FEMA CLOSELY MONITORING STORMS AND THEIR DAMAGE IN MOORE, OK, AND **

HOMELAND SECURITY SECY JANET NAPOLITANO COORDINATING WITH OK GOV MARY **

OBAMA ADMIN URGES ALL THOSE IN AFFECTED AREAS TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF **

THE MASSIVE TORNADO THAT HAS STRUCK THE OKLAHOMA CITY SUBURB OF MOORE HAS **

FALLIN HAS DEPLOYED 80 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS TO ASSIST WITH SEARCH-AND- **

COMMUNICATION SNARLED BY THE STORM, AS LANDLINES AND CELL PHONE TOWERS WERE **

THE DEVASTATION FROM THE TORNADO WAS SO MASSIVE THAT IT WILL TAKE TIME TO **

AUTHORITIES ADD LIVE POWER LINES AND OPEN GAS LINES IN THE MOORE AREA POSE **

OK GOV MARY FALLIN (R) SAYS "HEARTS ARE BROKEN" FOR PARENTS WONDERING ABOUT **

FALLIN SAYS A COMMUNICATIONS CENTER HAS BEEN SET UP AT A CHURCH IN MOORE **

SHE ALSO COMMENDED RESPONDERS FOR WORKING AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN TO SORT **

FALLIN ALSO SPOKE WITH PRES OBAMA, WHO OFFERED THE NATION'S HELP AND GAVE **

A CITY IN MISSOURI SENDS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TO TORNADO-RAVAGED **

A JOPLIN CITY OFFICIAL SAYS THE COMMUNITY REMEMBERS THE HELP IT RECEIVED **

THE TEAM OF A DOZEN OR SO POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS WILL HELP PINPOINT AREAS **

FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO DONATE: REDCROSS.ORG/OKC **

ALL PATIENTS AND STAFF "AMAZINGLY" SURVIVE TORNADO HIT AT SMALL OKLAHOMA **

MOORE MEDICAL CENTER WAS "PRETTY MUCH DESTROYED" BY MONDAY'S MASSIVE **

SOME OF THE HOSPITAL'S 30 PATIENTS WERE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER FACILITIES **

AT LEAST 51 PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD AFTER HUGE TORNADO HITS OKLAHOMA CITY **

THE DEATH TOLL INCLUDES AT LEAST 20 CHILDREN **


 

News About President Obama’s hugger

Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Joe the Plumber may have met his match.

Scott Van Duzer, the hulking pizzeria owner whose presidential bear hug has thrust him into fame, says he’s ready to hit the campaign trail if he’s asked.

Forty-six-year-old Van Duzer says he’d likely agree if he was asked to join President Barack Obama on the trail in his bid for reelection.

Van Duzer was back behind the counter of his restaurant in Fort Pierce on Wednesday after a whirlwind New York media tour. Photos and videos of him lifting the president off the ground have drawn attention around the world.

(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

APTV 09-12-12 1620EDT









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