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  • Dozens killed as tornado hits Oklahoma Dozens killed as tornado hits Oklahoma

    WASHINGTON - A massive tornado ripped through parts of Oklahoma city and its suburbs in the United States killing at least 24 people, including nine children, besides leaving scores homeless. As winds at over 320 kilometers per hour (kmph) flattened homes and businesses and severely damaged a hospital and two elementary school, the death toll was earlier said to be more than 90 but it was ...

  • 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 ...

  • Deadly US Twister Hits Tornado Alley

    Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" - home to most of the nation's tornadoes. Tornado Alley is generally seen to span north to south from South Dakota to Texas between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains, but there is no official consensus on the boundaries. Comparison of Tornado paths in ...

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The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or) [DVD]

The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or) [DVD]

The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse dor) was the first film Jean Renoir made after returning from a more than decade-long stint in Hollywood after the disastrous reception of The Rules of the Game (1939), which is now considered his masterpiece. While some critics have ... ...

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  • Oklahoma tornado toll lowered to 24 from 91

    As rescuers searched for survivors of Monday's devastating tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs, authorities revised the death toll down to 24 from 91. Nine of the fatalities are children. The Monday afternoon storm carved a trail through the area as much as two miles wide and 17 miles long, CNN reported citing officials. Hardest hit was Moore, Oklahoma - a ...

  • Rep. Tom Cole Oklahoma has done this before sadly so were pretty good at dealing with it

    Rep. Tom Cole , Oklahoma Republican, said Wednesday that he was confident Oklahoma will get the help it needs in the wake of the deadly tornado that swept through the state, adding that ';these are awfully tough people, and we’ve done this before, sadly, so we’re pretty good at dealing with ...

  • Republicans in Congress President Look to Send Aid to Oklahoma

    As Oklahoma residents sift through shreds of their community, mourn shocking losses and press ahead with rescue efforts, politicians back in Washington are getting to the increasingly difficult business of funding the post-tornado recovery. Officials estimated the potential cost at $1 billion or more, and lawmakers on Capitol Hill already are arguing over how that money will be shaped. ...

  • Oklahomas Gov. Fallin On Life-Saving Recovery Efforts

    In Oklahoma, Rescue Efforts Give Way To Recovery David Greene talks to Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin about the cleanup and recovery efforts in her state after Monday's tornado that devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of ...

  • Injured Moore School Teacher Tells Of Trying To Protect Students

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Third-grade teacher Jennifer Doan's sternum and spine are fractured, and there are lacerations all over her body. CBS News reporter Vinita Nair says she can barely speak, but her memory of the tornado is crystal clear. "We told them to get down, there weren't any lights on and already and they were all scared," Jennifer Doan said. "I held my arm -- ...

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