Today in Photos

Severe weather destroys homes in Oklahoma, art shows in New York and Spain, politics is Israel and the top dog at Westminster are some of the photos in slide show.

Section:Gallery

Wed., Feb. 11, 2009

Les Mose, center, loads clothes as Kim Ross, right, sorts through the belongings of Shirley Mose of Lone Grove, Okla., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, after a deadly tornado hit the southern Oklahoma town Tuesday night killing eight. Mose was not in her home when the tornado stuck.

Bill Waugh Associated Press
Shirley Mose of Lone Grove, Okla., holds medicine bottles Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, as friends and family sort though her belongings after a deadly tornado hit the southern Oklahoma town Tuesday night, killing eight. Mose was not in her home when the tornado stuck.

Bill Waugh Associated Press
An American flag flies on a bent flag pole at the tornado-damaged home of W.A. Taliaferro of Lone Grove, Okla., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, after a deadly tornado hit the southern Oklahoma town Tuesday night, killing eight. Taliaferro was in the house when the tornado hit and is now hospitalized. The dog is Taliaferro's dog, Andy.

Bill Waugh Associated Press
A car that was blown up in an attack on a crowded book market in central Baghdad is on display as part of exhibit entitled "It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq" a collaborative project conceived by artist Jeremy Deller at the New Museum, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, in New York. The exhibit opens on Wednesday.

Frank Ii Associated Press
A man walks past a work by Isaac Montoya, from Spain, at the ARCO International Art Fair, in Madrid, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009.

Paul White Associated Press
A worker walks next to a rotating sign showing Israeli Foreign Minister and Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni, left, and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009. Inconclusive election results sent Israel into political limbo Wednesday with both Livni and hard-line leader Netanyahu claiming victory and leaving the kingmaker role to a rising political hawk with an anti-Arab platform.

Sebastian Scheiner Associated Press
A pensioner begs for money as pedestrians pass by in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009. A top Ukrainian banker Petro Poroshenko, the head of the National Bank Council, has warned that Ukraine's failure to receive the second part of an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund may lead to "devastating" consequences for Europe's economy, his office said Wednesday.

Efrem Lukatsky Associated Press
Oracle leads Alinghi around a mark during race one of the best of three challenger final of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009.

Wayne Drought Associated Press
NASACR car owner and past champion Richard Petty watches a computer monitor as he keeps an eye on practice for the Daytona 500 auto race from the top of his hauler at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009.

John Raoux Associated Press
Stump, the Sussex spaniel who won the Best in Show title at the 133rd annual is seen with his trophy during a television interview, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, in New York.

Mary Altaffer Associated Press
A security system worker drops a peanut for a waiting squirrel during unseasonably warm temperatures in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009.

Gerald Herbert Associated Press