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The Farrelly brothers resurrect The Three Stooges with silliness and sincerity.

WHEN Jeff Fatt's first band, The Brass Knobs, came last in Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds at Lismore City Hall in the mid-1960s, he never expected to end up part of all-conquering global kids' supergroup The Wiggles.

Billie Sue Huff Little, 65-year-old grandmotherof Codessa Schoonover (pictured), was one of 161 people killed when the tornado fell on Missouri last May, in a twister ranked the deadliest seen in six decades.

The tornado that tore through Joplin a year ago already ranks as the deadliest twister in six decades. Now it carries another distinction — the costliest since at least 1950.

The cost of 30 manhole covers that got sucked away: $5,800. A new concession stand at the destroyed high school: $228,600. Shelter and care for more than 1,300 homeless pets: $372,000. ...

This frame grab from video shows lightning inside a massive tornado on Sunday, May 22, 2011, outside Joplin, Mo. The tornado tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri killing at least 89 people as it slammed into the city of Joplin, ripping into a hospital, crushing cars like soda cans and leaving a forest of splintered tree trunks behind where entire neighborhoods once stood.

The tornado that tore through Joplin a year ago already ranks as the deadliest twister in six decades. Now it carries another distinction — the costliest since at least 1950.

Ellen Havelka, right, an RN in the recovery room at Mercy Hospital Washington, poses with her boss and friend, Phyllis Edler, clinical supervisor of surgical services. In April Havelka celebrated 50 years as an RN with the hospital. Missourian Photo.

On a warm spring afternoon, some 40,000 people came to see something Knoxville had wanted for years: a new hospital.

The animated movie, "The Pirates! Band of Misfits," is playing in area theaters. Photo: Contributed Photo / Westport News contributed

Amsterdam based post-punk disco house band Wooden Constructions are releasing their full-length People Now People thru Subroutine on May 11th. After sharing the freebie Full Brother , another track from the album can picked up at no charge. Smoul in Mali is knee-deep in reverb. The light guitar tone is a nice contrast with the angry vocals. Think the Pixies fighting with the Sisters of Mercy at ...