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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 ...

  • Tornado Hits Oklahoma Again

    The severe weather outbreak is expected to spread across other parts of the Plains and the Midwest. The National Weather Service has placed parts of five storm-battered states -- Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas -- under a tornado watch, meaning conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop within the next few hours. Television video showed debris from homes and businesses ...

  • School takes direct hit after large tornado touches down near Oklahoma City

    (RNN) – A day after long track tornadoes devastated Shawnee and Edmond, OK, another round has begun near Oklahoma City.KOCO broadcast a slow rotating cloud that slowly extended down towards the ...

  • Officials Oklahoma tornado so large may not be recognized

    National Weather Service is cautioning that the tornado passing through Moore is so large that people may not recognize it as a twister.Forecasters urgently warned people in Moore on Monday afternoon to seek immediate shelter.Officials say southwest Oklahoma City is in danger and residents there should also take cover.The region is taking a second day of battering by spring storms in the central ...

  • LIVE VIDEO Tornado in Oklahoma City suburb causes destruction

    Interactive Radar OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread in other parts of the Plains and Midwest. Watch the live video from NBC ...

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Narc

Narc

Writer/director Joe Carnahan has a generic, unimposing name, the kind you would expect to see in the credits of a straight-to-video slugfest. And, in some ways, that is exactly what his sophomore film, Narc, is, except that it is filmed with such energy and bravado and boasts two performances by Ray Liotta and Jason Patric that are so impressive that it rises above its generic roots and be ... ...

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  • Tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburbs

    A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread in other parts of the Plains and Midwest.A massive black-and-blue cloud dragged across the landscape just south of Will Rogers World Airport.Television video showed debris from homes and businesses being carried aloft ...

  • Mile-wide tornado hits Oklahoma City suburbs

    OKLAHOMA CITY - A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread in other parts of the Plains and Midwest.A massive black-and-blue cloud dragged across the landscape just south of Will Rogers World Airport.Television video showed debris from homes and businesses ...

  • Cherokee Nation Celebrates Million-Dollar Bridge Project

    ROGERS COUNTY, Oklahoma - The Cherokee Nation Monday celebrated a million-dollar road project that's keeping drivers in Rogers County safer. The Cherokees used money from the Tribal Transportation Bridge program to help replace a 110-foot bridge on Highway 66 at Dog Creek. The bridge was declared obsolete. The tribe also helped straighten an accident-prone section of E-450 road. ...

  • Massive Tornado Rips Across Moore Hits Elementary School Shuts Down I-35

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Emergency crews rushed to south Moore, trying to rescue residents, students and staff who may be trapped in destroyed homes and an elementary school. The massive tornado first touched down in Newcastle and churned toward Interstate 44 and S.W. 149th Street. It ripped down Santa Fe and hit Briarwood Elementary School. Parents ran to the school, trying to make sure their ...

  • Owasso Man Enters Blind Plea In Manslaughter Charge

    TULSA, Oklahoma - The driver of a pickup truck involved in a fatal 2010 hit and run crash entered a blind plea during a Tulsa County court appearance Monday. Geoffrey Miller, 30, was charged with first degree manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident on Highway 169 and 46th Street North. Police say Miller was driving northbound on Highway 169 at 46th Street North when he struck a man ...

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