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Chesapeake names Anadarko executive as new CEO
The appointment of the 46-year-old Lawler comes after a tough year for Chesapeake. Its former CEO Aubrey McClendon was ousted last year amid a scandal over his personal investments in the company's oil and gas ...
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Deadly Twisters Tear Through Central Oklahoma
SHAWNEE, Oklahoma - Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up," Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth ...
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1 dead after Shawnee tornado
SHAWNEE, Okla. -- An Oklahoma sheriff is crediting early warnings for a low death toll during a tornado outbreak that ravaged the Plains and ...
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Another storm system poised to hit Oklahoma
The National Weather Service says baseball-sized hail and tornadoes are possible Monday afternoon and evening in Oklahoma. Forecasters say a large section of central and eastern Oklahoma is at a moderate risk for the severe weather. The moderate risk area includes Oklahoma City and ...
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Red Cross response to Oklahoma tornado outbreak
The American Red Cross continues to respond to the areas impacted by Sunday tornadoes, according to a news release Monday morning. Officials report at least 310 structures were damaged or destroyed in Oklahoma. Most of the tornado damage Sunday was in Pottawatomie ...
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UPDATE Westbound I-40 reopens at U.S. 177 in Shawnee Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports
All lanes of westbound Interstate 40 have reopened in the Shawnee, Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports. A rollover accident has been reported Monday morning at Harrah ...
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Tornadoes slam several states 300 homes hit
But the destructive weather isn't over. Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes could pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest through ...
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Severe storms possible in Oklahoma again Monday
More severe storms are possible Monday and Monday night in Oklahoma, the National Weather Service reports. The Oklahoma City forecast is as ...
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Deadly twisters tear through Oklahoma
SHAWNEE, Okla. Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up," Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said after ...
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Tornado leaves trail of destruction in Oklahoma - video
Aerial footage shows parts of Oklahoma after a tornado on Sunday. One mobile home park near the town of Shawneeto was reduced to rubble. The body of a 79-year-old man was found nearby. Tornadoes also swept across Kansas and Iowa on Sunday, part of a north-eastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to ...
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Twisters batter Oklahoma destroying homes injuring 21
A series of tornadoes raked a broad swath of the Midwest on Sunday, destroying homes and a trailer park in Oklahoma and injuring at least 21 people, officials said. As night fell, rescuers with flashlights picked through the rubble of a trailer park in Shawnee, Okla., that was heavily damaged in the storm, as were a number of homes across the state. James Hoke's mobile home was among ...
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Tornadoes pummel several states and kill 1
But the destructive weather isn't over. Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes could pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest through ...
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At least four tornadoes sweep through Oklahoma wreaking havoc and destruction
Authorities say a tornado that severely damaged a mobile home park in Oklahoma killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found in an open area of the ...
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Twister kills 1 in Oklahoma
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- A rash of tornadoes wreaked havoc in Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday, destroying homes and tossing trees around like toothpicks. But the destructive weather isn't ...
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Enormous tornado destroys homes near Oklahoma City
Tornadoes ravaged parts of Oklahoma reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. The tornado in Shawnee was one of several that touched down in the US on Sunday. Twisters, hail and high winds also struck Iowa and Kansas as part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. ...
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Tornadoes ravage Oklahoma kill 1
Tornadoes ravaged portions of Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. The tornado in Shawnee was one of several that touched down in the nation's midsection Sunday. Twisters, hail and high winds also struck Iowa and Kansas as part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched ...
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Deadly tornadoes strike Oklahoma
Tornadoes ravaged portions of Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing parts of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. The tornado in Shawnee was one of several that touched down in the US's mid-west. Twisters, hail and high winds also struck Iowa and Kansas as part of a massive storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. "You ...
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Tornadoes level Oklahoma trailer park hit other states
EDMOND, Okla. - One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter.The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota.At least ...
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Edmond residents cleaning up tornado damage
EDMOND, Okla. – Residents in southeast Edmond are cleaning up damage caused by a tornado that rolled through several neighborhoods Sunday evening near Bryant Ave. between 15th St. and 33rd St. The twister damaged several homes and uprooted dozens of trees. ';It was seven, eight, nine seconds of the most intense white light and wind blowing like nothing I’d ever seen in my ...
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Video Video Tornado destruction in Carney Oklahoma
One of several twisters that ripped through Oklahoma and Kansas Sunday night destroyed several mobile homes in a trailer park 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Tractor-trailers thrown about on Interstate 40
SHAWNEE -- As he sat in his tractor-trailer on Interstate 40, Marco Corr thought he was going to be OK. And then he watched a tractor-trailer in front of him fall nearly 20 feet onto the roadway ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Carney residents describe damage as unreal
CARNEY -- Ida Clark knew the tree beside her house was gone when she smelled pecans. The 40-foot-tall pecan tree and the roof of the home she has lived in for 50 years were destroyed by a Sunday evening tornado that tore through this small Lincoln County ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Northeast part of Cleveland County sees damage
Oklahoma tornadoes: Tractor-trailers thrown about on Interstate 40 05/20/2013 At least three tractor-trailers and four other vehicles were thrown about the ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes National Weather Service reports continued severe weather risk for Monday
NORMAN -- National Weather Service officials had been watching the potential for severe weather since the middle of last week and they will continue to monitor it Monday, Weather Service meteorologist Rick Smith ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Some houses in Dale neighborhood reduced to splinters
DALE -- Residents in a mobile home park here said their homes were destroyed during a tornado Sunday evening. Resident Amber Ash lives in Steelman Estates, which she described as a mix of mobile homes and brick ...
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Tulsa city hall due for make over
The moving of city hall in 2008 was contentious, but was framed as beneficial to the city. In 2010 this may be coming true as new development plans for the old building take shape, alongside wider plans to recreate the downtown experience.
It was first reported in 2007 that the city council would be moved to a new City Hall and that the old City Hall building would be sold. Tulsa news media were told the move would benefit the city economically as the new building would be cheaper to operate and maintain, while the sale of the old building would partially fund the purchase of the new one. Read more
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