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Recovery Begins While Officials Clarify Numbers On OK Tornado Damage

Governor Mary Fallin and other officials held a press briefing on Thursday to update the relief efforts of the deadly tornadoes from Sunday and Monday. More>>

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Funeral Services Held For Young Tornado Victim

Nine-year-old Antonia Candelaria was among the children killed when Plaza Towers Elementary School was leveled. More>>

Preliminary Hearing Begins For Brothers Charged In Tulsa Quadruple Murder

Cedric Poore, 39, and his brother, James Poore, 32, are each charged with four counts of first degree murder. More>>

Lincoln County Numbers: 34 Homes Gone; 20 Sustain Major Damage

Emergency Management officials say they are "humbled by the outpouring of support from fellow Oklahomans." More>>

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When Purchasing Safe Rooms, It's Imperative They Are Certified, Experts Say
When Purchasing Safe Rooms, It's Imperative They Are Certified, Experts Say
After riding out a tornado warning in a bathtub, the Haas family decided it's time to get better prepared.More >>
After riding out a tornado warning in a bathtub, the Haas family decided it's time to get better prepared.More >>
Country Music Superstars Plan Benefits For Oklahoma Tornado Victims
Country Music Superstars Plan Benefits For Oklahoma Tornado Victims
Oklahoma natives Blake Shelton and Toby Keith are planning benefit concerts for Oklahoma tornado victims.
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Oklahoma natives Blake Shelton and Toby Keith are planning benefit concerts for Oklahoma tornado victims.More >>
Mother Dies Riding Out Moore Tornado With Son
Mother Dies Riding Out Moore Tornado With Son
Residents are allowed back to assess the damage, 48 hours after a massive tornado ravaged parts of Moore. Two dozen people lost their lives Monday, including the mother of two brave sons.More >>
Residents are allowed back to assess the damage, 48 hours after a massive tornado ravaged parts of Moore. Two dozen people lost their lives Monday, including the mother of two brave sons. One of the sons rode out the storm with his mom, and lived to tell their story.More >>
Community Storm Shelters Save Lives For Those Close By
Community Storm Shelters Save Lives For Those Close By
Some folks were driving home from a high school graduation when they were swept up in that epic tornado in Joplin Monday afternoon. Being caught without a shelter can have deadly consequences. "Seek shelterMore >>
Some folks were driving home from a high school graduation when they were swept up in that epic tornado in Joplin Monday afternoon. Being caught without a shelter can have deadly consequences. "Seek shelterMore >>
Tulsa Task Force Members Among Those Who Searched For Survivors In Moore
Tulsa Task Force Members Among Those Who Searched For Survivors In Moore
About 40 local volunteers with Oklahoma's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force have collectively spent countless hours searching for victims of the Moore tornado.More >>
About 40 local volunteers with Oklahoma's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force have collectively spent countless hours searching for victims of the Moore tornado.More >>
Talala Man Captured EF-1 Tornado As It Headed For His Home
Talala Man Captured EF-1 Tornado As It Headed For His Home
With a tornado bearing down on his home Monday evening, a Talala man was resigned to losing his home, before heading underground to get out of the way.More >>
With a tornado bearing down on his home Monday evening, a Talala man was resigned to losing his home, before heading underground to get out of the way.More >>
Oklahoma Senate Votes To Tap Fund For Tornado Relief
Oklahoma Senate Votes To Tap Fund For Tornado Relief
Oklahoma Senate Votes To Tap Fund For Tornado ReliefMore >>
Oklahoma Senate Votes To Tap Fund For Tornado ReliefMore >>
Tips For Avoiding Charity Scams When Giving To Oklahoma Tornado Victims
Tips For Avoiding Charity Scams When Giving To Oklahoma Tornado Victims
Some are simply out to take advantage of your generous nature, and will disappear with your donation. Others mean well, but don't have the means to really get the money to where it will help.More >>
Some are simply out to take advantage of your generous nature, and will disappear with your donation. Others mean well, but don't have the means to really get the money to where it will help.More >>
Tulsa Firefighters Part Of Task Force Helping Clean Up After Tornadoes
Tulsa Firefighters Part Of Task Force Helping Clean Up After Tornadoes
Dozens of first responders from the Tulsa area are working in Moore, first with recovery efforts and now with the clean-up.More >>
Dozens of first responders from the Tulsa area are working in Moore, first with recovery efforts and now with the clean-up.More >>
St. John Trauma Specialist Gives Tips On Avoiding Injury From Tornado Debris
St. John Trauma Specialist Gives Tips On Avoiding Injury From Tornado Debris
The manager of the trauma program at St. John Health system suggests protective clothing, helmets, in addition to taking shelter, to minimize injury during debris-hurling storms.
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The manager of the trauma program at St. John Health system suggests protective clothing, helmets, in addition to taking shelter, to minimize injury during debris-hurling storms.
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Few Oklahoma Schools Have Real Storm Shelters
Few Oklahoma Schools Have Real Storm Shelters
The schools in Moore had children take shelter where they could, but that was not a true safe room. And most schools don't have anything better.More >>
The schools in Moore had children take shelter where they could, but that was not a true safe room. And most schools don't have anything better.More >>
Moore Schools Out For Year, Graduation Planned As Scheduled
Moore Schools Out For Year, Graduation Planned As Scheduled
School is canceled for the remainder of the year in Moore. Graduation continues as scheduled.
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School is canceled for the remainder of the year in Moore. Graduation continues as scheduled.
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Background Checks At OK Gun Shows? Some Say 'Yes'
Background Checks At OK Gun Shows? Some Say 'Yes'
A 9 Investigates hidden-camera investigation shows how easily someone with a criminal record or mental illness could buy guns at a gun show – no questions asked.More >>
A 9 Investigates hidden-camera investigation shows how easily someone with a criminal record or mental illness could buy guns at a gun show – no questions asked.More >>
Inappropriate Teaching: Who Needs To Know?
Inappropriate Teaching: Who Needs To Know?
Updated: Monday, May 13 2013 10:47 PM EDT2013-05-14 02:47:30 GMT
Educators turned child rapists and molesters -- and still holding a license to teach. The cases are rare. Some say it would be even more rare, if Oklahoma's education system did a better job of tracking them.More >>
Educators turned child rapists and molesters -- and still holding a license to teach. The cases are rare. Some say it would be even more rare, if Oklahoma's education system did a better job of tracking them.More >>

