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MSNBC
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Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states.
Seven people died in Picher, once a bustling mining center..
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CNN
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Virginians faced a massive cleanup project Tuesday after at least three tornadoes damaged dozens of homes and injured more than 200 people. At least 200 were injured Monday in Suffolk, where a twister destroyed several homes and businesses, said Bob Spiel..
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CNN
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At least one tornado ripped through central Arkansas Thursday evening, savaging a mobile home park and sending National Weather Service forecasters into a bunker as the storm roared overhead. "There's pretty extensive damage in the Little Rock area," said..
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CNN
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Severe weather raked southwestern Missouri on Monday night, killing at least two people and leaving a path of destruction across two counties, authorities said. A line of tornadoes shadowed Interstate 44, running from the southwest to the northeast. The s..
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SF Gate
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Fierce storms that deluged widely separated parts of the country from the upper Mississippi to Texas have caused at least 20 deaths since last week, authorities said Monday. New rain threatened further flooding in southeastern Minnesota and adjacent Wisco..
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BBC News
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Two people have been killed and at least two others wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Kansas City, Missouri, US officials say.
The incident at the Ward Parkway centre happened just before 1600 (1900 GMT).
"We have at least two fatalities..
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CNN
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A gunman is dead after opening fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing at least 31 people and wounding at least 29 others in the deadliest campus shooting spree in U.S. history.
Students in Blacksburg, Virginia, described a cha..
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Seattle Times
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The summer camp featured in the documentary "Jesus Camp," which includes scenes with disgraced preacher Ted Haggard, will shut down for at least several years because of negative reaction sparked by the film, according to the camp's director...
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SF Gate
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Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss.
At least 1..
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MSNBC
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At least two people died after wind-driven wildfires burned into a southeast Colorado town and an Army post. An air tanker pilot was also killed when his plane went down while battling another blaze.
At least 20 buildings were damaged in Ordway and abo..
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MSNBC
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Griffin said he saw six semitrailers — two of them jackknifed — at the front of the wreck with at least a dozen of cars jammed in-between. There appeared to be a second group of crashes farther behind, he said, with cars upside-down and pinned under o..
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BBC News
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Rescue crews have been searching for victims of tornadoes that tore across five US states killing at least 55 people and injuring hundreds more.
Dozens of twisters hit Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi at the end of the Super Tuesd..
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BBC News
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At least 31 people have been killed and dozens injured by violent tornadoes in four southern US states.
The twisters hit Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky at the end of a day of Super Tuesday nominating votes for November's presidential ele..
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BBC News
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At least one person has been killed and thousands evacuated as at least 12 wildfires rage across the US state of California, fanned by fierce winds.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in seven counties, with 35,000 acres (14,0..
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SF Gate
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It would take at least five years and an extra $150 million annually for San Francisco's public transit system to achieve the 85 percent on-time performance rate mandated by voters, city transportation officials said Monday.
Muni's chronic staffing sho..
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BBC News
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US officials have ordered a review of all bridges similar to the one that collapsed in Minnesota two days ago, killing at least five people.
More than 700 structures will be looked at after it emerged that the bridge in Minneapolis had been classified..
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USA Today
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A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey on Saturday, and at least two people were rescued, police said.
No deaths or injuries were immediately reported, police said. Witnesses reported seeing the helicopter, whic..
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FOX News
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More search teams and trained dogs were brought in Tuesday as authorities expanded their search for a 2-year-old girl whose family's home was swept away during flooding blamed for at least five deaths.
The girl and her 5-year-old sister, mother and gra..
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CNN
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More search teams and trained dogs were brought in Tuesday as authorities expanded their search for a 2-year-old girl whose family's home was swept away during flooding blamed for at least five deaths.
The girl and her 5-year-old sister, mother and gra..
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FOX News
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Flood water topped at least 20 levees protecting low-lying communities along the Missouri River and other nearby streams, authorities said Wednesday.
Stretches of highway have been closed and thousands of people have been evacuated because of flooding..
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