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  • A "mackerel sky" hangs over Traverse City, Mich. on a balmy Saturday afternoon. The altocumulus clouds get the name when they are arranged in a pattern that has been compared to the scales of a mackerel. In the winter, this can mean upcoming snow. (Photo by Jan-Michael Stump/The Record-Eagle/Traverse City, Mich.)

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  • Cat tips over lamp, sparks house fire

    One of six pet cats living in a home in rural Indiana has been blamed for accidentally setting the place on fire by tipping over a lamp, causing the light bulb to break and sparking an electrical flame.

    May 24, 2013

  • Weather expert: Schools need tornado shelters

    Ninety-four percent of Oklahoma schools do not have tornado shelters, according to Gov. Mary Fallin, even though at least one weather expert says they should be as standard as cafeterias and gymnasiums. Fallin said 100 Oklahoma schools have tornado safe rooms or shelters. The state has 1,752 public schools.

    May 24, 2013

  • ARMERDING COLUMN: 'Free Kate' campaign misdirected

    Groups urging the dismissal of sexual misconduct charges against an 18-year-old Florida cheerleader who had sex with a 14-year-old girl are wrongly citing it as an example of a prosection tied to hate of gay people. 

    May 24, 2013

  • r052213mooretornado PHOTOS: Digging out in Moore, Okla. Residents of Moore, Okla., returned to their homes Wednesday to assess damage and search for belongings in the debris. On Tuesday, search and rescue crews finished looking for victims and survivors of Monday's tornado, which packed winds greater than 200 mph. The storm killed a total of 24 people, including 20 people in Moore, and sent more than 350 others to the hospital. The dead included seven children killed at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore.

    May 23, 2013

  • Drunken driving case tossed over fog-light stop

    There's no traffic law in Massachusetts that prohibits driving with your fog lights on in clear, sunny weather, and thus police can't pull you over for that reason and then charge you with another crime that might be discovered as a result of the stop.

    May 23, 2013

  • taylortornadofamily Mom delivered baby as tornado struck

    Shayla Taylor was so far along in labor that her nurses at Moore Medical Center decided not to move her when Monday's tornado hit. They waited out the storm in an operating room, where the wall disappeared as the tornado hit the building.

    May 23, 2013 1 Photo

  • The devils Koch

    The prospect of the Koch brothers buying the Tribune Company newspapers has touched off a storm of protest from leftist groups and journalists who see the libertarian billionaires as idological satans.

    May 23, 2013

  • Mayor wants tornado shelters in new homes

    Moore Mayor Glenn Lewis wants tornado shelters in all new homes in his city, where an EF-5 tornado damaged or destroyed more than 12,500 homes Monday afternoon. A proposed ordi­nance would require a shelter inside or outside each new residence.

    May 23, 2013

  • Bob Stoops Rescue workers, tornado victims find respite in college dorms

    Familar faces at the University of Oklahoma - including President David Boren and head football coach Bob Stoops - personally greeted rescuers.

    May 23, 2013 1 Photo

  • Oklahoma Tornado Storm-weary residents return to their homes

    On Wednesday afternoon, residents of this Oklahoma City suburb were allowed back into their neighborhoods for the first time since an EF-5 tornado devastated much of the city. For many, it was a salvage operation,

    May 23, 2013 2 Photos

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