A Tornado Rips Through A Building In Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Amazing Tornado Footage In Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Simply amazing. 

President Obama Tells Oprah Why He Released His Birth Certificate NOW

President Obama

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey set to air Monday, May 2nd, the daytime host asked President Obama why he released his birth certificate now. The president explained that in these serious times, "we can't be distracted by sideshows".

The President told the TV host that while he was dealing with the budget debate, "the biggest news was this birth certificate thing."

And so he was prompted to release the long form of his birth certificate, to put the "silliness" to rest. President Obama released a "certificate of live birth" during his 2008 race for presidency. But the so-called "birther" movement developed when critics of the now-president questioned his citizenship.

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At Least 72 Dead As Storms Sweep Through The South

Note from me: Living in Southeast Tennessee, I was directly affected by some serious storms. They came in waves. The first storm came around 9 AM EST, another wave came around 3 PM EST, once again a wave came in around 6PM EST and a final wave hit around 8PM EST. Power has been off for most of the day, coming back on around 5 PM EST only to go back off around 8 PM EST and returning around 1:30 AM EST. At my house, I consider myself VERY LUCKY only receiving torrential rains, wind exceeding 75 MPH and dime sized hail. I have no visible damage to my house, but the people in surrounding towns weren't so lucky. There were reports of many tornadoes, and hail up to the size of a baseball. In my 37 years living in Southeast Tennessee, I have never witnessed storms of this magnitude in my area. Below are a few pictures of damage in my area.

 Article:

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –  A wave of tornado-spawning storms strafed the South on Wednesday, splintering buildings across hard-hit Alabama and killing 72 people in four states.

At least 58 people died in Alabama alone, including 15 or more when a massive tornado devastated Tuscaloosa. The city's mayor said sections of the city that's home to the University of Alabama have been destroyed and the city's infrastructure is devastated.

Eleven deaths were reported in Mississippi, two in Georgia and one in Tennessee.

News footage showed paramedics lifting a child out of a flattened Tuscaloosa home, with many neighboring buildings in the city of more than 83,000 also reduced to rubble. A hospital there said its emergency room had admitted at least 100 people.

"What we faced today was massive damage on a scale we have not seen in Tuscaloosa in quite some time," Mayor Walter Maddox told reporters, adding that he expected his city's death toll to rise.

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10 Iconic Photographs of the War in Iraq

 The War in Iraq has undoubtedly been the most significant conflict of the last decade. Journalists, both those embedded with military units and those who have undertaken their own investigations, have contributed defining and sometimes harrowing images of incidents as they have unfolded. Those images, along with those taken by civilian observers and leaked shots which outsiders were never supposed to see, cemented the war in the minds of the public.

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