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Aston postpones vote on fate of mobile home park

Aston commissioners delayed a vote on a proposal that would force residents of Fishers Corner to move. Times staff / JULIA WILKINSON ASTON - The 25 residents living in the Fishers Corner Mobile Home Community will have to wait a bit longer to learn their fate, as commissioners, during Wednesday’s meeting, did not vote on a request for a zoning change from mobile home to industrial.The ...
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In tornados wake worried parents seek out kids in Oklahoma devastation

By NOMAAN MERCHANT,Associated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community.For many families, the ordeal ended in bear hugs and tears of joy as loved ones ...
Photographer describes Oklahoma school All I could see was destruction

Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a collapsed wall at the Plaza Tower Elementary School to free trapped students in Moore, Okla., following a tornado Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo Sue ...
Oklahoma twister tracked path of killer 1999 tornado

By MALCOLM RITTER,AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.The National Weather Service estimated that the storm that struck Moore, Okla., on Monday had wind speeds of up to 200 mph, and was at least a half-mile wide. The 1999 storm had winds clocked at 300 mph, ...

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Until a few years ago, Cats & Dogs would have been unthinkable as a live-action movie. But, with the rapid advances in computer-generated imagery and animatronic puppetry, the technical wizards behind Cats & Dogs have turned it into a kind of live-action cartoon, where the boundaries between live animals and various special effects are blurred almost beyond recognition. If you look ... ...

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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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Parents issue appeal for Skippack college student’s return

MATTHEW ROYER Missing SKIPPACK - The parents of a Skippack college student missing since he left the University of Rhode Island Friday issued a tearful plea for his return during a press conference Monday."Matthew, we love you," said Janet Royer, the mother of Matthew Royer. "We’re here for you. Please call us. We’ll come get you anywhere, ...
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Recovery operations continue Tuesday morning after a tornado, reported to be a mile wide, touched down in Moore, leveling Plaza Towers elementary school and killing 20 children inside. The death toll is expected to rise. President Obama has declared a disaster and FEMA is providing ...
SUV crashes when dog gets stuck in steering wheel

BERWICK, Pa. (AP) -- Police in central Pennsylvania say a woman lost control of her sport-utility vehicle, drove along a sidewalk and crashed after her small dog got tangled up in the steering ...

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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. ...