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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 ...
Thunderstorms, Possible Tornadoes Threaten Plains and East Coast
By Paul Yeager - AOL NewsA powerful spring storm system will spawn dangerous thunderstorms over a large area from the Plains to the East Coast, starting later Sunday and continuing through Tuesday. The system includes the threat of large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. The storm will also produce more late-season snow in the Northern Plains and cause additional flooding problems from the Plains to the East. The stretch from Chicago southward to Dallas will be the region at risk for dangerous thunderstorms from later Sunday through Sunday night, with the greatest risk area in Illinois, Missouri and ...
Wave of Anti-Abortion Bills Advance in the States
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Dozens of bills are advancing through statehouses nationwide that would put an array of new obstacles - legal, financial and psychological - in the paths of women seeking abortions. The tactics vary: mandatory sonograms and anti-abortion counseling, sweeping limits on insurance coverage, bans on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. To abortion-rights activists, they add up to the biggest political threat since the Roe v. Wade decision of 1973 that legalized abortion nationwide. Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images Demonstrators march along Constitution Avenue toward the ...
Kansas Lawmaker Under Fire for Illegal Immigration Joke [VIDEO]
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Westboro's 'Church of Hate' Leader Once Championed Civil Rights
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsFred Phelps has been testing America's laws -- and patience -- for years, long before the Supreme Court today gave his anti-gay church group the OK to protest its gospel of hate at military funerals. But in the beginning, Phelps, now the 80-year-old pastor of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church, had a very different cause -- civil rights. Before the bombastic, Kansas-based preacher began picketing high-profile funerals with signs like, "God Hates Fags" and "Thank God for Dead Soldiers," he was a prominent civil-rights attorney known for waging successful anti-discrimination suits in ...
Another Blizzard Roars Through Nation's Midsection
By not in system - AOL NewsTULSA, Okla. -- A second powerful blizzard in a week roared through parts of the nation's midsection on Wednesday, bringing biting winds and dumping more than a foot of snow on areas still digging out from last week's major storm. As the system moved eastward toward the Deep South, it dropped 16 inches of snow on the northeastern Oklahoma town of Pahuska and 14 inches on nearby Eucha, according to Osage County Emergency Management Director Howard Pattison. Salina Journal / AP David Graf shovels snow from his driveway in Salina, Kan., on Tuesday. Bartlesville, about 50 miles north ...
Groundhog Day 2011 Will be a Snow Day for Midwest Schools
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsTomorrow may be Groundhog Day, but when Punxsutawney Phil emerges he'll probably be thinking snow day. Chicago is bracing itself the potential of two feet of snow over the next 24-hours, and Chicago public schools have already cancelled after-school activities for today and tomorrow due to the weather. According to Reuters, the school system, "famous for staying open no matter the weather," is still deciding whether to open its doors on Wednesday. Other midwestern states with blizzard warnings in effect leading up to Groundhog Day 2011 include Missouri, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Kansas, and ...
Gingerbread Houses Recalled in 22 States
By not in system - AOL NewsNow that Christmas is over, were you thinking about taking a bite out of that festively decorated gingerbread house that's lingering among your holiday decorations? Check where you bought it first. Gingerbread houses made by Rolf's Patisserie have been recalled in 22 states by Whole Foods Market, the company announced, part of a larger recall of desserts from the Lincolnwood, Ill., baker, NPR reported. Products produced by Rolf's Patisserie have been connected to several outbreaks of Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning. All of the contaminated products were made after Nov. 1. The Illinois ...
A Teenage Girl, Truman Capote, Two Killers and a Full Moon
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyIf Nancy Clutter had survived, she would be 67 years old. But on Nov. 15, 1959, she was murdered in her family's farmhouse near Holcomb, Kansas, along with her mother, father and 15-year-old brother. Six more years would pass before author Truman Capote would publish "In Cold Blood," his landmark book about the murders. Nancy Clutter was 16 years old when she died, and I was 16 years old when I read about the last days, hours and moments of her life. To my sad teenage mind, Nancy Clutter had it all: A stable, close-knit family. A sports team. A boyfriend. A place in her community. She ...
This Week in Weird News (Boozy Caveman, Bacon Plushie Edition)
By Tony Deconinck - AOL News
(Nov. 13) -- Question: How do you make a caveman attractive? For centuries, archaeologists have told us that a major leap toward modern civilization made was when mankind began to settle down and start farming, pointing to the sudden development of domesticated grains. Most of us probably imagined ancient humans kneeling down in a parched field and looking thoughtfully at a handful of dirty seeds as inspiration and hunger drove the breakthrough. But as paleontologists continue their research, they're finding that as food sources go, messing with planting schedules and everything ...
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