With tornado season in full swing, we look back at tornadoes that wreaked havoc on the U.S.
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Escape Gone Awry: Man Tries to Leave Joplin, Gets Caught in Tornado
When Will Lynch of Joplin, Mo. heard a tornado was coming, he and his girlfriend decided they should get out of town.
Taxpayers To Build the Ark: Kentucky Grants Creationist Theme Park $43M in Tax Incentives
Last week, Kentucky’s state tourism board approved up to $43 million in tax incentives for the operation of Ark Encounter, a creationist theme park.
Claiming What’s Theirs: Navy Files Trademarks for ‘SEAL TEAM’ and ‘NAVY SEALS’
There’s still no official acknowledgment of SEAL Team 6. But at least the Navy isn’t letting everyone else profit off their success.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s Temporary Dwelling: A New Tourist Attraction
It’s not clear why tourists want to see where the IMF Chief recently charged with sexual assault resides, but their interest is indisputable.
How You Can Help the Victims of the Tornado in Joplin, Mo.
In Missouri, triage centers and shelters have been set up around Joplin, where over 85 people have been killed, and emergency officials have been rushing around trying to clear the way for search and rescue operations. But you …
Frightening Video: Tornado Rocks Joplin, Missouri, Killing Almost 100
Despite the darkness in this video, the noise of everything breaking, terrified people screeching and children crying are sufficient to portray just how frightening and out of control the tornado that ripped through the Missouri …
Hurricane Season: NOAA Forecasts Up to Six Major Atlantic Storms
The upcoming hurricane season, spanning from June 1 to November 30, might be a rocky one.
Cesar Chavez’s Ship Squabble: 5 Navy Naming Controversies
As the U.S. Navy reportedly plans to name a ship the USNS Cesar Chavez, critics were none too pleased. See five Navy naming controversies.
Area 51 as Cold-War Espionage: Believable or Conspiracy Theory?
Journalist Annie Jacobsen has shocked even the most devoted conspiracy theorists with claims regarding a U.S. military installation in the Nevada desert, known as Area 51.
Frightening Viral Video: Tornado Rips Through Tuscaloosa Neighborhood
As the Tuscaloosa twister sped ever closer, one family was looking back at it – with a video camera.
Shirley Sherrod Hired Again at USDA in New Job
Shirley Sherrod, the former Department of Agriculture employee who lost her job in a tempest over a selectively edited video that showed her making apparently disparaging racial comments, is now back at the USDA albeit in a …