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  • Briarwood Elementary Teachers Return To Tornado-Ravaged School

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Every couple hours we're hearing stories of survival, some of the most touching coming from two elementary schools. Teachers at Briarwood rode out the storm in the hallways, bathrooms, and closets, and had not seen the destruction since pulling children out of the rubble. News 9's Lisa Monahan went with the teachers on Thursday for their first ...

  • Pitch In To Help Alzheimers Awareness Saturday At ONEOK Field

    TULSA, Oklahoma - Volunteers are needed to help break a world record and bring awareness to the Alzheimer's epidemic. Groups and individuals can help "Strike Out Alzheimer's" by pitching in from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at ONEOK Field. Volunteers are asked to come out and throw a baseball in an attempt to break the record for the most pitches before a game. It's a ...

  • 9-Year-Old Tornado Victim Laid To Rest Motorcyclists Strangers Show Support

    MOORE, Oklahoma - A 9-year-old boy, who was killed as a massive tornado tore across Moore Monday afternoon, has been laid to rest. Hundreds of motorcycle riders showed up at his funeral to show support for his family and protect them from ...

  • Oklahoma man smiles after truck found

    MOORE, Okla. - In the aftermath of a devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, you wouldn't expect a car to be getting much attention. Derek Thayer, 31, is praising his American-made truck after it was carried from the nearly destroyed Moore Medical Center to a yard across the street. Damage shows the Chevrolet truck was flipped, tossed and turned before landing on all four tires. But even ...

  • Tornado survivor took shelter in truck

    MOORE, Okla. - Getting underground was priority number one in Moore Monday as an EF-5 tornado destroyed the landscape. Some, though, waited too long and faced lesser odds of survival. Larry Jernigan is sporting bandages on his head and forearms. He rode out the storm in his pickup truck. The white Ford Ranger is now a mangled mess. "I came by Plaza Towers school right over here, and when I ...

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Midnight Express [Blu-Ray]

Midnight Express [Blu-Ray]

Alan Parkers Midnight Express is a brutal and brutalizing film whose effects have diminished little in the decades since its controversial theatrical release in the late 1970s. It was both highly acclaimed, evidenced by a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival and s ... ...

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  • The student loan payoff that wouldnt ta

    Steven Feher says he tried repeatedly to get Discover Student Loans to acknowledge he paid the more than $3,800 in full; then decided to turn to the 2NEWS Problem Solvers to set the record ...

  • Fallin signs bill to spend $45M on tornado relief

    Fallin on Friday signed a bill that the House and Senate passed unanimously in the wake of the deadly tornado that raked across the state on Monday, killing 24 people and injuring hundreds more. It allows the state to use the money to match federal disaster funds and for other "disaster-related assistance." The state's Rainy Day Fund, a constitutional reserve fund, currently has a ...

  • OGE Power expected to be restored by Sunday

    The company noted that customers in Moore, Norman and south Oklahoma City may experience temporary outages during the next several days as OG&E crews work to replace temporary repairs with permanent ...

  • In midst of tragedy heart rules the day

    (http://bit.ly/moorevideo) Gerard, a man now hard of hearing and a survivor of prostate cancer and four heart surgeries, huddled alongside his wife and two Miniature Pinschers, Hahn and Gretchen, in the home's laundry room Monday as the storm approached. The compact room, built windowless, was one of only two rooms to suffer minimal external damage. The rest experienced blown out windows ...

  • Lineup set for tornado relief concert

    OKLAHOMA CITY - The lineup for Blake Shelton's Healing in the Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert was announced Friday afternoon and it includes some of Oklahoma's biggest music stars. The live one-hour special and telethon will air Wednesday, May 29 at 8 a.m. on ...

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