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Police: Man Suspected Of Stealing From Tulsa Business Caught On Camera
Police: Man Suspected Of Stealing From Tulsa Business Caught On Camera
Tulsa Police are looking for a man who they say broke into Midwest Pest Control in the 5400 block of South 103rd East Avenue on May 6, 2013 taking cash, a laptop computer and a truck.More >>
Tulsa Police are looking for a man who they say broke into Midwest Pest Control in the 5400 block of South 103rd East Avenue on May 6, 2013 taking cash, a laptop computer and a truck.More >>
Tulsa Police: Witness To Crash Helps Officers Find Fleeing Driver
Tulsa Police: Witness To Crash Helps Officers Find Fleeing Driver
Tulsa Police arrested the driver of an SUV after it slammed into the back of a car on Highway 169 early Thursday.
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Tulsa Police arrested the driver of an SUV after it slammed into the back of a car on Highway 169 early Thursday.More >>

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Devon Energy Pledges Millions To Tornado Disaster Relief
Devon Energy Pledges Millions To Tornado Disaster Relief
Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy announced Tuesday it has committed $2.5 million toward relief efforts for the deadly tornado that hit Moore on Monday.More >>
Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy announced Tuesday it has committed $2.5 million toward relief efforts for the deadly tornado that hit Moore on Monday.More >>
Chesapeake Names New CEO
Chesapeake Names New CEO
An Anadarko Petroleum executive has been chosen as the new leader of Chesapeake Energy, the company announced Monday. More >>
An Anadarko Petroleum executive has been chosen as the new leader of Chesapeake Energy, the company announced Monday. More >>

