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Singer Kellie Pickler named new 'Dancing' champ
Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first. The 26-year-old country singer won the show's mirror ball trophy Tuesday. "This is amazing!" she beamed to her professional partner, Derek Hough. The pair earned two sets of perfect scores Monday night ...
Search for US tornado survivors nearly complete
Rescue workers neared the end of 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 ...
Search for Okla. tornado survivors nearly complete
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 ...
Hospitals treat more than 200 after Okla. tornado
Hospital officials say they've treated more than 200 patients, including dozens of children, since a tornado hit an Oklahoma City suburb. Dozens of patients remained hospitalized Tuesday following Monday's storms that health officials said led to more than 200 injuries. Norman Regional Hospital spokeswoman Melissa Herron said 20 of the ...
Harry Potter book with author notes sold for $228K
For fans of the boy wizard, this could be the most coveted copy of all the "Harry Potter" books in the world. A first edition copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" that contains author J.K. Rowling's notes and original illustrations fetched 150,000 pounds ($228,000) at a London auction ...
In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids
The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside an Oklahoma City area church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off — survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community. For many families, the ordeal ended in ...
Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers
Tribune-Star. May 19, 2013. Waging the 'readiness' campaign Almost every Hoosier who starts college intends to finish. Unfortunately, those who arrive on campus unprepared in key academic areas are far less likely to fulfill that aspiration. The Indiana General Assembly passed one of its more logical, meaningful pieces of education ...
Bernard Waber, children's author, dies at age 91
Bernard Waber, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," has died. Waber died May 16 at his Long Island home after a long illness, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Monday. He was 91. Waber's "warmth, energy, artfulness, elegance, and abiding ...
Bernard Waber, children's author, dies at age 91
Bernard Waber, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," has died. Waber died May 16 at his Long Island home after a long illness, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Monday. He was 91. Waber's "warmth, energy, artfulness, elegance, and abiding ...
OKC public schools now dismissing students
Oklahoma City school officials say elementary and middle schools are now being dismissed. The city's school system said Monday afternoon that the storm threat for that area and that bus drop-offs have resumed. The students were kept late because of the severe weather.
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