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  • Tornadoes tear through central US

    Tornadoes tore through three central American states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa with baseball-sized hail and wind blasts ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted Sunday night on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas and a second confirmed one was seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, the ...

  • Official Second person killed by Oklahoma tornado

    At least one dead as tornadoes rip through Oklahoma One person was confirmed dead by Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth. Local and state forecast: ...

  • Governor Mary Fallin Gets First Hand Look At Tornado Damage

    CARNEY, Oklahoma - Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin tours areas devastated by Sunday's tornadoes and severe storms. The governor first stopped in the Lincoln County community of Carney. She will then tour damage along Timber Road and the Stillman Estates mobile home park in ...

  • Two Arrested In Death Of OKC Boy Killed In Fire

    OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City police have arrested a man and woman in connection with the death of a 7-year-old boy whose body was found April 28 in the burned remains of his home. Police say Adrian Avalos was home alone when the fire started. Firefighters discovered the boy's body after neighbors called 911. Police later said Adrian's death was a homicide because someone ...

  • Tornadoes wallop several states 2 killed

    The death toll now stands at two after tornadoes swept through Oklahoma on Sunday, the state medical examiner's office said Monday. Both victims were elderly men from ...

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The Ice Storm [DVD]

The Ice Storm [DVD]

In The Ice Storm we are shown with painful clarity just how cold the human heart can be and how we dont have to look very far to grasp this notion. In fact, we only have to glance in our own backyards, and we might be shocked at what we find. Set to an ethereal, haunting score ... ...

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  • 2 killed in Oklahoma Sunday tornadoes IDd

    Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing Irish, whose body was found out in the ...

  • Oklahoma tornadoes Residents recover from deadly tornadoes

    Several tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma on Sunday, May 19. Dozens of homes were destroyed and there has been at least one death reported. According to a May 20 report by ABC News, at least 21 others were taken to area hospitals due to injuries sustained in ...

  • The Lede Video of the Damage Caused by Tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas

    Raw footage of a tornado that killed one person and damaged more than 85 homes in Oklahoma, via KOCO-TV. More severe weather is expected on Monday in the central United States after a large storm spawned at least two dozen tornadoes across Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois on Sunday, according ...

  • Oklahoma storms 2 Shawnee men victims of deadly tornado

    The state medical examiner has released the name of two men killed by the Sunday tornado that hit Pottawatomie County. The victims are Glen Irish, 79, and Billy Hutchinson, 76, both of ...

  • Firefighter killed in massive Dallas condo fire

    DALLAS Dallas firefighters have recovered the body of a comrade who reported by radio being trapped while battling a condominium complex blaze. A U.S. flag covered the firefighter's body when it was removed from the rubble Monday morning. The firefighter's name wasn't immediately released. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says two firefighters were transported to a ...

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