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1 hr ago | WHNT-TV Huntsville

Two Men Stabbed To Death In Huntsville Church; No Arrest

Church members are hurting and a community is in shock. Huntsville Police are looking for the person who killed two men inside a Huntsville church Tuesday morning.

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5 hrs ago | Mail & Guardian

Death toll for Oklahoma tornado lowered to 24

Emergency workers have found over 100 survivors in an Oklahoma town hit by a tornado, while the death toll for the storm was lowered to 24.

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Tue May 21, 2013

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Eunice man killed, 2 others wounded in shooting

An 18-year-old Eunice man was shot and later died after he and two others were attacked in the small Acadia Parish community of Branch north of Rayne.

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Star-Telegram.com

Police defend officer who shot NY college student

The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder, saying Tuesday the only person responsible for the woman's death was the gunman who held her hostage.

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KHOU-TV Houston

Texas parents charged after adopted son, 4, dies

A North Texas husband and wife have been charged with felony injury to a child after their 4-year-old adopted son was found dead at their home.

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KMIZ

Devastating scenes in Oklahoma City area

The enormity of what they saw caused many to pause, raw emotion welling up as they tried to put haunting images into words.

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Hampshire Chronicle

Comedy scriptwriter Braben dies

Comedy writer Eddie Braben, the third man behind the success of Morecambe and Wise, has died at the age of 82, his manager said.

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Star-Telegram.com

In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids

The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening intently as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of Monday's deadly tornado.

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NBC San Diego

Cause of Quantico-Based FBI Agents' Deaths Still Unknown

Agent Christopher Lorek and Special Agent Stephen Shaw, both part of the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group, were on a weeklong training trip in Hampton Roads.

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Mon May 20, 2013

USA Today

20 children among the dead in Oklahoma

A massive, mile-wide tornado with winds up to 200 mph killed at least 51 people Monday afternoon during 40 terrifying minutes of destruction across southern Oklahoma City and its suburbs.

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My Mother Lode

Publicist: Founding member of The Doors dies at 74

Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news release that Manzarek died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family.

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Journal Gazette

Kentucky teen dies with dog lead on neck

A Kentucky teenager known as a "jokester" was strangled by a dog lead he put around his neck while playing with friends at the start of summer vacation, just hours after finishing his freshman year in high school.

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Examiner.com

24 children dead: Found drowned beneath school devastated by tornado reported

Latest reports have 24 students dead, as the school they attended crashed down around them in the tornado which devastated a large area in Oklahoma Monday afternoon, according to Fox News live on Monday, May 20, 2013.

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WPTV Local News

Sally Ride to be honored

President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Freedom posthumously on Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space.

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KARE-TV Minneapolis

Off-duty officer found dead at Hugo bar

Officer Chris Bragelman was found dead early Sunday morning at the Blue Herron Bar and Grill in Hugo.

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Detroit News

Bernard Waber, 'Lyle, Lyle Crocodile' author, dies at age 91

Bernard Waber debuted as an author in 1962 with 'The House on East 88th Street.' The book introduced readers to the loveable Lyle, first spotted in a bathtub in an Upper East Side brownstone.

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WFIE-TV Evansville

Ky teen dies after choking on dog lead

A coroner says a central Kentucky teenager died after falling and catching a dog lead he was wearing and causing death.

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Local TV Station KTVZ

Bicycle hearse offers 'one last ride'

The Sunset Hills Cemetery & Funeral Home in Eugene, Ore., is capitalizing on the idea, offering "one last ride" through the city's scenic bike paths on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle, according to Eugene TV station KVAL.

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Swindon Advertiser

No change in A419 crash survivors' conditions

THREE 20 year olds who survived a 'horrific' car crash on the A419 yesterday have seen no change in their condition overnight.

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KMIZ

AEG execs face questions about MJ's death

AEG Live filed an insurance claim to recover losses from Michael Jackson's death the same day he died, according to a lawyer for Jackson's family.

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