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Forecasters say a tornado blew out windows and knocked down power lines in the Florida Panhandle, and another suspected twister damaged a civic center in a southeastern...
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AP, Columbus
Winds from Hurricane Ike will cost insurance companies at least $553.1 million to cover property damage and other losses in Ohio, making it the state’s most...
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AP, Columbus
Damages caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ike in Ohio could hit $500 million or higher, making it one of the state’s costliest natural disasters.
made popular Sep 27 2008
AP, Columbus
Almost a quarter million homes and businesses across Ohio remained without power Saturday, one week after a huge storm blacked out large swaths of the state.
made popular Sep 20 2008
AP, Columbus
Electric utilities in Ohio say thousands of homes and business are still without power a week after a powerful storm blacked out large sections of the state.
made popular Sep 20 2008
AP, Cincinnati
Facing a fifth day without power, the residents of a senior housing community in western Ohio took to the street with foam signs to protest the failure of Dayton Power...
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AP, Cincinnati
Officials urged patience Wednesday on the part of Midwesterners waiting for power to be restored as crews worked feverishly to clean up the soggy mess left by the...
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AP, St. Louis
Just a few months after near-record flooding, roads across the Midwest were under water again Tuesday and more than 1 million people in at least five states were...
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AP, Arnold
Just a few months after near-record flooding in the Midwest, authorities in towns along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers fear a soggy repeat following heavy rain...
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AP, Chicago
Residents of the Midwest faced blackouts affecting hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, closed school and streets clogged by fallen trees Monday after a...
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AP, Chicago
Losing it devastating punch as a major hurricane, Ike nevertheless drubbed the Midwest with powerful winds and floodwaters that are being blamed for at least 15...
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AP, Chicago
Losing it devastating punch as a major hurricane, Ike nevertheless drubbed the Midwest with powerful winds and floodwaters that are being blamed for at least 13...
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AP, Munster
The remnants of Hurricane Ike swept into the Midwest Sunday with powerful winds and flooding that were being blamed for at least 13 deaths. Thousands have been...
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AP, Munster
The remnants of Hurricane Ike swept into the Midwest Sunday with powerful winds and flooding that were being blamed for at least 14 deaths. Thousands have been...
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AP, Munster
The remnants of Hurricane Ike swept into the Midwest Sunday with powerful winds and flooding that were being blamed for at least 12 deaths. Thousands have been...
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AP, Munster
A father and son drowned in northwest Indiana while trying to rescue children from a flooded ditch as heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ike forced hundreds of...
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AP, Phoenix
A series of fast-moving thunderstorms packing winds of up to 100 mph plowed through the Phoenix area, leaving tens of thousands without power, briefly shutting down the...
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AP, Phoenix
Eunice Mork and four of her closest friends were returning from a trip they made all the time _ a 55-mile drive from playing bingo in Parker to their homes in Salome.
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AP, Bouse
Officials say a flash flood has swamped vehicles in a low area of western Arizona’s La Paz County and one woman has died.
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AP, Bangkok
Severe flooding triggered by torrential rains has struck areas of Myanmar still recovering from a cyclone that killed more than 84,000 people, a state-run newspaper...
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AP, Deerfield
Violent storms on Thursday in a 25-mile-long swath of central New Hampshire destroyed several homes, damaged dozens of others and left at least one person dead,...
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AP, Epsom
Violent storms in a 25-mile-long swath of central New Hampshire on Thursday destroyed several homes, damaged dozens of others and left at least one person dead,...
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AP, Karachi
Violent protests erupted at Pakistan’s main stock market Thursday as growing economic and political uncertainty pushed Pakistani shares to a new 18-month low.The...
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AP, San Francisco
Violent thunderstorms brought rain bursts that modestly helped firefighting efforts Sunday, but the downpours also triggered mudslides that complicated...
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AP, London
Violent overnight clashes in Northern Ireland left 14 policemen and five other people injured early Saturday as the volatile “marching season” reached its...
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AP, Tunis
Violent clashes erupted Friday between protesters and police in central Tunisia, leaving one person dead and at least eight others injured, government and labor union...
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AP, Washington
The director of the ATF says violent crime has increased in some cities in part because local police are too cash-strapped to fight it.The comments by Michael J....
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AP, Damascus
Violent storms unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four central states and killed eight people in Arkansas, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into...
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AP, Damascus
Violent storms unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four central states and killed seven people in Arkansas, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into...
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AP, Damascus
Violent storms rolling across the nation’s midsection unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four states and killed seven people in Arkansas on Friday,...
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AP, Tokyo
Violent clashes with animal rights groups and fewer whale sightings forced Japan’s whaling fleet to head home from the Antarctic with only 55 percent of its...
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AP, New Orleans
The small group gathers each Tuesday night on the same vacant lot. They stand silently in a circle, holding hands and pausing two seconds for each person who’s...
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Neither Whores Nor Doormats by Fadela Amara’s is an autobiography which discusses about the status of Muslim women in a Western European country. Amara has...
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If you think that your hands are as clean as dirt on Photoshop, then you can make some contribution in making violent video games friendly. As many people in the gaming...
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Indonesian students throw rocks at police as they are hit with water from a police water canon in front of the parliament building Tuesday, June 24, 2008, in Jakarta, Indonesia .About 1,000 protesters, angered by a student demonstrator’s death after his...
