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Job Moves: May 24, 2013

publishersweekly.com — Ryan Doherty is joining Ballantine Bantam Dell as a senior editor, reporting to editorial director, non-fiction, Jennifer Tung. At Random House, Andy Ward is now v-p, editorial director, nonfiction and David Ebershoff is v-p, executive editor. At Crown, Suzanne O'Neill has been promoted to executive editor; Talia Krohn has been promoted to senior editor; Stephanie Knapp has been promoted to associate editor.

Racing the Clock and a Storm

nytimes.com — MOORE, Okla. - A half-hour - maybe. Early Monday afternoon at the Shear Perfection hair salon, a stylist named Lisa Lentz decided to outrace it. Her one o'clock, a cut-and-color, was done, but two other clients had just canceled, and the ominous tone of Gary England, the meteorological oracle on News 9, commanded attention.

Oklahoma tornadoes: Plaza Towers teachers, students reunite after tornado

newsok.com — Jennifer Simonds was lying over her six kindergarten students when a car fell on them. Her arm was crushed, and a boy broke his hand. But they all were able to walk away from Plaza Towers Elementary, which was left in a pile of rubble after a tornado demolished it Monday afternoon.

At the Heart of an Institution

nytimes.com — A Fight Only Half Over By ROBBIE BROWN Sarah Acomb For Carol Clayton, the battle over gays in the Boy Scouts did not end on Thursday. Until gay members can serve as troop leaders - not only as scouts - she sees a human rights violation.

Obama Rejects Perpetual War, but Questions Remain About Targeted Killings | The Nation

thenation.com — Until the president defines what "associated forces" are, the current formulation leaves open the possibility of unlimited, unending use of military force anywhere in the world. President Barack Obamaspeaks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington.