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Boy Scouts to allow gay youths to join
Delegates to the annual meeting of the Boy Scouts of America made a monumental statement Thursday, voting to allow openly gay youths to join ...
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Live Wire Tornado watch issued for far western Okla.
: A tornado watch has been issued for parts of southwestern and western Oklahoma until 10 p.m. Counties included in the watch are: Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and Roger Mills. This includes the cities of Altus, Cheyenne, Chillicothe, Crowell, Elk City, Hollis, Knox City, Mangum, Munday, Quanah, Sayre, Seymour and ...
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Tornado took towns youngest as it swept through
All that is left of Shayne Patterson's three-bedroom home is the tiny area where his wife hunkered down under a mattress to protect their three children when a tornado packing winds of at least 200 mph ...
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Pastor catches Newcastle tornado on cell phone
Pastor Patrick Murphy caught video of the tornado as it moved from Newcastle into Moore. He talked to us about the strength of the tornado, the debris and how he withstood the strong ...
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Moore Superintendent ‘We will have school in August’
MOORE, Okla. – Governor Mary Fallin said residents can return to their property to collect their belongings and what issalvageableand also start removing minor debris from their property. Gov. Fallin said residents with small debris can start moving it to the curb and it will be picked up. Moore Schools Superintendent Susan Pierce echoed her message of recovery and hope. Pierce said ...
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Rain makes cleanup a tough task
MOORE, Okla. – Navigating through Moore is now a bewildering experience; many of the usual landmarks are now piles of rubble. Brenda Hedrick was at work when she realized the EF -5 tornado was heading straight for her home. ';I really expected when I did get home that I wasn’t going to have anything left. So, I was really surprised to see the house still standing,'; said ...
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PAWS To Help Oklahoma Deal With Post-Tornado Influx Of Dogs Cats
2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. Monday’s tornado in this Oklahoma City suburb damaged or destroyed 1,200 homes and affected 33,000 people, officials said Thursday. Updating figures from one of the worst US tornados in recent years, they said the death toll from the powerful twister — which struck with little notice in mid-afternoon — remains at 24, with 377 injured. AFP PHOTO/Jewel ...
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How DrupalCon coders are helping Oklahoma City recover
About 70 DrupalCon attendees helped conceive and develop the help4ok.org website to assist with recovery efforts in Oklahoma City. More than 70 developers attending DrupalCon in Portland this week took time out to make a major contribution to the recovery effort in Oklahoma City. Twenty-four people were killed and more than 1,000 homes were damaged or destroyed when a massive tornado swept ...
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Moore Oklahoma Holds First Funeral of Tornado Victim
Moore, Oklahoma held the first funeral for a victim of Monday's monster tornado -- a nine year-old girl killed when the storm tore apart her elementary ...
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Oklahoma U. offers space for donations to tornado victims
It's a problem one would imagine is a good one to have -- so many donated items coming in to help tornado ravaged Moore and Oklahoma City they don't have any place to put it all.But actually, it's been a logistical nightmare, according to officials with the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, as well as government entities which truly appreciate the help, but don't know where ...
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NC volunteers arrive to help victims of Oklahoma tornado
The North Carolina Baptist Men are sending three teams with heavy equipment to Moore, Okla., to help with the cleanup from the tornado that damaged tens of thousands of structures there Monday and claimed 24 lives. A team from Fayetteville was expected to leave Thursday and arrive in Oklahoma by the weekend."All team members have heavy equipment and disaster experience and will be able ...
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Kids teachers from devastated school reunite
A stuffed pink unicorn is tangled amid the wreckage of Plaza Towers Elementary, where seven children were killed earlier in the week when a tornado hit Moore, Okla., Thursday, May 23, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying the elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to ...
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OKC police correct damage estimate to 12K homes
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 businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie ...
