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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 ...

  • Mourners remember girl 9 killed in Okla. tornado

    This undated handout photo provided by Brandie Candelaria shows Antonia Candelaria. Candelaria was killed when a tornado struck Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., on Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Brandie ...

  • Amid Nails And Mud Oklahoma Neighborhood Pulls Together

    the tornado smashed his house in the Heather Wood subdivision of Moore, Okla. He says his daughters survived only because neighbors invited them to share a custom shelter. Several residents in the neighborhood along Southeast Fourth Street have similar stories. Their section of Heather Wood was built about 11 years ago. It will all have to be rebuilt ...

  • Hearing Underway For Tulsa Brothers Charged In Quadruple Murders

    TULSA, Oklahoma - The preliminary hearing began Thursday morning in a Tulsa courtroom for two brothers accused of shooting four women death at the Fairmont Terrace apartments in January 2013. Cedric Poore, 39, and his brother, James Poore, 32 are each charged with four counts of first degree murder. The hearing was recessed until Thursday afternoon. Tulsa Police say Rebeika Powell, 23; ...

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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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  • Universities combine efforts for relief T-shirts

    Live coverage The University of Oklahoma announced Thursday that it is working with Oklahoma State University and the University of Tulsa to use logos from the three schools for disaster relief T-shirts. Net proceeds will go directly to the United Way. The shirts will sell for $19.95 and a long-sleeve version will go for $24.95. Box Seat Clothing Company will produce the shirts, which will only ...

  • Okla. House gives final approval to tornado relief

    The Oklahoma House has given final approval to legislation that dips into the state's constitutional reserve fund to help central Oklahoma communities impacted by devastating ...

  • Moore woman recounts story of hope survival

    "I wasn't scared until the roof came off the building, and that's when I was like; I'm about to get sucked up, that's my thought; I was like, I'm going to die," recounts Schuman. Everything became black; Schuman crawled into the fetal position and hung on for dear life. "That's when I started crying, because it was very, like, it was very ...

  • A tornado in Oklahoma A mile wide and howling

    The pity of Moore KIRA BORDWINE saw the tornado charging in from the day-care centre where she minded seven one-year-olds, including her daughter. "It was the most unreal thing ever," she says. "As soon as I saw the debris flying like you do on TV, I grabbed all the mattresses that we could and flung them over our heads...It lasted, it felt like five minutes, but it was the ...

  • Picking up the pieces Tornado recovery stories

    Reporter Adam Kemp has been covering the aftermath of Monday's tornado and decided to compile some of his work into visual features. Below are four stories that look at recovery efforts and devastation caused by an EF-5 tornado that swept through Moore ...

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