http://gulftoday.aeThe latest news from The Gulf Today.Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.ae(c) 2011, The Gulf Today. All rights reserved.en5AmericasMOORE: As rescue efforts in Oklahoma wound down on Wednesday, residents turned to the daunting task of rebuilding a US heartland community shattered by a vast tornado that killed at least 24 people. Officials said most bodies had been recovered from the sprawling moonscape that was once an Oklahoma City suburb, where the tornado steamrolled entire neighbourhoods and two schools. Nine children were among those killed. After widehttp://gulftoday.ae/portal/cfe83f53-d782-41b0-8302-f6e4aa18f310.aspxThu, 23 May 2013 00:30:00 GMTAmericasLOS ANGELES: Kellie Pickler came into the final “Dancing With the Stars” episode in second place but finished in first. The 26-year-old country singer won the TV dancing competition show’s mirror ball trophy on Tuesday. “This is amazing!” she beamed to her professional partner, Derek Hough. The pair earned two sets of perfect scores on Monday night and another on Tuesday. Judges’ scores combined with viewer votes determinehttp://gulftoday.ae/portal/7ca7ee00-4d36-414d-9063-fb4512df8277.aspxThu, 23 May 2013 00:30:00 GMTAmericasPHOENIX: In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out on Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she “deserves a second chance at freedom someday.” A jury weighing her fate was set to resume deliberations on Wednesday on whether she should be sentenced to death or spend her life in prison for the brutal slaying of herhttp://gulftoday.ae/portal/0a7d4846-7105-4bcb-8c61-fdd08a0b6855.aspxThu, 23 May 2013 00:30:00 GMTAmericasCOALCOMAN: Mexico’s government pledged on Tuesday to keep thousands of troops in the western state of Michoacan until peace is restored in this region tormented by violent drug cartels. Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong held a meeting of the national security team in the state capital Morelia with local officials to discuss a crime wave that led some towns to create vigilante groups. Officials said some 4,000 armyhttp://gulftoday.ae/portal/fa259374-451c-4e78-a253-3beade6534fe.aspxThu, 23 May 2013 00:30:00 GMTAmericasCLEVELAND: The three women rescued after being held captive in a house in Cleveland for about a decade want everyone to know they are doing fine and appreciate offers of help. The message was relayed in a letter released on Tuesday by their attorneys. The letter said Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight are happy and safe. A charity fund to help the women has raised more than $650,000 from more than 6,800 donors.http://gulftoday.ae/portal/74a8ebf7-5bbf-494e-844c-552d8dbec64b.aspxThu, 23 May 2013 00:30:00 GMTAmericasMIAMI: An FBI agent on Wednesday fatally shot a Florida man who allegedly had ties to one of the Boston bombings suspects, US media reported. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was shot in the city of Orlando, Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper. NBC said the suspect was being questioned and was originally co-operative, but was fatally shot after attacking the agent. The newspaper quoted his friend Khusn Taramiv as sayinghttp://gulftoday.ae/portal/50f9f99b-3774-441b-acb0-5ea504feb4c0.aspxThu, 23 May 2013 00:30:00 GMTAmericasNEW YORK: Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scandal, former US Representative Anthony Weiner announced in a video message early on Wednesday he is running for New York City mayor. “I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down, but I also learned some tough lessons,” Weiner said in the video. “I’m running because I’ve been fighting for the middle class and those struggling to make it myhttp://gulftoday.ae/portal/40e89602-d637-4618-8881-7b038d9ef1a3.aspxThu, 23 May 2013 00:30:00 GMT