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A powerful tornado roared through Moore and south Oklahoma City on Monday, killing at least 51 people and leaving rescue workers frantically searching for survivors at the devastated Plaza Towers Elementary School in the Moore school district.

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Death toll revised to 24; more than 100 pulled from debris alive; Obama says Oklahoma will receive help

By AP Wire Service

Obama, who spoke from the White House at 9 a.m. Tuesday, said: “Our prayers are with the people of Oklahoma today.”

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OHP: 101 found alive after Moore tornado; death toll revised to 24
Severe weather possible again today southeast of Tulsa area
CONTINUING COVERAGE: Find all our stories about the Moore tornado
PHOTO GALLERY: View all the tornado photos from Moore on Monday.
PHOTO GALLERY: View all the photos related to the storms on Sunday.

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Hope for survivors fades at ruined school

By ANDREW KNITTLE & ZEKE CAMPFIELD NewsOK.com

In a drizzle under hastily erected bright lights, dozens of emergency workers searched into the night Monday for the missing children at the flattened Plaza Towers Elementary School.

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Victims of tornadoes in Shawnee and Carney, Okla., assess devastation, recount experiences

By MICHAEL OVERALL World Staff Writer

With fresh storm clouds building on the horizon, 79-year-old Rose Marie Blackwell stuffed a family photo album into a plastic bag Monday.

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House Speaker derails Fallin's plan to save Insure Oklahoma

By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer

Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon pulled the plug Monday on Gov. Mary Fallin's plans to save the Insure Oklahoma program, which provides health care for working poor Oklahomans.

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Poverty rising faster in suburbs than in Tulsa

By MIKE AVERILL World Staff Writer

Poverty rates in suburban areas have seen a rapid increase since 2000, in many cases outpacing the increases in cities, according to a new book from the Brookings Institute.

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Resident files legal challenge to Rogers County sales-tax vote

By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer

A voter has filed a legal challenge to last week’s unofficial renewal of a Rogers County sales tax, alleging the public wasn’t properly notified.

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Jay Cronley
News Columnist

Jay Cronley: Tornadoes aren't so thrilling when they're in your own backyard

Despite the best technology the scientists have to offer, the location of the start of a tornado can't be predicted.

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Jason Ashley Wright
Scene Columnist

Living Wright: Movies are good, but spare me the movie theater

So imagine, if you're bored enough, my excitement over "Star Trek: Into Darkness," which debuted this weekend. I'm trying to coordinate a night this week to see it with Lord V, who's much more of a fan than I am.

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GROWING YOUR OWN

Kendall-Whittier site part of growing urban gardening trend

By JASON ASHLEY WRIGHT World Scene Writer

David Goswick eats garlic all the time, but he never buys it.

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RESTAURANT

Soon-to-open Tavolo Italian Bistro hosts charity event Thursday

By SCOTT CHERRY World Restaurant Critic

Chef-proprietor Justin Thompson has scheduled a benefit opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday for his new Tavolo Italian Bistro, 427 S. Boston Ave.

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OU WOMEN'S GOLF

Improvement of OU women's golf star mirrors program

By GUERIN EMIG World Sports Writer

A few years ago, Oklahoma coach Veronique Drouin-Luttrell stalked Chirapat Jao-Javanil around the Callaway Junior World Golf Championships at San Diego's Torrey Pines course.

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NCAA GOLF

Tulsa Sports Commission, country club makeover help land 2014 NCAA women's golf championships

By JIMMIE TRAMEL World Sports Writer

Fast-forward the calendar by a year and fairways here will be dotted with the nation's best female college golfers.

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MOTOR SPORTS

AJ Allmendinger making most of shot at Indy 500

By JENNA FRYER Associated Press

AJ Allmendinger's parents attended their first Indianapolis 500 in 1979, when they camped in a grassy lot and watched Rick Mears win his first 500.

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John E. Hoover
Sports Columnist

Southmoore football team gets close call with devastating tornado

Southmoore High School football coach Jeff Brickman walked tentatively into the parking lot, staggered by the devastated landscape that lay in front of him.

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NCAA WOMEN'S GOLF

Tulsa to host NCAA women's golf tournament next May

By JIMMIE TRAMEL World Sports Writer

The University of Tulsa women's golf program is going local next season.

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POWERFUL MACHINE: DEDICATION SET

Tandy Community Supercomputer to have public dedication Thursday in Tulsa

By ROBERT EVATT World Staff Writer

There are a number of supercomputers in place across the country - you just can't get to them unless you're an employee or faculty member of the right institution.

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CHESAPEAKE NEW CEO

Wall Street praises Chesapeake's tapping Anadarko exec as new CEO

By ADAM WILMOTH NewsOK.com

Chesapeake Energy Corp. shares jumped nearly 3 percent Monday after the Oklahoma City-based company tapped Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO.

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ENERGY

International leaders in energy come to Tulsa as part of national tour

By KYLE ARNOLD World Staff Writer

It's no coincidence that a group of visitors from across the globe are asking the same kinds of questions about energy that are dominating discussions about U.S. energy policy.

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ENERGY

PSO seeks officials' OK on plan to phase out 2 coal units near Oologah

By PAUL MONIES NewsOK.com

Calling it an "Oklahoma solution" that uses state-produced energy resources, representatives of Tulsa-based utility Public Service Co. of Oklahoma urged environmental officials Monday to approve a plan that phases out its last two coal units at a power plant near Oologah by 2026.

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POLITICAL CARTOON

OK insurance

By BRUCE PLANTE World Editorial Cartoonist

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EDITORIAL

Fallin, Shannon clash over health insurance quagmire

By World's Editorials Writers

The ongoing political furor over health insurance reached a fevered pitch on Monday when House Speaker T.W. Shannon torpedoed Gov. Mary Fallin's plan to salvage a state-subsidized health insurance plan that faces closing down.

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EDITORIAL

Tulsa's ministers

By World's Editorials Writers

While they represent decidedly different religious beliefs, Sherman and Biggs, as a result of their upbringing and education, appreciate the value of and need for interfaith cooperation. They have not only provided outstanding spiritual leadership to their own congregations, they have been beacons of religious tolerance for all of Tulsa.

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