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Vacation trip Keep em entertained
If the children are of the age they can write, show them how to keep a trip log or diary, day by day. You can make one, or pick one up at any store that sells writing utensils. It depends on what you want to ...
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MSA sending safety equipment to tornado-ravaged Oklahoma
MSA (NYSE: MSA) is donating safety equipment to workers in Oklahoma cleaning up after Monday afternoon's deadly tornado. The team at Mine Safety Appliances' Murrysville factory are putting in extra effort Wednesday on a shipment of 600 hard hats and other donations for workers as the cleanup begins from Monday's deadly tornado in Moore, Okla. The hard hats that are in production are ...
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Official 6 unaccounted for after Oklahoma tornado
Debris litter a park adjacent to a neighborhood which was destroyed Monday when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Brennan ...
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AP Source Obama to visit Moore on Sunday
Watch live coverage That's according to a White House official, who wasn't authorized to publicly discuss the trip ahead of the official announcement and requested anonymity. A monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday afternoon, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of rubble. State authorities say two infants were among the 24 people ...
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Napolitano joins Fallin for news conference on deadly Oklahoma tornado
Gov. Mary Fallin will be joined by U. S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano as well as other state and local officials for a noon press ...
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Severe storms may impact parts of Oklahoma later this week
A few strong to severe storms will be possible in parts of the state from Thursday through Saturday. Surface moisture will be making a return along with an upper level front on Thursday. These features may lead to a few severe ...
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Obama to visit Oklahoma on Sunday
President Barack Obama will travel to tornado-ravaged Oklahoma on Sunday, the White House announced. At least 24 were killed in the mammoth ...
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Obama to visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will travel to tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., on Sunday.White House spokesman Jay Carney says the president will view the tornado damage first-hand. He also plans to meet with victims and first responders.The monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday afternoon, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of rubble. ...
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Oklahoma tornado victims face daunting task of rebuilding lives
Neighbors and a cat embrace each other as families returned to the neighborhood to find their homes flattened by the Oklahoma tornado on Tuesday. AFP MOORE, Oklahoma--Facing an eye-popping scene of utter destruction, people in this US community turned Wednesday to the towering task of rebuilding their lives after a furious tornado killed at least 24 people. Officials said most bodies had been ...
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Twenty-four confirmed dead after Oklahoma twister as recovery effort begins
At least 237 people have been injured in the aftermath of huge Monday storm in Oklahoma, while 24 have been confirmed dead as recovery efforts shift into ...
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No Rest For Weather Weary Expect More Extremes After Oklahoma Tornado
After a slow start to severe weather season, Monday's devastating tornado that hit Oklahoma reminds us how costly and destructive the change of seasons can be in the United States. Following one of the coldest March/April stretches in several decades, which caught most of the energy market by surprise, April and the first half of May produced significantly fewer tornadoes than normal. The ...
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U.S. Northcom Aids Oklahoma Tornado Disaster Relief Efforts
From a U.S. Northern Command News Release PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., May 22, 2013 U.S. Northern Command is coordinating Department of Defense-provided support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and state and local response activities in response to tornado-devastated areas in ...
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Why arent there more storm shelters in Oklahoma
MSNBC's Chris Jansing tours a safe room that saved an Oklahoma couple and their neighbors. Jansing also talks to Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb about safe ...
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Toby Keith on Oklahoma I love the spirit of this place
Thomas Roberts talks to Oklahoma-native and country singer Toby Keith about the devastation in his hometown and the fact that the resiliency and strong spirit of the communities around Moore are what he loves and why he lives ...
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Oklahoma tornado The lucky lost their homes. The unlucky lost their lives
Stay or flee? Pick up loved ones or take cover? The choices made in the moments after the tornado warnings sounded were a matter of life and ...
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Basements scarce in tornado-prone Oklahoma City heres why
>Country star Toby Keith tours the damage in his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma on 'AC360' tonight, 8pm ET. (CNN) -- It's one of the most familiar pieces of advice from authorities to people in the path of a tornado: Get into your basement. Yet few homes in the Oklahoma City area have them -- even though that state is hit by far more powerful tornadoes than most others. "Probably less than one ...
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Megan Futrell 29-Year-Old Mother Dies With Infant Case During Oklahoma Tornado
Monday's tornado with her 4-month-old child, Case, according to a statement emailed to The Huffington Post by the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical ...
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Karrina And Sydnee Vargyas Family Mourns 7-Month-Old 4-Year-Old Oklahoma Tornado Victims
report from the Oklahoma medical examiner's office , Sydnee Vargyas, 7 months, and her sister Karrina Vargyas, 4, were among the 10 children so far declared dead in the suburb of Moore. The medical examiner reports that Sydnee died from "blunt force trauma of the head." Her big sister sustained "multiple blunt force injuries." So far, Sydnee Vargyas is one of the ...
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Oklahoma Senate approves $45M disaster relief measure
The Oklahoma Senate approved a bill that would withdraw $45 million from the state's savings account. About half would be available to help reimburse local communities and counties for expenses causes by disasters, especially this week's ...
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Oklahoma tornado Names people killed Monday released
The grim reality of Monday's devastating tornado became even more crushing Wednesday as the state medical examiner began releasing the names of people killed in the tornado that struck Moore and south Oklahoma ...
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Traffic tie-ups reported on interstates in Oklahoma City near storm damaged areas
MOORE -- With Interstate 35 backing up in both directions Wednesday morning, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper asked the public to avoid areas around tornado ...
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Sutter Health gives $150000 to Oklahoma tornado relief
Sutter Health CEO Pat Fry. Sutter Health, which runs many of the Bay Area's biggest hospitals and medical groups and is under fire in the East Bay from a California Nurses Association strike said Wednesday it has donated $150,000 to Oklahoma tornado relief. The donation was made "this morning" to the American Red Cross's Capital Region Chapter in Sacramento, Sutter said in a ...
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Video Michelle Obama Thoughts and prayers are with Oklahoma
In the wake of tornadoes that devastated parts of Oklahoma and killed dozens, first lady Michelle Obama said "our thoughts and prayers are with all the people in Oklahoma," adding that President Obama has directed the "full resources" of the federal government to help Oklahomans recover and ...
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Blake Shelton planning benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims
Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton told reporters about the fundraising effort after Tuesday night's episode of "The Voice." The Oklahoma ...
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Obama to travel to tornado-ravaged Oklahoma on Sunday
WASHINGTON | Wed May 22, 2013 1:36pm EDT WASHINGTON May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to the Oklahoma City area on Sunday to see the devastation caused by tornadoes this week and to talk to families affected by the storm, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Doina ...
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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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