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Joplin remembers deadly tornado, 1 year later
Carrying small American flags and wearing T-shirts bearing the names of friends and loved ones who died when a massive tornado tore through Joplin one year ago, thousands of people made a somber march Tuesday through some of the town's hardest-hit neighborhoods. Residents and officials are dedicated to remembering their ...
Storm survivors: Remembering Joplin's tornado
From dawn to dusk, residents who lived through the tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., last year are remembering the storm and celebrating their survival. The storm that hit the city on the afternoon of May 22, 2011, wiped clean entire neighborhoods, devastated a hospital and flattened schools. A year later, ...
Joplin hospital honors 2011 tornado survivors
The Joplin, Mo., hospital where hundreds of injured residents sought help after a deadly tornado struck the town one year ago today is honoring its staff, rescue workers and storm survivors at a memorial service. Freeman Hospital held a sunrise service Tuesday morning on a day marked by a series ...
Obama praises Joplin's resiliency after tornado
One year after a deadly tornado devastated their city, President Barack Obama praised the residents of Joplin, Mo., for a spirit of perseverance and resiliency that he said could serve as a model for a nation still grinding its way through tough economic times. Obama delivered a high school commencement ...
In Joplin, a senior year to remember after tornado
There were tearful remembrances for lost classmates and jokes about spending their senior year in a converted department store. But most of all for Joplin High School's Class of 2012, a chorus of rousing cheers and joyous celebrations marked their completion of high school under circumstance none of them could ...
From rubble to rebuilding: A year in Joplin, Mo.
The tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., a year ago took 161 lives, injured hundreds more and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings. It also fractured the landscape of the city, and opened the door to a massive rebuilding and recovery operation. A year later, much of the debris has been ...
Tropical Storm Alberto weakens off SC coast
Tropical Storm Alberto hovered off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner. The first storm of the season that officially begins June 1 was not expected to approach ...
Tropical Storm Alberto hovers off US coast
Tropical Storm Alberto hovered off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner. The first storm of the season that officially begins June 1 was not ...
APClips: Live updates from NATO summit protests
6:38 p.m. — Whole groups of police officers are moving in to replace officers on the front lines, allowing the officers who had been on the front lines to sit down, drink water and, as could be seen several times, douse themselves with water. -DB ___ 6:30 p.m. — Some ...
Green Bay marathon in Wis. halted because of heat
A Wisconsin marathon was halted Sunday after several runners and walkers experienced heat-related problems and required medical attention. Cellcom Green Bay Marathon director Sean Ryan told The Associated Press officials knew temperatures would climb when the race started at 7 a.m. but hoped a combination of wind, medical resources, ice ...
Flash flood kills 19 in Afghanistan; many missing
Flood waters ravaged a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 19 people and destroying hundreds of homes, officials said Sunday. About 60 other people were missing and rescuers were looking for them across Sar-e-Pul, the capital of a province with the same name, said Sayed Faizullah Sadat, the ...
Large Colo. wildfire nearly contained
Fire crews took advantage of lower temperatures and higher humidity to make key advances on a large wildfire in northern Colorado, one of several burning across the West. Officials said the blaze that scorched 12 square miles was 85 percent contained late Saturday night, compared with the previous report of ...
Records: Joplin twister was costliest since 1950
The cost of 30 manhole covers that got sucked away: $5,800. A new concession stand at the destroyed high school: $228,600. Shelter and care for more than 1,300 homeless pets: $372,000. The tornado that tore through Joplin a year ago already ranks as the deadliest twister in six decades. Now ...
Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove
Hundreds of firefighters are battling a blaze fueled by warm, dry weather in northern Colorado that federal officials say started with a camp stove. The fire, which has grown to cover about 12 square miles, had prompted officials to evacuate about 80 homes, but all residents were allowed to return ...
More firefighters heading to Colorado
More firefighters are on their way to a fire that has burned across more than 11 square miles in northern Colorado and is approaching a reservoir for the city of Greeley. U.S. Forest Service officials said the blaze about 20 miles northwest of Fort Collins had scorched 1.5 square miles ...
US forecasters say heat will stay on this summer
And the heat goes on. Forecasters predict toasty temperatures will stretch through the summer in the U.S. And that's a bad sign for wildfires in the West. The forecast for June through August calls for warmer-than-normal weather for about three-quarters of the nation, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. ...
Slow push to list breach sites among federal icons
Sites where levee failures led to the catastrophic flooding after Hurricane Katrina would join Civil War battlefields and Mount Rushmore on a federal list of the nation's historic icons if an activist has her way, but legal foot-dragging by the agency that many blame for the flooding is slowing the ...
'Lady A' fetes students in tornado-hit Ind. town
The Grammy Award-winning country music trio Lady Antebellum performed a "mini-prom" for students of a southern Indiana town that was devastated by a tornado in early March. Henryville Junior-Senior High School students won an online contest to bring in the top-selling act, which also is playing a full benefit concert ...
Students in tornado-hit Ind. town await 'Lady A'
Tornadoes battered their school and homes, and spring break was spent cleaning up. Henryville has only begun to rebuild, but for one night, its high school students will get to put aside their worries for a private show by one of country music's biggest acts. The southern Indiana community will ...
Amazon tributary hits record high after rains
A mighty tributary of the Amazon River has hit a record high level after weeks of heavy rains. The Rio Negro crested at 97.70 feet (29.78 meters) Wednesday in the jungle city of Manaus, Brazil's geographical service said on its website. That was just above the previous record set in ...
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