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We saw the hail storm come in and then the power went out ... When the trees blew flat, we went inside. We heard the sirens and were like ‘maybe this is serious.’ But it only lasted about two minutes, then it was over. It was just horrific when we outside. It was unimaginable all of the devastation around us. Homes were flattened. People were screaming, pinned or trapped in their homes. It was just terrible.
Oh my God, it was horrible ... Our houses were OK. I think the trees protected them but as we walked away, places were just gone.
I was standing there watching the clouds roll in ... I didn't have a clue.More quotes »
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U.S. soldier who killed servicemen in Iraq gets life in prison
Wilburn Russell, 73, displays a portrait of his son, Sergeant John M. Russell, the Army sergeant who is accused of killing five fellow soldiers in Iraq, outside of his son's home in Sherman, Texas May 12, 2009. TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. Army from Reuters Mobile Read more »
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US senators urge Obama to press Iran by increased sanctions
Members of US Congress from both parties on Wednesday urged Obama administration officials to impose greater economic pressure to curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions and punish its human-rights violations. Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Foreign Relat from Jerusalem Post Read more »
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Flamboyant Texas swindler Billie Sol Estes dies
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texas huckster who became one of the most notorious men in America in 1962 when he was accused of looting a federal crop subsidy program, has died. He was 88. Estes, whose name became synonymous with T from NCB-WCNC Charlotte Read more »
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Monday round-up
Mark Sherman of the Associated Press (via The Washington Post) examines the diversity of the Supreme Court bar, noting that “[i]n an era when three women, a Hispanic and an African-American sit on the court and white men constitute a bare majority of the from SCOTUSblog Read more »
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Announcing The Nolo Divorce YouTube Channel
SANTA CRUZ, CA, May 10, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Nolo Divorce has updated its YouTube Channel with 16 new videos featuring Ed Sherman, the divorce expert attorney who founded Nolo Press and the self-help law movement. As part of his mission to make the from 24-7PressRelease.com Read more »
