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  • Twister that hit Oklahoma caused $2 bn in damage Twister that hit Oklahoma caused $2 bn in damage

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescue workers were combing through the battered remains of buildings left behind in the path of the gigantic tornado that killed two dozen people, including nine children, in Oklahoma on Monday. Officials say the search for survivors is nearly over as efforts turn towards recovery. Gary Bird, fire chief of the badly hit Moore suburb, said he was "98% sure" there were no ...

  • Nikki Sixx lashes out at Kim K for promoting make-up line during Okla. tornado

    Nikki Sixx has slammed Kim Kardashian on Twitter for promoting her new make-up collection on Monday in the aftermath of the disastrous tornado that destroyed a suburb near Oklahoma City. After the 'Motley Crue' bassist tweeted about the Red Cross relief for the ruined town, the reality TV star soon followed with her plug on her own makeup line on the website, the New York Post reported. "Love ...

  • Experts say Oklahoma tornados power dwarfed Hiroshima bomb

    The amount of energy the killer tornado that hit US state of Oklahoma had dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that levelled Hiroshima. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service gave it the top-of-the-scale rating of EF-5 for wind speed and breadth and severity of damage. Wind speeds were estimated at between 200 and 210 mph. According to the New York Post, several meteorologists used real ...

  • Tornado spanned length of 22 soccer fields

    Residents of suburban Oklahoma were returning home as rescue workers neared the end of the search for survivors and the dead after a mammoth tornado - said to be as wide as 22 football fields - flattened countless homes and claimed 24 lives, including nine children. Even as officials revised the death toll down from the earlier 51, the National Weather Service gave Monday's tornado that hit ...

  • Talala Man Captured EF-1 Tornado As It Headed For His Home

    TALALA, Oklahoma - With a tornado bearing down on his home Monday evening, a Talala man was resigned to losing his home, before heading underground to get out of the way. Monday evening, Terry Butcher stood on the steps of his underground storm shelter, as a tornado bore down on his Rogers County ranch house. He captured it on video with his cell phone. Thinking his house was doomed, he ...

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The Good Girl

While The Good Girl purports to be a quirky slice-of-life melodrama about simple people caught in a dead-end world, what it ultimately does is deflate the myth of escape. Jennifer Aniston, in an impressive dramatic turn, plays a sad woman who hates everything about her life, but is powerless to do anything about it. At one point, she literally finds herself at a crossroads, with one turn l ... ...

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  • Tulsa Task Force Members Among Those Who Searched For Survivors In Moore

    "You have to put the devastation aside and do your job, but it's pretty hard to look at, especially when you are searching for live victims," said Tulsa task force leader Captain Terry ...

  • List of places where you can donate items in Shawnee

    Lakeview Christian Church 15301 Highway 102 Shawnee *** New Hope Baptist Church 37496 New Hope Road *** Bethel Acres Community Center 18101 Bethel Road *** Dale Public Schools -- Main Office 300 Smith Avenue *** Shawnee Expo Center 1700 W. ...

  • Oklahoma tornado wreaks havoc in US

    Sarah Dick reads a Doctor Seuss book to her three-year-old daughter Jadyn at the driveway of her tornado-destroyed house in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma May 22, 2013. Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins on Wednesday to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly tornado left thousands homeless and trying to salvage what was left of their belongings. ...

  • Edmonton Oilers to face Dallas Stars in Oklahoma City in Sept. 27 NHL pre-season game

    Dallas Stars' Eric Nystrom, 24, is stopped by Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk, 40, as Ryan Whitney, 6, defends during first period NHL hockey action in Edmonton on Feb. 6, ...

  • Oklahoma Tornado Roulette Is Part Of Life

    If you live in this part of Oklahoma you are playing tornado roulette. That much was clear from one street we visited. On one side most houses had sustained very little damage; on the other side there was complete devastation. The capricious physics of tornadoes adds cruelty to the misfortunes of those who have lost everything. Like Rob and Jennifer Voss, picking through the remains ...

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