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  • AP PHOTOS Storm survivor looks for silver lining

    Sabrina Mitchell, age 19, hugs an old stuffed bunny recovered from the wreckage of her home which was destroyed earlier in the week when a tornado hit Moore, Okla., Friday, May 24, 2013. Mitchell and her family survived the tornado inside a neighbor's storm shelter. (AP Photo/Brennan ...

  • Man Charged In 2011 Tulsa Homicide Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter

    TULSA, Oklahoma - A Tulsa man pleaded guilty to a deadly shooting at the Bradford Creek Apartments, back in 2011. In exchange for the guilty plea, 28-year-old Jose Lopez was convicted of manslaughter instead of murder. Prosecutors say Lopez and Edin Orlando-Lopez Ayala, 27, got into a fight with another man in the apartment's parking lot. They've never said what the fight was all ...

  • Grove Man Charged With Wifes Murder After Attempting Suicide

    GROVE, Oklahoma - Delaware County police are waiting to arrest a man they say shot his wife - and then himself. Police found 52-year-old Doyle Handle bleeding in his front yard in Grove, Thursday. This came after, according to the affidavit, a man called 911 and said, "I need the cops at 103 Wood Street. I've shot my wife," then hung up. Dena Davenport was found in the house, ...

  • Tulsa Bike Club Heads To Memphis To Honor Veterans

    TULSA, Oklahoma - What Memorial Day weekend is really about is honoring the men and women who dedicated their lives to protecting ours. The Tulsa-based bike club, Eagles Nest IMB, took off Friday for their annual ride to the VA Medical Center in Memphis. Every year, the group brings gifts, entertainment and donations to the hospital. And this trip means just as much for the riders as it does ...

  • Principal recounts storm hitting Okla. school

    With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this ...

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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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  • Pictures from Moore Oklahoma tornado-ravaged towns are powerful telling story without a word

    Scott McIntyre/StaffJim Melby laughs along with his brothers while they work to clear out their aunt's home and look for anything salvageable in Moore, Okla. on Thursday May 23, 2013. "You gotta keep your sense of humor," said Mark Melby (not pictured). Since Monday's devastating tornado, residents have begun to look for lost belongings and have been helped by many various ...

  • Blake Shelton Sets Oklahoma Relief Concert Carrie Underwood Donates to Red Cross

    Oklahoma Tornado: How the Morning Shows Are Covering (Video) Shelton, a native of Ada, Okla., has set a date for his "Healing the Heartland" benefit concert, which will be held at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City and broadcast live on ...

  • Boca-based pet rescue group heading to Oklahoma City to help animals

    BOCA RATON— — Help is on the way for the shelter dogs of Oklahoma City. The Tri-County Humane Society is sending a team of six people to pick up dozens of dogs and bring them back to South Florida for adoption. The crew leaves Saturday and is expected back late Wednesday with as many as 100 dogs. "We will need homes for all these animals," said Amanda Chussler, assistant ...

  • Supplies donated by KFOR viewers arrive in Little Axe

    LITTLE AXE, Okla. – A truck loaded with donated supplies arrived in the community of Little Axe Friday. The small town was wrecked by Sunday’s twister. Inside the truck, everything from water to diapers and formula, even cleaning items. These were some of the donations our viewers brought to the KFOR studios this week. The trailer was so full it flattened one of the tires on the ...

  • Oklahoma strong tribute songs for tornado victims

    In the wake of the devastating May 20 tornado, people from all over the country have taken to YouTube to inspire hope through song. ';Oklahoma Strong'; – Johannah ...

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