MOORE, OK FIRE CHIEF GARY BIRD SAYS THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS AND BODIES **

SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS MOVED IN AT DAWN TODAY, TAKING OVER FROM THE 200 OR **

AT LEAST 24 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, INCLUDING AT LEAST NINE CHILDREN, WITH **

HOSPITAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY'VE TREATED MORE THAN 200 PATIENTS, INCLUDING **

ABOUT 20 PATIENTS ARE STILL BEING TREATED AT ONE HOSPITAL, THOUGH IT'S NOT **

BIRD SAYS HE'S "98% SURE" THERE ARE NO MORE SURVIVORS OR BODIES TO RECOVER **

NATL WEATHER SERVICE UPGRADES THE TORNADO THAT HIT MOORE, OK ON MON TO AN **

WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THE TORNADO'S PATH WAS 17 MILES LONG, 1.3 MILES WIDE **

SPOX SAYS THE AGENCY UPGRADED THE RATING FROM AN EF-4 BASED ON DAMAGE **

IT'S THE FIRST EF-5 TWISTER TO HIT THE U.S. IN TWO YRS **

LAWMAKERS SAY THE GOVT HAS PLENTY OF FUNDING FOR RECOVERY EFFORTS IN OK **

GOVT HAS MORE THAN $11 BIL IN DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS AND RECOVERY COSTS ARE **

WHITE HOUSE SPOX JAY CARNEY AND TOP LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL AGREED TUES **

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH TX **

ADVISORY COULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE EASTERN TX AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES **

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED IN SOME AREAS **

ON MON, A TWISTER WAS REPORTED IN BLANKET TX, ABOUT 100 MILES SW OF FORT- **

DAMAGE FROM MONDAY'S DEADLY TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED THAT OF THE **

THE JOPLIN TWISTER CAUSED SOME $3 BIL IN DAMAGE, INCLUDING $2 BIL IN **

JOPLIN'S EF-5 TORNADO KILLED 158 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAN 1,100 NEARLY **

IN OTHER NEWS... U.S. OFFICIALS ID FIVE MEN THEY BELIEVE MAY BE BEHIND THE **

Animal cruelty by law students! What should be their punishment? Would you hire a lawyer with an animal cruelty conviction in his history?

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors filed charges Thursday against two University of California, Berkeley, law school students accused of decapitating an exotic bird at a Las Vegas casino earlier this year.

 

The charges against Justin Teixeira, 24, include felony killing and felony torturing of an animal, while Eric Cuellar, 24, faces a misdemeanor charge of instigating, engaging in or furthering an act of animal cruelty.

 

“This was a pretty horrendous act,” Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson told The Associated Press, adding that an investigation is ongoing and could result in criminal charges against one or two other people.

 

Wolfson said that in a tourist town where people can watch dolphins and tigers at play and stroll through a flamingo habitat, “I’m hoping we can send a message to people who visit that this is totally unacceptable.”

 

Police said the two men were seen Oct. 12 laughing and throwing around the body of a dead, 14-year-old helmeted guineafowl at the Flamingo resort-casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The large bird named Turk was part of the Flamingo’s Wildlife Habitat, a garden area with ponds and streams that houses many types of birds.

 

Surveillance video captured the men chasing the bird into some trees, authorities said, and witnesses told police the two emerged carrying the bird’s body and severed head.

 

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