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More Tornadoes in Forecast for Central U.S. Tuesday
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of the central United States already reeling from powerful tornadoes this week. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., says golf ball-sized hail, powerful winds and isolated, strong tornadoes could strike areas of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma on Tuesday. The area at risk does not include
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Tennessee Task Force One Deployed to Oklahoma
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - Members of Tennessee Task Force One are heading to Oklahoma to help in a massive search to find survivors after a deadly tornado hit the city of Moore Monday afternoon. The city of Moore, just south of Oklahoma City, was hardest hit; a 200 mile per hour tornado flattened entire neighborhoods and made a direct hit
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Contractors Booted from City's Embattled HARP Program
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - Six contractors have now been kicked out of the HARP program, a taxpayer-funded program meant to help low income and senior citizens renovate and repair their homes. Help is finally on the way for one homeowner, but others are still waiting. Annie Neely is relieved now that a new contractor is at fixing what the previous
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Memphis Grizzlies Players Share Their Game Superstitions
SAN ANTONIO, TX (abc24.com) - What does a little piece of plastic on a shoe, or a bowl of pasta mean for members of the Memphis Grizzlies? Everything if it is game day. "I have a whole bunch of traditions and rituals but I can't really tell you," said Quincy Pondexter. "I'm a real superstitious guy so I can't really
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Contractors Booted from City's Embattled HARP Program
Six contractors have now been kicked out of the HARP program, a taxpayer-funded program meant to help low income and senior citizens renovate and repair their homes.
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Memphis Grizzlies Players Share Their Game Superstitions
What does a little piece of plastic on a shoe, or a bowl of pasta mean for members of the Memphis Grizzlies? Everything if it is game day.
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More Tornadoes in Forecast for Central U.S. Tuesday
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of the central United States already reeling from powerful tornadoes this week. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., says golf ball-sized hail, powerful winds and isolated, strong tornadoes could strike areas of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma on Tuesday. The area at risk does not include
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Tornado Watch Issued For Much Of Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of Arkansas, and rain and storms are forecast to last through much of Tuesday. The tornado watch is in effect until 3 a.m. west and north of a line from Texarkana to Batesville. Forecasters say the main threat Tuesday will shift to damaging winds
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'Major damage' caused by another tornado in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY — For the second straight day, portions of Oklahoma have been damaged by a significant tornado. Officials said a twister touched ground just south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon -- creating a debris cloud two miles wide -- and causing what one official called "major damage" in the area. Forecasters said winds created by the storm reached
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GOP leaders say Obama impeachment talk premature
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Republican National Committee chairman are distancing themselves from conservatives who suggested in recent days that President Barack Obama could face impeachment for the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue Service. RNC chairman Reince Priebus said, "There's a few chapters before we get to the last one." He says it's up to
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Obama to visit South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will visit three African nations this summer. The White House says the president and first lady Michelle Obama will leave on June 26, stopping in Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. Obama will meet with government figures as well as leaders from the business, civil society and youth communities. The administration says the visit highlights
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Obama, China's Xi to meet in June in California
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping early next month in California. The White House says the meeting will be Obama's first with Xi since Xi became president. The two days of high-level sessions are scheduled for June7-8 and come as both the U.S. and China confront issues of cybersecurity and North Korea's nuclear