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Sooners open tournament with 2-0 win over Baylor
Sooners open tournament with 2-0 win over Baylor
Jonathan Gray pitched a three-hit shutout and fourth-seeded Oklahoma opened the Big 12 tournament with a 2-0 win against Baylor on Thursday.More >>
Jonathan Gray pitched a three-hit shutout and fourth-seeded Oklahoma opened the Big 12 tournament with a 2-0 win against Baylor on Thursday.More >>
Oklahoma lawmakers applaud Altus AFB training unit
Oklahoma lawmakers applaud Altus AFB training unit
Southwestern Oklahoma lawmakers are applauding the selection of Altus Air Force Base as the first formal training unit for the Air Force's new KC-46 air refueling tanker.More >>
Southwestern Oklahoma lawmakers are applauding the selection of Altus Air Force Base as the first formal training unit for the Air Force's new KC-46 air refueling tanker.More >>
Officials clarify numbers on Okla. tornado damage
Officials clarify numbers on Okla. tornado damage
Authorities have clarified and significantly downgraded the number of homes damaged or destroyed in this week's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb.More >>
Authorities have clarified and significantly downgraded the number of homes damaged or destroyed in this week's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb.More >>
This Hour: Latest Oklahoma news, sports, business and entertainment
This Hour: Latest Oklahoma news, sports, business and entertainment
Governor Mary Fallin says a memorial and prayer service will be held this weekend to honor Oklahoma tornado victims.More >>
Line of storms prompts OKC severe T-storm warning
Line of storms prompts OKC severe T-storm warning
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Canadian and Oklahoma counties.More >>
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Canadian and Oklahoma counties.More >>
$2B in Okla. tornado damage means hard recovery
$2B in Okla. tornado damage means hard recovery
A $2 billion tornado damage estimate illustrates just how daunting a task the recovery will be for residents of the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore.More >>
A $2 billion tornado damage estimate illustrates just how daunting a task the recovery will be for residents of the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore.More >>
Latest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma town's mettle
Latest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma town's mettle
Oklahoma natives know tornadoes. They've been carried into storm cellars as children and huddled in closets with their own kids.More >>
Oklahoma natives know tornadoes. They've been carried into storm cellars as children and huddled in closets with their own kids.More >>
Okla. reopens emergency operations command center
Okla. reopens emergency operations command center
The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management has reopened its emergency operations center as strong storms moved through central Oklahoma just days after a deadly tornado.More >>
The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management has reopened its emergency operations center as strong storms moved through central Oklahoma just days after a deadly tornado.More >>
Okla. House gives final approval to tornado relief
Okla. House gives final approval to tornado relief
The Oklahoma House has given final approval to legislation that dips into the state's constitutional reserve fund to help central Oklahoma communities impacted by devastating tornadoes.More >>
The Oklahoma House has given final approval to legislation that dips into the state's constitutional reserve fund to help central Oklahoma communities impacted by devastating tornadoes.More >>
Universities combine efforts for relief T-shirts
Universities combine efforts for relief T-shirts
Three Oklahoma universities are working up a plan to raise money for the United Way's tornado relief effort in Moore.More >>
Three Oklahoma universities are working up a plan to raise money for the United Way's tornado relief effort in Moore.More >>

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Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race
Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race
However Anthony Weiner does when the polls close, he's certain to add drama to the most competitive New York City mayor's race in more than a decade.More >>
Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal. He found a much more supportive reception in his first campaign stop than he did...More >>
Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen
Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen
President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen in his renewed effort to close the prison.More >>
President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen in his renewed effort to close the prison.More >>
2 charged in slayings of 6 on Tenn.-Ala. border
2 charged in slayings of 6 on Tenn.-Ala. border
Authorities say two men have been charged in six killings, including a toddler and unborn baby, near the Tennessee-Alabama border last fall during a dispute over drug dealing.More >>
Authorities say two men have been charged in six killings, including a toddler and unborn baby, near the Tennessee-Alabama border last fall during a dispute over drug dealing.More >>
Smooth confirmation hearing for Pritzker
Smooth confirmation hearing for Pritzker
President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of commerce is facing scrutiny in the Senate for her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and as a beneficiary of family offshore trusts in the...More >>
President Barack Obama's nominee for commerce secretary was questioned briefly about her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and her role as a beneficiary of family offshore trusts in the Bahamas, but...More >>
Boy Scouts vote on policy toward openly gay boys
Boy Scouts vote on policy toward openly gay boys
The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations...More >>
In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday on whether to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth...More >>
Swim coach sentenced to 7 years for sex abuse
Swim coach sentenced to 7 years for sex abuse
A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.More >>
A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.More >>
House immigration group resolves dispute
House immigration group resolves dispute
The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives are pledging to act to fix the nation's immigration system but making clear that they will not simply accept legislation passed by the Senate.More >>
House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they and the rest of Congress prepared to return home for a weeklong recess where many...More >>
Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm
Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm
A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children.More >>
A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children.More >>
2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy
2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy
By The Associated Press Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names:More >>
By The Associated Press Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names:More >>
Body of 2nd child found in deadly Minn. landslide
Body of 2nd child found in deadly Minn. landslide
Authorities in St. Paul say they've recovered the body of a child missing since a rockslide killed a classmate and left two others injured at a park along the Mississippi River.More >>
Authorities on Thursday recovered the body of a second child killed when a rockslide hit a group of fourth-graders in a St. Paul park a day earlier, and announced that the popular fossil-hunting area would be closed...More >>

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