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Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Parts of East Texas [UPDATED 7:12 p.m.]

7:14 P.M. UPDATE: The National Weather Service has extended its severe thunderstorm warning for Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk and Smith Counties until 8:15 p.m. tonight.

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Tornado Outbreak Slams Through Oklahoma
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Deadly Oklahoma Tornado Was More Powerful than an Atomic Bomb

A number of meteorologists contacted by the Associated Press have determined the energy produced by Monday’s massive killer tornado dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.

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Microsoft Xbox One Specs Bolster a Powerhouse Console

Microsoft detailed the specifications of its new Xbox One during the Tuesday Xbox Reveal event.

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Donations Sites in East Texas to Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims

Many families in Oklahoma were left with absolutely nothing after Monday's devastating tornado. It's times like this when we come together as one and help our neighbors in need. Here's a list of locations accepting all kinds of donations here in East Texas. We will continue to update you as we hear of more, and if you know of any donation locations, let us know!

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Death Toll Revised from 51 to 24 After Oklahoma Tornado [UPDATED + VIDEO]

The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children. A spokeswoman says she believes some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the storm. Authorities said initially that as many as 51 people were dead, including 20 children. More than 120 people have been treated at hospitals, including about 50 children.

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Canadian Butchers ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ [VIDEO]

Over the past few years celebrities here in the U.S. have come under fire for mispronouncing or replacing a couple of words while performing "The Star Spangled Banner" but nothing comes close to the performance from a Canadian singer over the weekend.

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Horrific Oklahoma Tornado Captured in Several Raw Videos

The country continues to pray for and help the people devastated by the massive tornado that touched down in Oklahoma on Monday, killing dozens.

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Oklahoma Tornado Tragedy – Rockers Offer Condolences via Twitter

Today (May 20), disaster hit Oklahoma, as a two-mile wide tornado left devastating damage, killing more than 50 people in its path. The deadly twister, which hit speeds up to 200 miles per hour, struck in the suburbs of Oklahoma City, and tragically a number of young children are among the deceased as an area elementary school in Moore, Okla., was destroyed.

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Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Dead at 74

Ray Manzarek, founding keyboardist for the Doors, died earlier today (May 20) at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, according to a press release. The 74-year-old rock legend had been battling bile duct cancer, and he's said to have died with his wife, Dorothy, and two brothers by his side.

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System of a Down Bassist Shavo Odadjian Calls Out Singer Serj Tankian

In a series of Facebook posts that went up today (May 20), System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian opened a huge can of worms in a very public way. According to a number of posts on Odadjian's official fan page -- on which the bassist does post regularly -- he accuses System vocalist Serj Tankian of holding the band back.

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16 Years Ago: Foo Fighters’ ‘The Colour and the Shape’ Album Released

In many ways, Foo Fighters’ second album, ‘The Colour and the Shape,’ is really their first. Or at least their first as a real band. Dave Grohl made the group’s 1995 self-titled debut as a solo project -- basically demos recorded by himself in a Seattle studio with a producer in less than a week. Grohl played all of the instruments (except for one guitar part) and dug up a handful of old songs he had written when he was in Nirvana. The new songs he wrote tried to come to terms with Kurt Cobain’s death. Foo Fighters weren’t supposed to be the next chapter in Grohl’s career, but they turned out that way.

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Chester Bennington Confirms Longterm Commitment as Stone Temple Pilots Singer

Stone Temple Pilots recently parted ways with singer Scott Weiland (again), leaving a vacant spot center stage that needed to be filled. In an unexpected twist, Stone Temple Pilots stunned an Irvine, Calif., crowd as Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington took the stage with STP to perform an eight-song set Saturday night at KROQ's Weenie Roast. The collaboration would be exciting enough simply as a one-off, but as reported in a new interview, it looks like Bennington will act as Stone Temple Pilots' new full-time singer.

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