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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Police Man Suspected Of Stealing From Tulsa Business Caught On Camera

    TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa Police are looking for a man who they say broke into Midwest Pest Control in the 5400 block of South 103rd East Avenue on May 6, 2013 taking cash, a laptop computer and a truck. A short time later, police say a convenience store surveillance camera in the 4100 block of South Garnett snapped his picture after parking the truck outside the store. The truck was later ...

  • Rain strong winds batter recovering Okla. area

    Pounding rain soaked tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, on Thursday morning, and winds sent pieces of debris flying, hindering recovery efforts three days after the devastating ...

  • St. Louis group helping Oklahoma tornado victims

    MOORE, Okla. (KSDK) - An army of volunteers are stepping in to help the victims of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado which flattened the community Monday. Two teams of eight people from the St. Louis-based veterans service organization The Fight Continues are helping the victims. They went door-to-door volunteering to help people dig out from the rubble and start the clean-up process. Many have ...

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The English Patient

"The English Patient" is a is a huge, brooding expanse of a film that intricately tangles love and tragedy and passion and anger and violence and war into one giant collage that sometimes threatens to engulf the viewer with all its complexities. Yet, the true irony is that, after leaving the theater, I felt like there wasn't as much to the film as I had felt there was while watching it. The story ... ...

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  • Lexington trucker recovering after Oklahoma tornado blew rig off overpass

    The cab of a tractor trailer, center, owned by Blair Transport out of Paintsville, Ky landed on I-40 near Shawnee, OK on Sunday May 19, 2013 after being blown from US 177, above, by a tornado. The driver of the rig is in an Oklahoma trauma center suffering from head and spine injuries. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim ...

  • QuadGraphics workers lose homes in Oklahoma tornado

    The Fond du Lac Reporter says about 50 company employees live in Moore and that many have been displaced. The Oklahoma City plant operated by Quad was not damaged but production was hampered by a power failure. The company's Oklahoma City plant has 600 employees and operates much like the Lomira plant producing glossy catalogues and other inserts. . Module type name is JSO ...

  • Oklahoma tornadoes Flash floods hit the Greater Oklahoma City Metro Area

    slow-moving storm has hit the Greater Oklahoma City Metro Area . Several roads are closed and more are expected to be closed. According to a May 23 report by KWTV Channel 9 News in Oklahoma City, roads in both Oklahoma City and Norman have been ...

  • In The Wake Of Deadly Tornado Oklahoma Senators Focus On Voting To Defund Planned Parenthood

    billions of dollars in damages . But their elected officials are currently focusing on some other priorities that fall outside of disaster relief. On Wednesday, Oklahoma state ...

  • Oklahoma Congressman The Left Is ‘Intolerant’ For Wanting Gay Boy Scouts

    BRIDENSTINE: I rise today as an Eagle Scout and one who has a stake in the future of our Scouting programs.Some of us in America still believe in the concept of sexual morality, that sex is intended for one man and one woman within the institution of marriage. Organizations that hold this philosophy and promote it among our youth should be commended, or at least you would think, tolerated. ...

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