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 **

Sgt Drew Peterson “exploded” at sentencing

Drew Peterson outburst had court gasping

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Eyes widened and spectators gasped in a Joliet courtroom when Drew Peterson exploded as he spoke at his sentencing hearing.

The former Bolingbrook police officer was sentenced Thursday to 38 years in prison. Before the judge sentenced him, Peterson gave an emotional statement and shouted when he said “I did not kill Kathleen!” At one point sheriff’s deputies stepped forward closer to Peterson. Judge Edward Burmila fought to restore order in the court.

Jurors convicted Peterson in September of killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Her body was found in a dry bathtub in 2004.

As Peterson continued he spoke in mostly hushed tones, crying and trying to regain his composure at times. His voice quivered and his hands shook as he reached out for a glass of water.

(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

APTV 02-21-13 1708EST

 









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