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Oklahoma tornadoes Hurricane Sandy victims send supplies to Oklahoma
New Yorkers who received help from Oklahomans after Hurricane Sandy are sending truckloads of supplies to residents affected by this week's ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Loves to give $3 million to storm relief
Half of funds will go to OK Strong Relief Fund established by Gov. Mary Fallin, with the remainder used to fund a benefit event to honor victims and survivors raise even more ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Major retailers Target and Walmart hustle to meet demand for necessities
Items such as bottled water, socks and underwear, toothbrushes and plastic storage bins have been in high demand since Monday's tornado in ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Historic bridge near Newcastle damaged beyond repair
A tornado Monday ripped apart the old U.S. 62 trestle bridge over the Canadian River near Newcastle. The bridge, which parallels Interstate 44, has been closed to traffic since ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Residents of Carney appreciate support
With the state's attention shifted to Moore, residents of Carney said Wednesday they are ready for the next step. Lynn Hughes said she watched Tuesday as large branches and telephone poles were cleared from around where her house once stood -- one of 37 houses destroyed by Sunday's ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes For the moment too many volunteers are in affected area
When bad things happen in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Standard kicks in within minutes. Everyone who can drops everything and goes to the affected part of the state to help. They buy supplies, food, anything that might help those fellow Oklahomans who were ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Tornado leaves family members in two hospitals and one dead
MOORE -- Joy Waldroop, 61, rested Wednesday in an Oklahoma City hospital with her heel swollen and shattered and a hole in her right arm. Her daughter is dead and her 8-year-old grandson is across town in another hospital undergoing surgery for injuries suffered in Monday's ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Racing pigeon lands in Edmond from Dallas after storm
Chisholm Elementary School students in Edmond named a wayward pigeon Lightning because it landed at their school after apparently traveling from Dallas in the ...
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Closet door saves woman from tornado
MOORE, Okla. – As residents of Moore returned to their homes Wednesday, they continued to share their incredible stories of survival. As the May 20th tornado was grinding across I-35, Nikki Alexander was racing to get inside a closet with her two dogs and a cat. The word ';scary'; doesn’t come close to describing the next 20 seconds for her. She was holding on to her ...
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How one Oklahoma family cheated death during tornado
CBS News Jamie was all alone in her house with her two-year-old son, and the tornado was bearing down. "I was terrified, but I didn't want him to be scared," she said. "I just thought, 'I'll hold onto him.'" What Jamie didn't know was that her husband, Matt, was racing home. "I just wanted to get home, you know?" he said. "I ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Moore students can say goodbye
The Moore Public Schools superintendent read the names in the soft,voice of a teacher: Sydney Angle, Antonia Candelaria, Emily Conatzer, Kyle Davis, Ja'Nae Hornsby, Christopher Legg and Nicolas ...
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Edmond Memorial and Edmond North high school seniors graduate
Sam Kasreman, 17, is surrounded by classmaters during Saturday's graduation ceremony for Edmond Memorial High School. PHOTO BY JIM BECKEL, THE ...
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Norman mission program offers youths chance to volunteer
Known as CAMps, the volunteer mission opportunities are for students who have completed the sixth grade or higher. This is Community Action Missions' 14th year to offer CAMps, which provide young people "life-changing, community-impacting experiences," Executive Director Donna Hooper said. Participants aid community nonprofit organizations "and learn how to put their faith ...
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Bicyclists rally at Norman park for Bike to Work Day
Bikers celebrated national Bike to Work Day with group rides in Norman and other Oklahoma City-area cities as part of a campaign to promote bicycling as a healthy and efficient means of ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Storm shelter installations spike after storms records show
Officials said numerous lives were saved by people seeking refuge in residential storm shelters. A review of Oklahoma City property permit data shows large spikes after central Oklahoma tornadoes in 1999, 2003 and more ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Tony Allen teaming with Grizzlies Red Cross to collect donations
Memphis Grizzlies guard and former Oklahoma State standout Tony Allen is teaming with the Red Cross to aid tornado victims in the surrounding Oklahoma City ...
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Oklahoma business briefs May 23
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Kristin Chenoweth raising money for Oklahoma tornado relief thorugh her Maddies Corner charity
Kristin Chenoweth (AP file) Through her Maddie's Corner charity, Broken Arrow native Kristin Chenoweth is raising money to help the people and animals of her home state recover from this week's devastating tornadoes. The Emmy- and Tony-winning actress/singer founded Maddie's Corner in honor of her beloved Maltese, Maddie. The charity's mission is to bring attention and ...
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Two die after wrecks on Oklahoma roads
About 4:45 a.m., Janes died in a crash on a McCurtain County road south of town, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. He was pronounced dead at the scene from massive injuries. Jones was driving a pickup westbound when he struck a tree that was partially in the roadway. He lost control of the pickup and hit another tree. He was not wearing a seat ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes U.S. Homeland Security secretary tours storm damage in Moore
Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would be in the Oklahoma City area throughout the recovery from Monday's tornado. Napolitano was in Oklahoma on Wednesday to view tornado damage with Oklahoma Gov. Mary ...
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Oklahoma couple gave many shelter from the storm
Shane Keyser Relieved to see her aunt for the first time since the storm and overwhelmed by the devastation, Debbie Davis (left) hugged Linda Woods on Wednesday in Moore, Okla. Woods, her husband, Jerry, and about 20 others crowded in the Woodses’ 12-person storm shelter, seen at right, when a tornado hit ...
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Gov. Fallin on Obama’s visit ‘We hope it brings encouragement’
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin talks to MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell about President Obama's upcoming visit and the road to recovery in Moore, Oklahoma after the massive tornado that left at least 24 ...
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Caught on camera US tornado devastates Oklahoma suburb
Moore, Oklahoma: Two young men who took cover in a cellar during this week's deadly tornado in Oklahoma used their cellphones to get video as it roared overhead.Charles Gafford was at the home of friend Alex Rodriguez as the tornado struck Monday.Shot through an opening in the overhead door, the video shows debris, including tree limbs and a tire, flying past. The video has attracted more ...
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Oklahoma Tornado Health Risks May Lie In The Rubble
Susan Kates salvages items from a friend's tornado-ravaged home Wednesday in Moore, Okla., where experts warn of health risks in the cleanup. (AP/Charlie ...
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Oklahoma Tornado Teens Search For Remains Of Home Amid The Ruins
MOORE, Okla. -- Around 10 a.m. Wednesday, two days after the tornado, Darius Joseph and his friend Brandon Dick set out for the disaster zone that used to be their neighborhood to see what they could salvage from the rubble. Their eyes searched for contours of geography they could place, some shape they knew. But all they could see, sprawled in every direction, were piles of bricks, beams, ...
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Oklahoma City's ambitious overhaul of downtown
Oklahoma City with her 550,000 residents in the city core and a further 700,000 in the wider metropolitan area is the largest urban area in the state and Oklahoma’s largest city. We are therefore the economic hub of the state, so Project 180 was always going to cause a significant amount of disruption.
When construction on the Devon Tower was first reported by Oklahoma City news media in October, 2009 many residents of the city waited in anticipation to see what the finished product would look like. The 50-story building, will be the new headquarters of Devon Energy, will be the tallest building in the city and will contain 1.8 million square feet of office space. It is a true substantiation of the city’s status as a commercial power hub. Read more
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