Disaster in Oklahoma

Crews search for survivors in Okla.

A medical examiner revised the death toll down to at least 24 as crews continued a frantic search for survivors after the massive tornado.

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The storm system that generated a deadly tornado in Moore, Okla., is seen in a satellite image.

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Dalton Sprading (right) salvaged items from his tornado-ravaged home Tuesday in Moore, Okla.

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Rescue workers dug through the rubble of Plaza Tower Elementary School.

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A mangled car in the parking lot of Warren Theatre as a storm cloud passed over early Tuesday in Moore, Okla.

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A stuffed bear amid the rubble in Moore.

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Lightning ripped across the sky in Moore, Okla., on the day after a massive tornado hit the town.

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Rebekah Stuck hugged her son, Aiden, 7, after she found him in front of the destroyed Briarwood Elementary on Monday.

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Cindy Wilson texted friends on Monday after her home was destroyed by a massive tornado.

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A child was pulled from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

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Rescuers looked for victims amid debris south of Oklahoma City.

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Briarwood Elementary School in south Oklahoma City was also damaged, and people there were injured.

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A boy was pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

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Police officers in Moore, Okla., dug through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School after a massive tornado struck.

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A woman was pulled from the school.

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The tornado was estimated to be at least a half-mile wide with winds up to 200 mph.

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A woman carried her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School.

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Tom Brady worked with Patriots teammates during an offseason practice on Tuesday.

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Brady worked with Danny Amendola, Donald Jones, and a few other new receivers as the Patriots unveiled their offseason workouts.

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Paul A. Collins pleaded not guilty in Cambridge District Court Monday to charges of child sexual assault that allegedly occurred at the Arlington Boys & Girls Club in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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