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Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.
The principal’s voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up. But before all of the youngsters could get...Tags: Briarwood, Tornadoes, Teachers, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Fire chief confident search for Okla. tornado victims is complete
Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine...
Tags: National Weather Service, Human Interest, Heavy Engineering, Tornadoes, Mary Fallin
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Educator takes teaching Japanese to a new level
julieg@herald-mail.comAyako Shiga knows how difficult it can be to learn a foreign language. When she was growing up in Tokyo, she failed her first semester of English in middle school. During a break that semester, she went to visit her father in Australia and couldn’...Tags: Japan, Columbia University, Students, Trips and Vacations, Culture
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Assistance available for for small businesses rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy
Small businesses rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy will get immediate and long-term help laying a foundation for economic recovery thanks to expanded services funded by a $19 million emergency appropriation. Small businesses can take...Tags: Small Businesses, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Hurricanes, Business
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Journalists look like flakes after storm that wasn't
This is what I love about U.S. journalism. We could waste our time getting to the bottom of the Fast and Furious weapons scandal, expose the agro-chemical industry for poisoning our babies or bring shame to Congress for failing to perform even the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Television Industry, Television Stations
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3 dead after storms rake South, move to Northeast
A violent storm system that spawned deadly tornadoes in the South delivered torrential rain and dangerous winds to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, leaving at least three people dead and tens of thousands without electricity as swollen rivers threatened...
Tags: Floods, Laurel, Georgia Power Company, Montgomery County (Virginia), Southern U.S. Storms (2011)
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2 dead after storms rake South, take aim at East
Associated PressKandi Cash trudged in rain through the splintered debris of her grandparents' home, hoping to salvage photos and other keepsakes after violent storms and tornadoes scoured the Southeast, leaving two people dead before the system advanced on the Northeast....Tags: Dollar General Corporation, House Building, Tornadoes, Floods, Georgia Power Company
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House approves $50.5 billion for Superstorm Sandy aid
More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.5 billion in emergency relief for the victims Tuesday night as Republican leaders struggled to close out an episode that exposed...
Tags: Government, Bill Pascrell Jr., Hurricane Katrina (2005), The Pentagon, Chris Christie
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Goretti students collect funds to help pets affected by hurricane
St. Maria Goretti High School announced its People for Animal Welfare Society recently held a fundraiser to help animals affected by Hurricane Sandy. The club sponsored a “Wear Orange” out-of-uniform day in honor of the official color of...
Tags: Human Interest, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Hurricanes, Animals
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Firefighters pull out of blaze in Hickory Ridge wildlife area
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA Maryland Department of Natural Resources official said Monday afternoon that the last of the firefighters began leaving the scene of a blaze that burned about 145 acres of land since Saturday in the Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area near Clear...Tags: Energy Resources, Lifestyle and Leisure, Conservation, Wildlife, Fires
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With no farm bill, Maryland dairy farmers lose safety net
Capital News Service“You can’t turn these cows on and off,” said Bill Kilby, whose family has owned a dairy farm in Cecil County, Md., since 1961. “You cannot stop feeding the cows, you’ve got to take care of them.” That’s the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Prices, Droughts, Finance, Farms
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Area stores try to stay ahead of the rush to stock up for Sandy
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comSome stores in Washington County were fast running out of essential bad-weather supplies such as generators and flashlights Monday, but grocery store shelves for the most part held what people were seeking. After a hectic weekend of grocery shopping in...Tags: The Home Depot, Hurricanes, Breads
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