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Power of Oklahoma tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
This EF5 storm had upward of 600 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb, although it affected a much smaller area.
VIDEO: Tearful reunions at elementary school
Parents frantically search for their children following a deadly tornado, and are overcome with emotion upon reuniting.
Oklahoma teachers saved lives, witnesses say
Students and parents recount stories of brave teachers who sheltered their pupils during Monday’s 200 mile-per-hour twister.
SLIDE SHOW: Death, destruction in Oklahoma
A two-mile wide tornado ripped through Oklahoma on Monday, leveling entire neighborhoods and leaving untold pain in its path.
ALLEN AFIELD: Some advice for buying your 1st bike
Many predictably ask for a compromise that works on pavement as well as on light-duty forest paths — the latter say gravel roads or trails minus big rocks, deep sand, long, steep drops, etc. That info narrows the choices.
MOVIE REVIEW: A river runs through “Mud”
Back down home, somewhere on the Mississippi River on the Arkansas state line, is where the very young writer/director Jeff Nichols (“Shotgun Stories,” “Take Shelter”) grew up — and it’s obvious.
BOOKS: Fears drive the satirical ‘Odds Against Tomorrow’
Mitchell Zukor is a disaster waiting to happen — and waiting for disasters to happen to himself and the rest of us.