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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 ...
Killer of off-duty Houston officer loses appeal

HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has rejected an appeal from a Vietnamese refugee sent to death row for the slaying of a Houston police officer shot during a robbery while working his off hours as a clerk at his family's convenience store.The state's highest criminal court Wednesday refused an appeal from 36-year-old Chuong Duong Tong as improper and dismissed ...
Drug-testing OKd for jobless benefits

Creighton said the proposed law was carefully designed to be constitutional, adding that only first-time applicants working in occupations that require drug tests would undergo screening. Applicants who test positive could ask for a retest or keep their benefits if they enroll in a treatment program within seven days. Otherwise, the person could reapply after 30 ...
FaceCake unveils breakthrough technology at Austin Fashion Week with The Swivel

technology continues to move into the modern era, subsequent industries are nipping at one another's heels. The demand to remain a front-runner is taxing; companies are forced to merge assets and ideas to remain at the head of their class. One example of this progressive thinking is the breakthrough technology of the Swivel, created ...
Cannes The Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis

I. First, Something About the Badges (Then We’ll Get to the Coens) Someday I’m going to write a song and call it "Ballad of the Blue Badge." I haven’t figured out a rhyme scheme yet, let alone a melody, so please allow this outline to suffice: At Cannes, the color of your badge determines the ease with which you’re able to gain entry to any of the 1,001 ...

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Just Visiting (Les Visiteurs en America)

Just Visiting is an Americanized remake of Les Visiteurs (The Visitors), a 1993 French comedy that is still the highest grossing comedy in its native country. The Visitors didn't do particularly well here in the United States, as it played with subtitles ... ...

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Search Underway after Deadly Texas Twisters

Massive cleanup is underway in Texas after a swarm of 16 tornadoes ripped through the state Wednesday night. At least six people are dead and several are still missing. Entire neighborhoods are still cordoned off as rescue teams and police with cadaver dogs to search for survivors in the debris. The storms battered the region, turning homes into rubble. The devastation is spread across four ...
Citing Morality Clause Texas Judge Blocks Lesbian Couple From Living Together

A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can’t live together because of a morality clause in one of the women’s divorce papers. The clause is common in divorce cases in Texas and other states. It prevents a divorced parent from having a romantic partner spend the night while children are in the home. If the couple marries, they can get out from under the legal provision - ...
1 killed 3 students hurt in school bus accident

WILLS POINT, Texas (AP) -- One driver has been killed and three students injured when a car drifted into oncoming traffic and struck a school bus in East ...
Texas pastor pleads guilty to online soliciting

MARSHALL, Texas (AP) -- An East Texas pastor faces up to 10 years in prison for an online chat from church with an alleged 14-year-old girl who turned out to be a Louisiana ...
NCAA upholds penalty of ex Texas Southern coach

HOUSTON - The NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee has upheld a three-year show-cause order for former Texas Southern football coach Johnnie Cole.Cole was given the order for failing to promote an atmosphere for compliance and the order prohibits him from all on- and off-campus recruiting activities until October 2015. He contested that finding, but the committee found that 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. ...