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First victims of Oklahoma tornado revealed
Tragic Janae Hornsby, who has been described as vibrant and full of life, was a student at Plaza Towers Elementary School.Little Janae is one of nine children who lost their lives in the super storm and the death toll has reached 24. Her father Joshua visited a shelter for parents searching for their missing children when he learned the news yesterday morning."She was the best kid anyone ...
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What is Tornado Alley
U.S. President Barack Obama made a disaster declaration for Oklahoma on Tuesday after the state was hit by a powerful tornado that killed a reported 24 people in the town of ...
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Barack Obama Oklahoma tornado leaves enormous grief – video
The US president vows to support the people of Oklahoma after a tornado killed 91 people in the city of Moore. Barack Obama says those who need to rebuild homes and lives following the storm 'will not have to travel that path alone'. The president has pledged federal aid to supplement local and national funds to support Oklahoma's recovery ...
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Immigration bill heads to full Senate
FILE - In this May 20, 2013 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, confers with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Leading senators working on ...
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GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups
Coalition for Life of Iowa president Sue Martinek holds a sign in her home, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When the Coalition applied for tax-exempt status in 2008, the tiny group thought getting IRS approval would be easy. But the group faced months of delay, was ordered to provide details about its prayer events outside the local Planned Parenthood clinic, and even directed to ...
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Boy Scouts meet to decide policy on gay Scouts
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout ...
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Amid immigration reform calls to change asylums
As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home ...
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Kenya misses out as Obamas Africa tour plays catch-up
As the US president gets ready for diplomatic missions around Africa next month, Obama's Africa tour will leave his ancestral homeland of Kenya as the biggest loser. Meanwhile, the winners are: Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. Each will be rewarded for its democratic virtues when Obama embarks on his first major presidential tour of Africa. Not even a relatively peaceful election ...
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Obama to visit Cape as part of SA tour
Cape Town - Only the third US president to visit South Africa is due to visit Cape Town - more than 15 years since Bill Clinton touched down in the Mother ...
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City take aim at America
22 May 2013 Manchester City believe they are in a perfect position to crack America after announcing they are to set up a new club in New ...
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Chocoholics devastated as world Nutella day cancelled - by manufacturer
Brian O'Reilly - 22 May 2013 YOU may not have been aware it even existed - however you may still shed a tear to learn the World Nutella day has been ...
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Star witness to stay mum for House hearing on IRS
Councilman Eric Garcetti, who jammed with pop star Moby and fashioned himself as a voice for a new generation of city leaders, has opened a growing lead in the race for Los Angeles mayor with the pool of ...
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How Infrastructure Investment Brought America’s Game To Santa Clara California
John Maynard Keynes has been validated once again. Through a wise investment in infrastructure, and in forward growth, the city of Santa Clara, California has turned what once was a center for dried fruit into the high tech heart of the United States. And through this investment in the infrastructure needed for growth, the city has not only gained a status once considered only for major cities, ...
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Alex Jones Claims Tragedy In Oklahoma Caused By Tornado Created By Super Villain Obama
bomber was a fan , has come out and claimed that Obama is a super villain, with the power to control the weather! And to demonstrate his power, the president decided on using it on poor, ...
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House panel seeks to curb military sexual assaults
A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star ...
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Susan Powells dad gets private eye to review file
Police say they've taken their best shot at finding missing Utah mother Susan Powell. Now, her dad is hoping a review of the newly released case file - containing tens of thousands of pages of detective reports, maps, interview transcripts and more - might turn up something the investigators ...
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Obama Applauds Immigration Bill Vote We All Owe It To The American People To Bring Results
Obama released a statement after the Senate's 13-5 decision in favor of the measure, applauding the inclusion of many of the "principles of commonsense reform" he has proposed. ...
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President Obama is stingy with his pardon powers
Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder gave Washington a preview of how the last few months of the Obama administration are going to look, and they're going to be ...
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Obama’s ratings might be buoyed by pick up in US economy
Tim Cook’s congressional debut, following an appearance at Obama’s State of the Union address in Feb, shows the iPhone maker can no longer afford to keep the low profile in ...
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Conn. rail service returning to normal
Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to buses Monday, May 20, 2012, after a train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. (AP ...
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Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview
Convicted killer Jodi Arias speaks during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. Arias was convicted recently of killing her former boyfriend Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home back in 2008, made a plea in court on Tuesday for life in prison, instead of execution, saying she can contribute to society if allowed to live. (AP Photo/Ross ...
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Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
MOORE, Okla. -- With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time."Parents had a gut-wrenching choice, and only a few minutes to make it. Trust the safety of the seemingly solid school buildings and ...
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Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces
MOORE, Okla. - Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.Scientists concluded the storm was a rare and extraordinarily powerful type of twister known as an EF5, ranking it at the top ...
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Kenya unfazed by Obama’s ‘snub’
Nairobi - Kenya said on Tuesday it was ';fine'; with United States President Barack Obama avoiding the country on an Africa tour next month, rejecting reports it was due to upcoming crimes against humanity trials of its ...
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Caitlin McBride in Oklahoma I feel as if I am on a different planet
Oklahoma City may not traditionally be known as the tourism epicentre of the US, but today, the capital of the Sooner State is quite literally, filled to the brim.Nearly every room in the city is sold out, flights are fully booked and those keen to either return to their native state or simply visit will have their patience tested as they attempt to travel to a post-tornado state.I was lucky to ...
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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