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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 ...

  • Victims in Oklahoma Cant Afford To Wait

    See a collection of political cartoons on the budget and deficit .] This opposition by Republicans in the House of Representatives was inexcusable. The victims of the tragedy in Oklahoma do not deserve to suffer those kinds of stall tactics. Congress must stand together and pass a bipartisan relief plan for Oklahoma as soon as possible. When Americans are harmed by massive disasters, Congress ...

  • Oklahoma Tornado Victims Must Be Helped in a Fiscally Sound Way

    Matt Mayer: Matt Mayer is a visiting fellow in the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation. It goes without saying that all of our energy must be focused on helping survivors and consoling those Oklahomans who've lost loved ones. The tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., on Monday forever altered the lives of those impacted. All Americans send their ...

  • Latest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma towns mettle

    MOORE, Okla. -; Oklahoma natives know tornadoes. They've been carried into storm cellars as children and huddled in closets with their own ...

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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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  • In Oklahoma Praying To A God Of Rebuilding

    Sue McClure, a volunteer with Disaster Relief of Oklahoma, assists tornado victims Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Moore, ...

  • Officials Clarify Numbers On Moore Tornado Damage

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Authorities have clarified and significantly downgraded the number of homes damaged or destroyed in this week's tornado in Moore. Oklahoma City Police Department spokesman Dexter Nelson said Thursday that the most recent count indicates that 1,200 homes in the city and the suburb of Moore were affected by Monday's storm. The mayor of Oklahoma City announced at a ...

  • Lincoln County Numbers 34 Homes Gone 20 Sustain Major Damage

    LINCOLN COUNTY, Oklahoma - Lincoln County officials have announced the completion of initial tornado damage assessment in the Wellston and Carney areas. In Sunday's twister, two businesses and 34 homes were destroyed, 20 homes sustained major damage and 42 homes have minor damage, the Lincoln County Office of Emergency Management said. In addition, the Federal Emergency Management ...

  • Officials clarify numbers on Okla. tornado damage

    Monty Montgomery surveys the scene as he prepares to clean up a friend's tornado-ravaged home Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and ...

  • Hour-by-hour storm predictor slideshow

    Rain and storms are possible on Thursday. We've put together a slideshow showing what our Predictor weather model thinks about when and where it will ...

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