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Blizzard-like conditions made driving across Iowa and much of the Midwest near impossible Thursday. The drive to work for this motorist near Centerville, Iowa, had an unexpected detour. (Photo by Becky Maxwell/Daily Iowegian, Centerville, Iowa)
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Deb Mikko shovels the driveway of her home in Traverse City, Mich. during Thursday's winter storm. (Photo by Jan-Michael Stump/The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.)
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Female social worker accused of sexual misconduct with boy, 14
A seven-month investigation into the relationship between a woman who worked with residents of a foster care facility and a teenage boy who lived there has resulted in sexual misconduct with a minor charges against her.
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Bone of prehistoric animal found in Indiana
The leg bone of a mammal similar to the wooly "Manny" in the animated kids movie "Ice Age" has been discovered along the Wabash River in western Indiana.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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