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Top Story Oklahoma Tornado Victims, Huge tornado hits OKC suburb, kills 24
A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed.
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Ray Manzarek, Founding member of The Doors dies at 74
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died in Germany. He was 74.
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Bernard Waber, Children's author dies at age 91
Bernard Waber, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," has died at his home in New York.
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Ken Venturi, US Open champion and CBS analyst dies
Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82.
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Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentine ex-dictator dies in prison
Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla died Friday while serving life sentences in prison for crimes against humanity.
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Mack Emerman, Criteria Recording Studios founder dies
Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records,...
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Boruch Spiegel, Warsaw ghetto insurgent dies at 93
Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.
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Frances B. Monson, 85-year-old wife of Mormon church president dies
The wife of the president of the Mormon church has died. Frances B. Monson, 85, died early Friday morning at a hospital in Salt Lake City, The Church of Jesus...
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Dick Trickle, Ex-NASCAR driver dies at 71
Authorities in North Carolina say former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71.
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