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Tales of heroism emerge from battered Oklahoma
Chris Hayes talks to KFOR's Scott Hines about the stories of heroism in the immediate aftermath of the tornado and what the plan is going forward in terms of recovery and ...
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Erupting Alaska volcano spews ash disrupts air travel
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - One of Alaska's most active volcanoes, which has been belching ash and spewing lava since last week, has forced regional flight cancellations and dusted some nearby communities with ash, scientists and local officials said on ...
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Chicago puts ‘L’ on Jon Lester
CHICAGO - When Jon Lester took the mound last night, he was trying to become the first Red Sox lefty starter since 1973 to go at least 7-0 to begin a season.But he also was facing his personal kryptonite.In his best and worst seasons, Lester struggles against the White Sox. Indeed, it has become as predictable as winter blizzards in Chicago. In nine previous starts against the White Sox entering ...
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Chicagos GrubHub to merge with Seamless
One company was founded in Chicago by hungry software engineers, the other in New York by hungry lawyers. Both were looking to replace restaurants' paper takeout menus with Web-based technology. Now the two rivals are joining forces. GrubHub, one of Chicago's most high-profile startups, is merging with New York-based Seamless to create an online food ordering company with more than ...
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Rand Paul Calls IRS Scandal Un-American
May 20, 2013 11:36pm Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul made another stop in an early voting state Monday evening, continuing to feed the speculation that he will possibly run for president in 2016. Just 10 days ...
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MLB Chicago White Sox 6 Boston 4
Adam Dunn clouted a three-run homer Monday, carrying the Chicago White Sox past Boston 6-4. Axelrod (2-3) limited the Red Sox to two runs on four hits over six innings, walking one and striking out two en route to his second victory in two starts. Addison Reed tossed a scoreless ninth inning for his 15th save as the White Sox broke a two-game skid. Dunn's homer in the first inning set ...
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AP Photos Images of devastating Oklahoma tornado
The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath ...
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Missouri city aids tornado-ravaged Okla. town
President Barack Obama has called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to express his concern about a monstrous tornado that wreaked havoc in the Oklahoma City ...
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Zach Galifianakis Takes Former Homeless Woman to Hangover 3 Premiere in Los Angeles
Cast member Zach Galifianakis poses at the premiere of "The Hangover Part II" at Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California May 19, 2011. Zach Galifianakis has taken a former homeless woman to the Los Angeles premiere of "The Hangover 3" on Sunday, according to reports.The Hollywood actor met 87 year old, Elizabeth "Mimi" Haist, at a Laundromat in 1994. ...
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Two out of three regional hospitals still standing near tornado site
Kelly Wells of the Norman Regional Health System updates MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on the status of local hospitals following the devastating and fatal tornado in Moore, Oklahoma ...
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Moore Mayor Glenn Lewis Were still looking for people
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell talks to Jill Ashtaugh, whose home was destroyed in the Oklahoma tornado. He's also updated on the status of Moore, Oklahoma by Mayor Glenn ...
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Deadly tornado rips through Oklahoma
The town of Moore, Oklahoma, lost dozens of people in one of the most deadly and destructive tornados in living memory. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell has the latest with Oklahoma Congressman Tom ...
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Confirmed casualties at Oklahoma school flattened by tornado fire chief says
By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News Seven children were found drowned at a tornado-flattened elementary school where rescuers were searching the rubble for survivors as parents kept a heart-breaking vigil, officials said Monday night.The students killed at Plaza Towers Elementary School were among at least 51 lives claimed by the monster twister that laid to Moore, Okla.Several children and ...
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FBI Agents fell to deaths training off Va. coast
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday ...
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Healthcare workers set to strike California public hospitals
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nearly 13,000 healthcare employees at five University of California medical centers plan to strike on Tuesday in a move that threatens to back up emergency rooms and already has forced the postponement of elective ...
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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear town meeting prayer case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delving into the controversial relationship between government and religion, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a town in New York could allow members of the public, who in practice were nearly all Christian clergy, to open meetings with a ...
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Jon Lester Red Sox fall in Chicago
CHICAGO - When Jon Lester took the mound tonight, he was trying to become the first Red Sox pitcher since 1973 to go at least 7-0 to start a season.But he also was facing his personal kryptonite.In his best and worst seasons, Lester struggles against the White Sox. Indeed, it has become as predictable as winter blizzards in Chicago. In nine previous starts against the White Sox entering the ...
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Former IRS chief faces bipartisan ire on Capitol Hill
IRS scandal gains traction and a bipartisan chorus on Capitol Hill demands more answers, the man who headed the agency at the time it was targeting conservative groups will be on the hot seat twice this ...
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Police close Susan Powell case offer new details
West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle, left, look on Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother ...
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File Josh Powell had affair before wife vanished
West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle, left, look on Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother ...
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Chinese president to visit three Latin American nations meet Obama in US
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6, and meet with US President Barack Obama in the United States on June 7-8, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced Tuesday.According to Qin, Xi's visits are at the invitation of President of Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona, President of Costa Rica Laura ...
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Is no place safe New Yorks gay community unsettled by hate crimes
Photo credit: David Gatten of New York marches in a rally to honor Marc Carson. (Craig Ruttle) The string of savage hate crimes in New York City, culminating with the death of Marc Carson in Greenwich Village early Saturday morning, has New York's gay community reassessing its assumption of "safe places." Gay people come from all over the world to enjoy the non-judgmental ...
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Tornado Alleys violent weather history
Harold Brooks, NOAA research meteorologist with the national severe storms lab, talks with Rachel Maddow about the meteorological dynamics of Tornado Alley and what explains the concentration of tornado events in ...
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Six of the worst twisters in US history
An aerial view shows extensive damage to homes in the path of tornadoes in Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 28, 2011. Before Joplin came Tuscaloosa, an F4 tornado that killed 65 during a record-setting day when 200 twisters spun through the Southeast. The spring and summer of 2011 was one of the most active, deadly and destructive periods of tornadic activity in U.S. history. That year there were a ...
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Logistics of tornado disaster challenges response
tornado warning that's going so this is by no means over. we had the mile-wide tornado that you mentioned in moore and we have so many people responding off the street to help that ...
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California prison labor?
California has a famously large budget deficit, budget cuts are being made to a number of state programs and services, but what hasn’t been considered is the cost avoidance potential of the state’s over 40,000 minimum-security prisoner’s, many of whom are already saving the state money by providing labor in return for shorter sentences.
With California budget deficit expected to be somewhere between $12 billion or as high as $25 billion for 2010 alone, state legislators have been anxiously looking for ways to reduce state expenses, cutting budgets wherever possible, but already existing programs operated by the state may present an opportunity for cost-savings in the areas of construction, services and maintenance of buildings and amenities. Read more
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