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  • Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 bn

    The tornado that killed 24 people and injured more than 200 others in Moore, Oklahoma, could have done more than $2 billion worth of damage, officials said Wednesday. State Insurance Commissioner John Doak announced that figure Wednesday in a statement to the press, adding that losses from the wreckage could equal the amount caused by the twister that struck Joplin, Missouri, in 2011, leaving ...

  • Moore Oklahoma Holds First Funeral of Tornado Victim

    Moore, Oklahoma held the first funeral for a victim of Monday's monster tornado -- a nine year-old girl killed when the storm tore apart her elementary ...

  • Oklahoma U. offers space for donations to tornado victims

    It's a problem one would imagine is a good one to have -- so many donated items coming in to help tornado ravaged Moore and Oklahoma City they don't have any place to put it all.But actually, it's been a logistical nightmare, according to officials with the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, as well as government entities which truly appreciate the help, but don't know where ...

  • NC volunteers arrive to help victims of Oklahoma tornado

    The North Carolina Baptist Men are sending three teams with heavy equipment to Moore, Okla., to help with the cleanup from the tornado that damaged tens of thousands of structures there Monday and claimed 24 lives. A team from Fayetteville was expected to leave Thursday and arrive in Oklahoma by the weekend."All team members have heavy equipment and disaster experience and will be able ...

  • OKC police correct damage estimate to 12K homes

    Monty Montgomery surveys the scene as he prepares to clean up a friend's tornado-ravaged home Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie ...

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Sanjuro [DVD]

Sanjuro [DVD]

Sanjuro is a rare film for Akira Kurosawa: a sequel. Following the blockbuster success of Yojimbo (1961), a darkly comic jidai-geki (a period film about samurai) that introduced the world to Toshiro Mifunes gruff, wily samurai, Kurosawa dusted off an older script and tailore ... ...

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  • Recovery Begins While Officials Clarify Numbers On OK Tornado Damage

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Governor Mary Fallin and other officials held a press briefing on Thursday to update the relief efforts of the deadly tornadoes from Sunday and Monday. Fallin said to date, 2,200 people have been helped but said she knows more people need assistance. If you were affected by the tornado, you need to register with FEMA. Two mobile FEMA disaster recovery centers are open where ...

  • Owasso Brothers Compete For $100000 In Bible Challenge Game Show

    The Wagner brothers - Joshua, Jesse and Daniel - are competing in the finale of the American Bible Challenge on the Game Show ...

  • Small improvements being made in Moore as crews work on recovery

    Local and state leaders gathered at City Hall in Moore, Okla., on Thursday to provide an update on the recovery efforts after several communities were devastated by a tornado that struck the area on ...

  • Moore animal shelter sets up temp location in Norman

    Dr. Kristi Scroggins, a local veterinarian in Moore, is one of many volunteers. She says since Monday, about 80 animals were brought to the shelter. Most of them are dogs who were found in affected areas where the tornado hit on Monday ...

  • Obama U.S. will keep deploying drones

    Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States' security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said in a counterterrorism speech ...

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