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Deadly US Twister Hits Tornado Alley

Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" - home to most of the nation's tornadoes. Tornado Alley is generally seen to span north to south from South Dakota to Texas between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains, but there is no official consensus on the boundaries. Comparison of Tornado paths in ...
Warrant Mother thought she left baby at day care

DALLAS (AP) — A North Texas woman whose year-old daughter died after being left for hours in a car has told authorities she thought she dropped off the child earlier at a day care.An arrest warrant reveals details of an interview police conducted with 42-year-old Vibha Marks. The Dallas Morning News reports Wednesday that Marks told police she was certain she had left her daughter at the ...
Tennis signs first American athlete in three years

Tyler Owens /Senior Staff Writer The vast diversity of cultures on the UNT tennis team has grown even more in recent months as the Mean Green has signed two freshmen - Alexis Thoma and Ana Sofia Cordero - to letters of intent Thoma, who is from Frisco, is the first American student-athlete to join the team since the 2009-2010 season. "I feel like a better player when I'm out here ...
Hecklers interrupt Gov. Perrys speech

AUSTIN (AP) -- Hecklers have repeatedly interrupted a speech by Gov. Rick Perry, demanding that Texas expand the Medicaid program under the White House-backed health care reform ...
Medicaid expansion protesters interrupt Perry talk

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Hecklers have repeatedly interrupted a speech by Gov. Rick Perry, demanding that Texas expand the Medicaid program under the White House-backed health care reform ...

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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One [DVD]

There are so many levels of meaning in William Greaves oddball 1968 experimental hybrid Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One that its hard to know where to begin deconstructing it--or if deconstruction is even a possibility. Ostensibly about a film crew conducting screen tests of a ... ...

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Cousins unveils big changes for 2100 Ross makeover

A rendering of the new entry of 2100 Ross Avenue -- once it goes through its makeover -- in downtown Dallas. It's been a long time coming for 2100 Ross Ave., one of downtown Dallas' skyscrapers in the Dallas Arts District: A much-needed multimillion dollar makeover. There have been plans for repositioning the 33-story, 844,000-square-foot skyscraper since it was purchased at foreclosure ...
Independent AE board could be shelved

In special session on Tuesday, the Austin City Council members discussed several possibilities on how it would oversee a new board of directors for Austin Energy. After nearly an hour of discussion, the council decided to schedule a vote Thursday on whether to postpone the idea of an independent board for Austin Energy indefinitely. Council members discussed plans that would create a committee ...
Richmond pastor charged with 4 felonies in Texas

RICHMOND -- Texas authorities now say a Richmond pastor accused of sex crimes has now been formally charged with four felonies related to two alleged ...
Carroll trustees continue to look at open enrollment

SOUTHLAKE — School leaders appear to be moving closer to allowing students who live in within Southlake city limits - but are zoned in the Keller or Northwest school districts - to attend Carroll ...
New software could change UNT registration process

J.P. Lugo / Staff Writer New software may be applied in the registration system that will allow students to see all their schedule possibilities in a new visual form when registering for courses. With the software titled Visual Schedule Builder, students can select classes they want to take and the program will show all the possible schedules for those choices. Students will also have the ...

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Deadly US Twister Hits 'Tornado Alley'

Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" - home to most of the nation's tornadoes.

Tornado Alley is generally seen to span north to south from South Dakota to Texas between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains, but there is no official consensus on the boundaries.

Comparison of Tornado paths in Moore, Oklahoma - May 3, 1999 and May 20, 2013 x Comparison of Tornado paths in Moore, Oklahoma - May 3, 1999 and May 20, 2013 The region is susceptible to tornadoes when cold, dry air moving south from Canada meets warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and warm, dry air moving east across the Rockies. The collision of warm and cold air breeds severe thunderstorms, which spawn tornadoes.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center says Tornado Alley is a nickname used by the media and stresses it only indicates the area where most tornadoes occur. It says violent or killer tornadoes happen outside Tornado Alley every year and can strike almost anywhere in the United States, as well as in Canada and overseas.

Studies have shown the deadliest twisters in the U.S. happen to the east of Tornado Alley, in an area known as "Dixie Alley. ...