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Recovery Begins While Officials Clarify Numbers On OK Tornado Damage
MOORE, Oklahoma - Governor Mary Fallin and other officials held a press briefing on Thursday to update the relief efforts of the deadly tornadoes from Sunday and Monday. Fallin said to date, 2,200 people have been helped but said she knows more people need assistance. If you were affected by the tornado, you need to register with FEMA. Two mobile FEMA disaster recovery centers are open where ...
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Owasso Brothers Compete For $100000 In Bible Challenge Game Show
The Wagner brothers - Joshua, Jesse and Daniel - are competing in the finale of the American Bible Challenge on the Game Show ...
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Small improvements being made in Moore as crews work on recovery
Local and state leaders gathered at City Hall in Moore, Okla., on Thursday to provide an update on the recovery efforts after several communities were devastated by a tornado that struck the area on ...
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Moore animal shelter sets up temp location in Norman
Dr. Kristi Scroggins, a local veterinarian in Moore, is one of many volunteers. She says since Monday, about 80 animals were brought to the shelter. Most of them are dogs who were found in affected areas where the tornado hit on Monday ...
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Obama U.S. will keep deploying drones
Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States' security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said in a counterterrorism speech ...
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$45M from Rainy Day fund to aid recovery
MOORE, Okla. - Governor Mary Fallin announced the state legislature approved the transfer of $45 million from the state's Rainy Day fund Thursday to assist the recovery effort from this week's tornadoes. The lawmakers voted unanimously in favor of the bill that will send millions of dollars into areas like Moore and ...
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Oklahoma Woman Who Found Dog in Tornado Rubble Could Get New Home
Barbara Garcia finds her dog, a mini schnauzer named Bazzie, in the tornado rubble in the middle of an interview with CBS. Oklahoma tornado survivor Barbara Garcia touched the hearts of many when her on-camera interview with a news network was interrupted by the discovery of her mini schnauzer, whom she thought had been lost in the tornado that had leveled her home and those of her neighbors. ...
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Oklahoma Governor ‘We’re proud of our spirit’
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin talks to NBC's Craig Melvin about the resiliency of the people of Oklahoma and updates on the Oklahoma recovery ...
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Oklahoma Tornado Young Survivors Begin To Heal
Children from two schools destroyed by the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma have been reunited with their classmates and teachers as other schools welcomed them with special events. Large banners at the entrance to Wayland Bonds Elementary welcomed pupils from Briarwood - which was all but flattened by Monday's ferocious twister. On what would have been the last day of term, the event was a ...
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Google Maps Shows BeforeAfter Moore Oklahoma Tornado Imagery
crisis response map for those affected by the giant tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma. Included in that is imagery of the area from Google Maps. Google posted a before/after look at the area to its Google Maps Google+ account ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Underwear donations needed
The church is at 740 SW 4 St. Kristi Fain, Southgate Baptist Church secretary, said the only entrance to the church is off SW 4 Street. Access to SW 4 Street is closed to non-Moore residents from Interstate 35, so taking either Santa Fe Avenue from Interstate 240 or the SW 134 Street exit from Interstate 44 will lead to the church. "Be patient," Fain said. "It will be ...
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Oklahoma City man accused of punching teenage daughter in face
A man accused of punching his 14-year-old daughter was charged Thursday with misdemeanor domestic abuse, court records show. Arthur Gene McCully, 47, of Oklahoma City, is accused of punching the girl one time in the face with his fist April 27 at a residence in the 2100 block on N Prospect Avenue, records ...
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Oklahoma's massively ambitious transport plan for next eight years
The Oklahoma Department of Transport has adopted a massive transport improvement plan that will cost the state $4.8 billion over the next eight years and will incorporate around 1,700 individual project around the state aimed at making Oklahoma’s roads, bridges and highways safer and better to drive on.
Oklahoma has around 12,000 miles of highways and many more thousands of miles of roadway and streets, maintaining this massive expanse of tarmac is an ongoing process and in recent years the Department of Transport acknowledged that it has fallen behind. Read more
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