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Oklahoma tornadoes

Jacque Burgett looks through the items retrieved from her mother's overturned car in the Westmoor neighborhood of Oklahoma City, Okla. Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City area Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying the elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. Burgett's mother, Jackie Raper, had loaded the car with valuables hoping to leave the area before the tornado hit, but couldn't get out of the neighborhood. Raper returned to her home only to suffer injury by being buried under the remains of her house. (AP Photo/Tulsa World, Michael Wyke) ONLINE OUT; TV OUT; TULSA OUT

Tornadoes rock Oklahoma, flattening a mobile home park near Shawnee on Sunday and striking neighborhoods including a school in an Oklahoma City suburb Monday, May 20, 2013. 3 hours ago

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WILDLIFE PHOTOS

Bald Eagles on the Kenai Peninsula

Bald Eagles gather in Homer, Anchor Point and Deep Creek in the spring time.
PHOTOS

2013 Alaska Military: Alaska National Guard

Alaska National Guard photos depicting activities and events in 2013.
PHOTOS

Gov. Parnell signs four bills into law

Gov. Sean Parnell signed the oil tax reform Senate Bill 21 into law during a special meeting of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce at the Dena'ina Center on Tuesday, May 21, 2012. Gov. Parnell also signed House Bill 4, legislation authorizing the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation to develop...
PHOTOS

Rabbit Creek Egg Drop

About 120 fourth and fifth grade students at Rabbit Creek Elementary School participated in the seventh annual Egg Drop on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Four-person teams designed and built egg holders with goal of keeping them from being broken when dropped. The drops started at 10 feet. Three eggs survived...
PHOTOS

2013 Yukon River flooding

Aerial photos of Yukon River flooding at Circle on Sunday morning, May 19, 2013.
OUTDOORS PHOTOS

Pavlof volcano eruption 2013

The ongoing Pavlof volcano eruption is prompting regional airlines to cancel flights mid-May in the Aleutians. The community of Sand Point reported a dusting of ash Sunday, May 19, 2013.
PHOTOS

Best of May 2013

See the best photos from the Anchorage Daily News - May 2013.
SPORTS PHOTOS

2013 Gold Nugget Triathlon

About 1,500 women were signed up to participate in the Gold Nugget Triathlon at Bartlett High on Sunday, May 19, 2013.
PHOTOS

Late-season snowfall, May 17, 2013

Downtown pedestrians deal with a steady snowfall that hit Anchorage unusually late in the spring season on May 17, 2013.
LIVING PHOTOS

Character Takes Courage stained glass

Principal Jeanne Fischer, artist Karen Forster, visitor Mao Tosi and students dedicate a stained glass panel depicting the theme Character Takes Courage Thursday afternoon, May 16, 2013, at Begich Middle School.