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At least 51 people are dead in Oklahoma City. Latest on the giant tornado: nyti.ms/14qIJ4G
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Here, from @Duenes, is the path of that tornado that struck near Oklahoma City today. Death toll stands at 37 now. nyti.ms/10huYFi
Oklahoma Medical Examiner says death toll in tornado is 37. Number is likely to rise.
Via @AP: A woman carries her child near collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. apne.ws/163trak
Here's a rare opportunity to get aboard the Mary Whalen down in Red Hook, with @PortSideNewYork: on.dnainfo.com/12pKAo5.
As @nycjim points out, these folks -- among others -- are doing very good work in Oklahoma today: kfor.com/on-air/live-st….
Worth repeating. Very impressed by thoughtful, professional, experienced local news reporters & anchors in Oklahoma today.
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Here is Ray Manzarek playing with X, live in 1980, "Universal Corner." youtu.be/xbKZBMdKfF4
I covered the 1999 tornadoes. A Moore cop who lost his home helped "in his sneakers, because his shoes blew away.'' nyti.ms/10IFLDY
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Ray Manzarek, Doors keyboardist, is dead at 74: nyti.ms/YVgGcr. #peoplearestrange
Tracking this OKC tornado? This is helpful: @NWSNorman.
"Wells Dry, Fertile Plains Turn to Dust," Michael Wines reports for @nytimes. Hundreds of reader comments follow. nyti.ms/10OW17c
Media criticism and strong tea from Billy Bragg, back in 1984. "It Says Here," live on the BBC: youtu.be/Xvi9DjmINpA.
In 3 days, the Village Voice went from having two great restaurant critics (with beautifully complementary approaches) to none.
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Ms. @tejalrao has resigned as food critic from the beleaguered Village Voice: grb.st/12GYgwJ (via @grubstreetny)
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I want to marry whoever edited this story and have three kids with her.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/art…
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IRS situation more complex than DC narrative; complexity meets incompetence. NYTimes trio of excellence on the case: nyti.ms/14hdOYw
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sex . . . on a dumpster in Bethel, Alaska. pic.twitter.com/yOsmsS65C7
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Crazy cool clouds over Fort Greene. pic.twitter.com/LPEJ6QEmJu
My latest @nytimes work w. @jimdao: suicide in military. Troubling trends. Key factors (not combat). The losses. ow.ly/l6sL3
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When looking for signs of a rapidly warming planet, follow the fish. washingtonpost.com/national/healt…
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Vane Bros. towed @PortSideNewYork to Atlantic Basin for her birthday today, w. the most appropriate tug imaginable: tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=2173.
POTUS and the PUHs. RT @BCAppelbaum Great moments in Umbrella Diplomacy, cont. bit.ly/12Efppm
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For the photo win. MT @PeterAlexander Semper fi! POTUS asks Marines for assist in Rose Garden rain. pic.twitter.com/6cL08HByTd
A panorama from Granbury, from @jswatz, shows the devastation there: pic.twitter.com/mptRejor56.
I was at the show where this guy grabbed & threw a woman's phone. Only distraction for me: her huffy theatrical exit. nationalreview.com/corner/348453/…
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Surfers' delight, via @JamieShupak: full A train service to the Rockaways starts May 30. It's been out since Sandy, 6 months ago.
Just ordered KFC from Egypt on Seamless for lunch, confirmation email says it will take up to 4 hours to deliver :(
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Excellent story. RT @WSJ: U.S. govt enforces no-apostrophe rule; punctuation sticklers fight back. on.wsj.com/10ZRP3z
Pikes Peak! MT ‏@kalyTsoto "this official apostrophe aversion is a sad comment on a useful mark in serious trouble." on.wsj.com/12xPmS1
The suspect wrote that the Boston bombings were retribution for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, officials said: nyti.ms/10u1YcU
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Latest from #Granbury, TX, where @jswatz is reporting on the tornado that ripped through town last night, killing 6: nyti.ms/YYjJCX.
Venezuela hopes to wipe out toilet paper shortage by importing 50m rolls trib.al/XLByq06
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.@NOAA releases final report of #Sandy service assessment of Nat'l Weather Service: 1.usa.gov/11EB858 .@usNWSgov
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“It’s our right to enjoy that taste the other people all over the world enjoy,” says man who smuggles KFC into Gaza nyti.ms/102lsSN
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And in more news on a busy news morning, they arrested a suspect in the NOLA second line shooting. nyti.ms/12DCvfL
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Amazing collection of images & video from the Texas tornadoes, via @thelede and the indefatigable @JenniferPreston: thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/fat….
A baffling rise in suicides plagues the U.S. military, as @jimdao reports: nyti.ms/YXizY6.
Here is our first cut at the storm in North Texas that has left 6 dead so far. @jswatz en route to scene: nyti.ms/YYjJCX
i can feel @benleventhal's influence on this tweet. cc: @Lock RT @SamSifton: Iced-coffee season has begun. #ops
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Iced-coffee season has begun. #ops
From the tractor works in Minsk, this old Soviet beast has made my life much easier this spring, and… instagram.com/p/ZWQ1BUIONj/
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Interesting brief history of IRS targeting from this morning's WSJ: online.wsj.com/article/SB1000….
Rare Nantucket murder trial ends in verdict of not guilty: ack.net/Tejadafoundnot….
This is sublime. RT @michaelidov Amazing. Photos of NY's best restaurants of 1958: dirtcandynyc.com/?p=6116