedding-giveaway-is-7539.shtml?wap=0 PGA NATIONAL-- Today we revealed the winners in our CBS 12 Great Wedding Giveaway! Shelby & Justin received the most votes.

We had had MORE THAN 300 COUPLES enter our Great Wedding Giveaway for a $30,000 Dream Wedding Package at PGA National Resort & Spa! Five lucky couples made it to the finalist round, but Justin & Shelby were voted the winners. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 09:09 AM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/congratulations-winners-our-30000-great-wedding-giveaway-is-7539.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/disgraced-excongressman-weiner-says-hes-running-nyc-mayor-7538.shtml?wap=0 (CNN) -- Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is running for New York City mayor, he announced Wednesday morning in a video posted on his campaign website.

"Look, I've made some big mistakes and I know I've let a lot of people down. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 09:07 AM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/disgraced-excongressman-weiner-says-hes-running-nyc-mayor-7538.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/oklahoma-residents-come-home-pick-up-pieces-7533.shtml?wap=0 MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years.

It was the 83-year-old grandmother's first time back at her home since a monstrous and deadly tornado ravaged her neighborhood in suburban Oklahoma City. ...]]> Wed, May 22 2013, 06:41 AM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/oklahoma-residents-come-home-pick-up-pieces-7533.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/miami-heat-hope-winning-streak-continues-pacers-game-tonight-7537.shtml?wap=0 Wed, May 22 2013, 08:52 AM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/miami-heat-hope-winning-streak-continues-pacers-game-tonight-7537.shtml?wap=0 http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/wirk-country-radio-fundraiser-help-victims-oklahoma-tornado-7536.shtml?wap=0 Wed, May 22 2013, 08:50 AM EDT http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/wirk-country-radio-fundraiser-help-victims-oklahoma-tornado-7536.shtml?wap=0