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  • NWS Okla. tornado had winds up to 200 mph

    A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...

  • 3 small explosions cause lockdown at Calif. school

    Authorities say they've put a Central California high school on lockdown and cancelled classes after three chemical explosions on the school's ...

  • Officials 6 killed in OKC tornado

    A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of city on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ...

  • NorCal girl 5 dies in rollover crash

    Detective Nicole Abetkov says the single-vehicle crash occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Monday when the driver apparently lost control of the SUV as it overturned and came to rest past an intersection. Abetkov says officers arrived on the scene and found the girl suffering from major head injuries. She died at a local hospital. Police say the girl wasn't wearing a seat belt or in a child ...

  • 6-alarm vegetation fire burns north of Vacaville

    A six-alarm vegetation fire burning north of Vacaville on Monday afternoon is threatening several structures that include homes and barns, a fire battalion chief ...


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Grass [DVD]

As everyone knows, marijuana gets you high. But, according to Ron Mann's documentary Grass, its unfortunate legacy in the United States is the billions of dollars spent and thousands of otherwise innocent people incarcerated due to the ever-changing rhetoric employed by overprotective zealots hell-bent on maintaining the illusion that smoking it is ... well, that's the problem. What Gras ... ...

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  • Stanislaus County Coroner 17 bodies will be cremated for free

    A Modesto funeral home -- accused of taking too long to cremate bodies after accepting payments from victims' families -- remains under fire, but for now, an outside company has stepped up to do the 17 cremations for ...

  • Chris Hansen Posts Statement Congratulating Sacramento

    File Photo SEATTLE- Chris Hansen, who lost his bid to buy the Sacramento Kings last week, posted a statement to Sonics Arena congratulating Sacramento on its effort to keep the team. ';I'd like to start out by congratulating Mayor Johnson and the fans in Sacramento for the tremendous effort they put together to keep their team.Given what our community went through in 2008, if there ...

  • Oklahoma Tornadoes “People are Trapped”

    This is all that remains of an elementary school near Moore, Oklahoma.Courtesy: KFOR MOORE, Oklahoma (CNN)- The preliminary rating of a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, is at least EF-4 (166 to 200 mph winds), the National Weather Service said. ';People are trapped. You are going to see the devastation for days to come,'; Betsy Randolph, spokeswoman for Oklahoma Highway Patrol, told CNN. ...

  • Oklahoma City Tornado What We Know

    This is all that remains of an elementary school near Moore, Oklahoma.Courtesy: KFOR MOORE, Oklahoma (CNN)- A massive tornado struck a suburb of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon. Details of the destruction are coming in thick and fast from CNN crews, our affiliates and witnesses. Below is what we’re learning and you can click here for our latest full story: Updated at 5:41 p.m. ET: ...

  • Hansen congratulates Sacramento on keeping Kings

    Investor Chris Hansen has congratulated Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson on his efforts to keep the Kings in California, while also vowing to keep up his pursuit of getting the NBA back to ...

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