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• Oklahoma tornadoes: Rare term used in Monday's storms May 21, 2013
  BY BRYAN PAINTER bpainter@opubco.comNORMAN — Two men mentioned one rare phrase. David Andra and Scott Curl, of the National Weather Service in Norman, were both working when an F5 tornado struck the Oklahoma City metro area May 3, 1999. Andra, now the meteorologist in charge, and Curl, a senior forecaster, were also working Monday when a tornado of at least […]
• Oklahoma tornadoes: Six tips for tornado survivors May 21, 2013
  BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comHere are tips from my own experience after the May 3, 1999, tornado leveled my Moore home: You may need a tetanus shot.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Oklahoma tornadoes: Moore Medical Center damaged by tornado May 21, 2013
  BY GEORGE LANG glang@opubco.comMOORE — Most of the second floor of Moore Medical Center is now gone, and dozens of the cars owned by patients and caregivers are crumpled beyond repair, some piled in a heap at the center of the facility's parking lot, stacked by the force of Monday's tornado. Residents and area workers stepped over downed power line […]
• How to help tornado victims May 21, 2013
  RED CROSS The Oklahoma Red Cross is asking people to donate by texting Red Cross to 90999 which will be a $10 donation, spokesman Ken Garcia said. Garcia said the donations allow the Red Cross purchase needed supplies. A shelter has also been opened at Saint Andrews Church, SW 119 and S. May.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Relatives arrive at hospital in frantic searches for loved ones in Oklahoma May 21, 2013
  BY NASREEN IQBAL niqbal@opubco.comAbout 30 people gathered in the waiting room of OU Medical Center on Monday evening as more poured in, concerned about lost loved ones or their own wounds. A distraught and shaken husband, 21-year-old Gage Bellman, sat wide-eyed in the back of the room and waited for news about his lost wife, who was working at a 7-Eleven on […]
• Oklahoma devastated by second round of twisters May 21, 2013
  BY RANDY ELLIS rellis@opubco.comA monstrous tornado killed at least 51 people Monday as it roared through Moore and south Oklahoma City — leaving rescue workers frantically searching into the night for missing children at the devastated Plaza Towers Elementary School in the Moore School District. At least 20 children were included among those killed, and the […]
• Oklahoma tornadoes: Rescuers search into night for Moore schoolchildren May 21, 2013
  BY ANDREW KNITTLE AND ZEKE CAMPFIELDMOORE — In a drizzle under hastily erected bright lights, dozens of emergency workers searched into the night Monday for the missing children at the flattened Plaza Towers Elementary School. “They're looking for life, but they have not had any hits recently, so they're in recovery mode now,” Gov.Read more on News […]
• Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban May 21, 2013
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Muppets creator's items head to NYC museum May 21, 2013
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" fame, the stars of "Fraggle Rock" and other puppets, costumes and items from throughout Muppets creator Jim Henson's career have been donated to the Museum of the M […]
• Texas district that axed sports gets new life May 21, 2013
  KINGSVILLE, Texas (AP) — An underperforming South Texas school district that swapped funding sports for new science labs when threatened with closure in 2011 will remain open under an academic agreement announced Tuesday between the district and Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Leaders of the Premont Independent School District joined state Education Com […]