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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 ...

  • Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm

    The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside an Oklahoma City area church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their ...

  • Special tribute organized for Moore tornado victim

    "She was always going 100 miles an hour," family friend Messena Howze said with a smile. "Always had a smile from ear to ear." "Every time you saw her, she was smiling," said friend Haley Howze. "Don't think I ever saw her with a straight face." In all her 9 years, friends say, Sydney Angle never slowed down, serving as an eternal spark plug and star ...

  • Orlando Magic donate $25K to Oklahoma tornado relief

    The Orlando Magic are helping out the victims of the Oklahoma tornadoes. The team has donated $25K to the Red Cross for relief ...

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Sanjuro [DVD]

Sanjuro [DVD]

Sanjuro is a rare film for Akira Kurosawa: a sequel. Following the blockbuster success of Yojimbo (1961), a darkly comic jidai-geki (a period film about samurai) that introduced the world to Toshiro Mifunes gruff, wily samurai, Kurosawa dusted off an older script and tailore ... ...

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  • Pounding rainstorm slows tornado relief efforts in Moore

    A torrential rainstorm slowed relief efforts in Moore and south Oklahoma City on Thursday morning as frustrated residents were forced to postpone picking through debris for family heirlooms and salvageable ...

  • Man accused of exposing himself in Wheeler Park in OKlahoma City

    A transient accused of walking through a metro park wearing only shoes and a cloth on his head is facing a misdemeanor charge, records show. Joshua Cole Phillips, 18, was charged Thursday in Oklahoma County District Court with outraging public ...

  • Funerals Begin for Oklahoma Tornado Victims

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- Three days after one of the most destructive tornadoes to strike Oklahoma in decades, people here filed into a mortuary chapel Thursday morning amid heavy rain and flashes of lightning for the first of two dozen ...

  • Antonia Candelaria Oklahoma Tornado Victim Mourned By Friends And Family

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- Friends and family are attending funeral services for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb. Thursday's funeral for Antonia Candelaria was the first since the storm that killed 24 people. Ten of the victims were children. Relatives and friends huddling under umbrellas amid a downpour hurried into a chapel where mournful country songs ...

  • Lost Dog In Moore Oklahoma Reunited With Grandfather

    MOORE, Okla. -- Mostly, they left disappointed. Throughout the day Wednesday, victims of the deadly tornado that ravaged this working-class community near Oklahoma City filed in and out of the Animal Resource Center, a lost-and-found of sorts for dogs and cats that disappeared in the ...

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