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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 ...

  • Roof Collapses On Building During Storm In Mustang

    MUSTANG, Oklahoma - Severe storms Thursday morning believed to have caused a roof to collapse on a building in Mustang. The building is located at 1811 E. Highway 152. The building was thought to be abandoned, but firefighters were told people may have been living there. Crews are searching to make sure nobody is in the building. So far, their search has found nothing. It's believed a ...

  • EPA Coffeyville Kansas Refinery To Pay $300000 Penalty

    COFFEYVILLE, Kansas - The federal government has fined a Coffeyville, Kansas refinery $300,000 for what it calls deficiencies in the company's program to curb air pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency said in a news release that Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing has agreed to pay the penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its Coffeyville ...

  • Thunderstorms hail slow Oklahoma tornado cleanup

    Jesse Edgar takes a break in the shade while helping salvage items at a friend's home Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues two days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and ...

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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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  • Ky. firefighters collecting goods for Oklahoma

    WEST LIBERTY, Ky. - Firefighters in a Kentucky town that is still rebuilding after being devastated by tornadoes last year are collecting goods to send to tornado victims in Oklahoma.West Liberty Assistant Fire Chief James Phipps told WYMT-TV (http://bit.ly/10mW7GG) that officials there wanted to help in some way because "we know what they are going through."Much of the small ...

  • Oklahoma Spirit Keeps Tornado Survivors Strong

    MOORE, Okla. -- As thousands of residents face the reality of starting over, many say "Oklahoma spirit" is what keeps them strong. It's a mentality marked by neighbor helping neighbor. And nowhere is it more alive than in the tornado battered city of Moore, where the tragedy is bringing out the best in people -- both near and far. "I've only seen one thing that's ...

  • Oklahoma tornado

    >For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:"I remember my old house,Its rooms so bright and wide. Its halls will echo for all time,With the ...

  • Rams quarterback leading Oklahoma aid effort

    Bradford on Wednesday announced a fundraising effort that seeks money but also goods such as cleaning supplies, baby items, pet items and blankets for victims of this week's tornadoes in ...

  • Google releases crisis map of Moore Tornado

    Courtesy Google Maps from google.org Google has released a comprehensive satellite map that details the path of the May 20, 2013 tornado that began in Newcastle, tore through Moore and ended near Lake Stanley ...

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