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18 min ago | CBS Local

5.7 earthquake hits Northern California

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit Northern California Thursday night that was widely felt across the region, but there were no reports of serious damage.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, California, Greenville, CA, Susanville, CA, Geology, Science, Almanor, CA

18 min ago | Click2Houston

Earthquake shakes northern California

The epicenter of the magnitude 5.9 quake was near Greenville, or about halfway between Redding, California, and Reno, Nevada.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Redding, CA

2 hrs ago | Magic 98.3 Columbus

'We aren't daredevils': Oklahoma's storm chasers in the sky

As a helicopter pilot for Los Angeles's KCAL-TV, Jim Gardner had flown over deadly mudslides and earthquakes, covered car chases and was shot at by snipers during the L.A. riots.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Oklahoma Government, Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, US Military, US Army, Tornado

4 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Alabama mystery illness solved: it's common flu

Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new bacteria or viruses were involved.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Influenza, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Epidemic, Bird Flu, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

8 hrs ago | KFBB

2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy

Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names: The National Hurricane Center started using women's names for Atlantic storms in 1953; men's names were added in 1979.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Tornado

9 hrs ago | KIII

Latest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma town's mettle

Having lived most of her life in this Oklahoma City suburb, Barbara Bryen never feared twisters.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Oklahoma City, OK, Family, Kids, US Military, US Air Force, Tinker Air Force Base

9 hrs ago | EDGE

Ban on Gay Blood Donors Lifted in Canada; Restrictions Remain

Gay men in Canada can now donate blood, but there's a catch: You must not have had sex with another man in the last five years.

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Related Topix: Epidemic

10 hrs ago | Daily World

Federal forecasters predict a busy hurricane season

The federal government predicts an above-average hurricane season in the Atlantic this year, with seven to 11 hurricanes expected.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Tornado

10 hrs ago | Click2Houston

NOAA predicts above-normal hurricane season

Warmer-than-average water temperatures are expected to help yield a few more Atlantic hurricanes than usual this year, forecasters said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Hurricane

10 hrs ago | The Review

WHO: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus

World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample.

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Related Topix: Bird Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic

11 hrs ago | WISH-TV Indianapolis

NOAA: Another busy hurricane season

Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.

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14 hrs ago | BroadcastNewsroom

Oklahoma country singer plans benefit for tornado victims

Oklahoma country singer Blake Shelton is planning a televised benefit to raise money for victims of the massive tornado that swept through Moore, Oklahoma, this week, music magazine Billboard reported Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Tornado, The Voice, Entertainment, Television, Blake Shelton, Country, Moore, OK, Ada, OK, Dance, Maroon 5, Pop/Rock

19 hrs ago | Brandon Sun

Japanese stocks plunge 7.3 per cent on bond yields, weak China data

Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Tsunami, World News, Japan,

22 hrs ago | KRNV-TV Reno

Death Valley wildfire closes Scotty's Castle

The fire erupted Monday and the visitor center has been closed, tours have been canceled, and power and phone service is out.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Seattle Times

House panel moves to curb military sexual assaults

Members of a House panel angry over the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the military took a key step toward tackling the problem by passing legislation Wednesday that would strip commanding officers of their longstanding authority to unilaterally change or dismiss court-martial convictions in rape and assault cases.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, US Military, US Air Force, US Army, Aviano Air Base, United States Military Academy, Ramstein Air Base

Click2Houston

Facebook helps repatriate storm-tossed items

On Sunday, a mystery photograph fluttered from the sky and landed near Leslie Hagelberg's mailbox in West Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Tornado

ChannelOne

School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones

With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Oklahoma City, OK, Moore, OK, Mary Fallin, US Governors, Education Etc.

WBAY-TV Green Bay

2 infants among 10 kids killed in Oklahoma tornado

The Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Family, Kids, Moore, OK, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Anthony Weiner, Democrat

NewsOn6 Tulsa

3rd grader who loved to sing among tornado victims

An Oklahoma man who grandson was killed when a tornado struck his school says the 8-year-old loved soccer and had a huge smile.

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Athens Banner-Herald

One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. It was as if the storm outside were a living, breathing thing - and it was trying desperately to get in.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Moore, OK, Oklahoma City, OK, Agriculture, Science