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Tornado among strongest storms to hit US

The tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs this week ranks among the strongest storms ever to strike the United States, packing powerful winds that topped 200 ...
Frantic search for survivors in wake of devastating tornado in Oklahoma death toll at 24

This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Steve ...
Upper Darby High School student wins scholarship that honors Bailey ONeill

Upper Darby High School student Corey Crews-Williams, left, accepts scholarship in the name of Bailey O'Neill from Dr. Claudio Cerullo, director of Teach Anti-Bullying Inc. ASTON - Upper Darby High School student Corey Crews-Williams was presented with a $1,000 scholarship Tuesday honoring the late Bailey O’Neill, a Darby Township Elementary School sixth-grader who died earlier this ...
IRS chief knew tea party groups were being targeted in 2012

ALAN FRAM and By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The former head of the Internal Revenue Service said he first learned in the spring of 2012 - in the heat of the presidential campaign - that agents had improperly targeted political groups that vehemently opposed President Barack Obama's policies.But, former Commissioner Douglas Shulman said Tuesday, he didn't tell ...
Deadliest tornadoes at a glance

A list of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since 1900:• 695 deaths. March 18, 1925, in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.• 216 deaths. April 5, 1936, in Tupelo, Miss.• 203 deaths. April 6, 1936, in Gainesville, Ga.• 181 deaths. April 9, 1947, in Woodward, Okla.• 158 deaths. May 22, 2011, in Joplin, Mo.• 143 deaths. April 24, 1908, in Amite, La., and ...

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Wise Blood [DVD]

Based on one of only two novels written by Flannery OConnor in her short lifetime, John Hustons Wise Blood is a baffling tragicomedy of contradictions, which on the surface is precisely what OConnor wanted the story to be. Unfortunately, the translation from page to screen mutes much ... ...

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Marcellus Shale has impact on Delco Rose Tree Media receives $500000 natural gas grant

dlynch@delcotimes.com @dmlreporter State officials have awarded the Rose Tree Media School District a $499,994 Natural Gas Vehicle Development Program grant which will go toward an upgrade of the district’s school bus fleet.The grant is being administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as part of Act 13 known as the Marcellus Shale Impact Fee legislation. Gov. ...
See before-and-after images of tornado devastation in Oklahoma

A vicious tornado touched down in Moore, Okla., on Monday, tearing through businesses, homes and schools and leaving widespread destruction in its path.Below are before-and-after slider images of the devastation. Glide your cursor to the right and left to see how the tornado affected parts of the ...
Todays Meetings -- May 21 2013

Phollowing the Phillies Insight, observations on the first team in professional sports to reach 10,000 losses and the latest Philly team to make the playoffs - the Philadelphia ...
Archdiocese schedules Mass for Bishop McFadden

Delaware County residents are invited to attend a memorial Mass for Harrisburg Bishop Joseph McFadden, who died of a heart attack May 2, 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Cathedral Basilica of SS Peter and Paul, 18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway. PHILADELPHIA - Delaware County residents are invited to attend a memorial Mass for Harrisburg Bishop Joseph McFadden, who died of a heart attack May 2, ...
Cavaliers win NBA draft lottery again

NEW YORK - Nick Gilbert and the Cleveland Cavaliers have beaten the NBA lottery odds again.The Cavaliers won the lottery for the second time in three years Tuesday, giving them the No. 1 pick for the June 27 draft.Gilbert, owner Dan Gilbert's bowtie-wearing son, was on stage for another the victory. After he won it in 2011, the Cavs used the pick to take eventual Rookie of the Year Kyrie ...

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Pallam Raju to visit USA for dialogue on higher education

Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju would be on a five-day visit to Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston beginning on May 13 for dialogue on higher education.

"This a continuation of India-US higher education dialogue which was initiated in 2009 after the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US during the same year, " Pallam Raju told the media here today.

This visit is the follow up of the Obama-Singh initiative taken on higher education. The focus of the visit would be on strengthening and enhancing higher education initiatives- 8 projects have been identified under this initiative. Strategic dialogue on higher education would take place. The visit will also cover school education and skill development sector.

Pallam Raju also discussed 'Connect to India' programme where US students will be coming and joining higher research institutes in India. The visit will also focus on exchange of faculty and development of faculty.

The Government has also initiated a scheme through University Grants Commission (UGC) to sponsor Indian researchers at the Post-Doctoral level and the first batch of 126 Indian scholars is ready to go to the US Institutions for post-doctoral research. ...