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A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools. The injured flooded into hospitals, and the authorities said many people remained trapped, even as rescue workers ... Read More »

Israel bombs Syria – Israeli warplanes bombed the outskirts of Damascus early Sunday for the second time in recent days, according to Syrian state media and reports from activists, signaling a sharp escalation in tensions between the neighboring countries that had already been exacerbated by the conflict raging in Syria.Though there was no official confirmation that Israel had carried out ... Read More »

Bank of America $60 billion – Bank of America seems to have got into a lot of trouble and it could be penalized with $60 billion over lawsuits related to mortgage-backed securities which includes 530 mortgage truts sold by Countrywide. The Motley Fool website’s Amanda Alix writes that some analysts have speculated that the loss would be attributed to a ... Read More »

Dave Gold the founder of 99 Cents Only store chain has died. He was 80. 99 Cents Only was founded by Dave Gold more than three decades ago and now it has grown to a multi-billion dollar chain store in America. Gold died Monday of an apparent heart attack at his Los Angeles home, his son, Jeff Gold, told the ... Read More »

20,000 students sue - Approximately 20,000 students in California need a better understanding of the English language. Unfortunately, the students aren’t getting the proper language education that they need and desire. This according to a lawsuit against the state and education workers filed Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Denver Post reported on April 24. Based on state ... Read More »

obama daughters tattoos - President Obama has his fair share of parenting problems, and he even had to do something to stop his daughters Malia & Sasha from getting tattoos. So how did the President of the United States pull it off? Speaking on NBC’s “Today” show in a segment originally filmed before the Boston Marathon bombings, President Barack Obama revealed ... Read More »

$100 bill redesigned – The US Federal Reserve has given an all new design for the $100 bill. The new $100 bills will begin circulating from October 2013, that is almost 2 years after it was initially planned. The Fed has set a target date of Oct. 8. The redesigned note incorporates added security features, such as a blue, 3-D ... Read More »