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Deadliest Tornado Outbreak in Decades Kills Nearly 300
By not in system - AOL NewsPLEASANT GROVE, Ala. -- Firefighters searched one splintered pile after another for survivors Thursday, combing the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades. At least 297 people were killed across six states - more than two-thirds of them in Alabama, where large cities bore the half-mile-wide scars the twisters left behind. The death toll from Wednesday's storms seems out of a bygone era, before Doppler radar and pinpoint satellite forecasts were around to warn communities of severe weather. Residents were told the ...
Athletes and Businesspeople Give 9-Year-Old Hero New Leg
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsA group of Southern athletes and businesspeople is banding together to provide a young hero with a new leg. AOL News shared Anaiah Rucker's story in March. The courageous 9-year-old straight-A student from Georgia pushed her sister out of the way of an oncoming truck in February. Bearing the brunt of the truck's force, Anaiah saved 5-year-old Camry's life, but broke her neck and lost a kidney and her left leg. Anaiah matter-of-factly spoke about her heroism to the "Today" show's Ann Curry. Her sister needed help, so Anaiah helped. Strangers Help Madison Girl Walk Again: ...
15-State Tornado Outbreak Deadliest Since 2008
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The devastation is stunning -- homes and lives shattered as the deadliest swarm of twisters in three years battered up to 15 states. Ultimately, this could turn out to be among the top 10 three-day outbreaks for number of tornadoes, though experts can't be sure until all the reports are sorted, said Greg Carbin of the federal Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. While tornadoes occur regularly, their power always shocks. This time it was storms battering their way from Oklahoma to North Carolina, claiming at least 44 lives, almost half of those in North Carolina. It was ...
Sheriff: Missing Mom of 5 Alive and Well [VIDEO]
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Car Belonging to Missing Mother of 5 Found Abandoned in Georgia
By not in system - AOL NewsCHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. -- Law enforcement authorities in Cherokee County have located the vehicle of missing woman Wazineh Suleiman. The gray 2004 Nissan Armada was found abandoned this morning in Cherokee County. Suleiman's car was left at a vacant business off Interstate 75, Sgt. Jonathan Rogers of the Bartow County Sheriff's Office said, and has been towed back to the Sheriff's Office. Investigators plan to search the vehicle and process it for clues as to her disappearance or whereabouts. The car was found off exit 277 of Highway 92, just over the county line, at what had been a ...
South Littered With Downed Trees After Storm [VIDEO]
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High Winds, Rain Hit South, Killing at Least 7
By not in system - AOL NewsJACKSON, Ga. -- Fast-moving spring storms packing high winds, hail and lightning blew through the South, uprooting trees, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and killing at least seven people. The storms were part of a system that cut a wide swath from the Mississippi River across the Southeast to Georgia and the Carolinas on Monday and early Tuesday. Skies were clearing in many areas that were hit, but tornado watches remained in effect in eastern North and South Carolina as the storms appeared to head out to sea. A father and his young son were killed when a tree fell onto ...
Thousands Attend Funeral for Slain Georgia Officer
By not in system - AOL NewsATHENS, Ga. -- Thousands of people mourned a slain Georgia police officer whose killing led to a days-long manhunt for a suspect who surrendered live television. Almost 2,500 people - including law enforcement officers from Georgia and elsewhere - packed the Classic Center theater for the funeral of Athens-Clarke County Officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian, the Athens Banner-Herald reported. Hundreds more lined the streets as a horse-drawn hearse took his body to Evergreen Memorial Park for burial. One of Christian's hobbies was shoeing horses for friends and family. Jamie Hood, 33, ...
Georgia Police Probe Circumstances of Hostage Case
By not in system - AOL NewsATHENS, Ga. - Police said Saturday they are trying to determine how long a man charged in a police officer's slaying had been staying at an Athens apartment where he allegedly took nine hostages, and then agreed to surrender on the condition it was broadcast on live TV news. Jamie Hood, 33, was being held Saturday without bond on murder and other charges at the Hall County jail. He is charged with fatally shooting Athens-Clarke County police officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian and wounding another officer on Tuesday. Athens police Capt. Clarence Holeman said Saturday evening that ...
Suspect in Ga. Officer's Slaying Surrenders on TV
By not in system - AOL NewsATHENS, Ga. -- Holding five hostages in an apartment surrounded by police, the suspect in the slaying of a Georgia police officer made an unusual request to negotiators - he wanted to surrender on live TV. Jamie Hood, 33, walked out of the apartment late Friday night shirtless and surrounded by five of the nine adults and children he had held captive for hours as he negotiated with federal, state and local authorities. It was a prime-time ending to a four-day manhunt around this quiet college town for Hood, who authorities say killed one police officer and wounded another Tuesday. The ...
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