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  • Obama Surveys Oklahoma Tornado Damage

    U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to the midwestern state of Oklahoma Sunday to view the damage from last week's devastating tornado. Obama will meet with and console residents of the town of Moore, where 24 people were killed and more than 200 others were injured. Monday's tornado registered at an EF-5 - the strongest U.S. tornado measurement. It obliterated schools, ...

  • Oklahoma tornado Barack Obama offers solace during visit to devastated towns

    United States United States president Barack Obama has offered solace and support to residents during a visit to Oklahoma to see the devastation caused by last week's ...

  • Obama visits Oklahoma to meet families affected by tornado

    Mr Obama hugs school superintendent Susie Pierce on a tour of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, yesterday. Photograph: Jonathan ...

  • Body of drowned teenager recovered Sunday morning

    Taylor Faine, 17, jumped off a spillway into Uncle John Creek Thursday evening but did not resurface, Kingfisher police said. His body was recovered Sunday morning at one of the man-made dams, Kingfisher fire Chief Randy Poindexter ...

  • Cadets To Re-Enact Changing Of The Guard At Floral Haven Cemetery

    An American tradition is coming to life in Broken Arrow to honor fallen veterans. Local cadets are re-enacting the ceremonial changing of the guard, just like the one performed at Arlington National Ceremony. There's even a full replica of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The young cadets have spent hours learning the history and ceremony of the Guard. They'll be performing 24 ...

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Spartan

Spartan

In Spartan, David Mamet takes his signature elliptical approach to the well-worn Tom Clancy-ish spy genre, deflating it of its emphasis on straightforward plot-point-to-plot-point narrative structure and refilling it with a politically charged undercurrent thats all too timely. As with so ... ...

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  • We will rise Memorial service honors Oklahoma tornado victims

    By Becky Bratu, Staff Writer, NBC News Six days after a destructive tornado touched down in Moore, Okla., killing 24 people, injuring more than 370 and destroying as many as 13,000 houses, scores gathered inside a local church to honor victims and rescuers through prayer, song and quiet contemplation."Being a native Oklahoman I know that the source of our strength is the good faith of ...

  • Memorial held for tornado victims

    MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Backed by choirs and religious leaders, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin urged residents of a city hit hard by a tornado to hold on to hope during trying times. Fallin hosted the Oklahoma Strong memorial service at First Baptist Church in Moore. Television stations broadcast the service throughout the state. Briarwood Elementary School teacher Waynel James told the congregation ...

  • Teacher recalls waiting with Okla. students

    MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- A teacher at Briarwood Elementary School in Moore told worshipers at a community church service that heroes would be on the way after a tornado hit their ...

  • Three Oklahoma men die in wrecks on state roads

    About 10:15 a.m. Sunday, Coby Schneider was driving a pickup north on State Highway 132 in Grant County a when it went left of center and crashed head-on into a southbound tractor-trailer, troopers said. Both men died at the scene. The driver of the rig, William E. Wright, 67, of Manchester, was taken to a Kansas hospital in serious condition, troopers said. No one involved was wearing a seat ...

  • Obama visits tornado-ravaged U.S. state of Oklahoma vows to support recovery

    U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday called on Americans to help rebuild the tornado-ravaged Oklahoma City area during a visit to places worst hit by the deadly twister on Monday afternoon. The president caught a glimpse of the damage from the air before Air Force One landed in Oklahoma on Sunday. He began touring some of the hardest-hit areas and meeting with officials and residents in the ...

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