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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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Mystic River

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Clint Eastwoods Mystic River has all the emotional resonance and narrative contrivance of a Shakespearean tragedy, except its set in a working-class Irish-Catholic neighborhood in Boston. Its a big, ambitious meditation on life and death, guilt, vengeance, and the bonds between husbands and wives, and many critics have already declared it Eastwoods masterpiece. While it may be a few years ... ...

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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 ...

  • In Oklahoma Rescue Efforts Give Way To Recovery

    put it this way Tuesday : After searches of all damaged buildings, "I'm 98 percent sure we're good." That means the official death toll from the storm remains at 24 -- a figure that could still change. More than 230 people are said to have been injured by the twister, which packed winds of more than 200 ...

  • Expired Car Tag Leads To Tulsa Police Chase

    TULSA, Oklahoma - A crash ended a Tulsa Police chase early Wednesday. Police say an officer attempted to pull over a car with expired tags on North Peoria just after 12:30 a.m. when the driver sped off. As the chase turned east, police say the fleeing driver crossed Utica and lost control. The car went through a fence, hit a tree, before stopping against a utility pole. The unidentified ...

  • Dad Mourns Death Of Daughter Killed At Elementary School In Moore

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Monday's devastating Oklahoma tornado ripped apart Plaza Towers Elementary School. We've been hearing stories of teachers who used their bodies to shield students as the roof came crashing down. However, one student from the school couldn't be saved from the destruction. "I treasured all my time with her, said Joshua Hornsby said of his daughter Jenae. ...

  • Battered American flag found in rubble hangs over Plaza Towers site

    A battered American flag, found in the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary, now hangs over the site as a show of respect for the victims and a country in ...

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