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Title: Lights, Camera, Lynchburg
When: 10/15/2012
Description: This year's Light's, Camera,

Lynchburg video contest is

underway. Deadline for

entries is November 16, 2012.

More information available at

lynchburgva.gov/videocontest.
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  • Officials Expect Death Toll to Rise After Oklahoma Tornado

    iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOORE, Okla.) -- First responders are in a race against time in the search for any survivors of a devastating tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., killing at least 51 people and destroying homes and businesses in a 12-mile path, officials said.

    Spokeswoman Amy Elliott of the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's office said she believes at least 91 people are dead.  Elliott said an additional 40 bodies are being moved to the medical examiner's office, but she was unable to say how many of those bodies were children.

    Two elementary schools were in...

  • Florida Man Bags Record Python

    iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MIAMI) -- After a fierce battle near the Everglades, a Florida man bagged a record 18-foot, 8-inch python, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC).

    Jason Leon, an amateur python collector, said he was driving in the northwestern part of Miami-Dade County -- where the invasive species are known to seek the warm asphalt of the Everglades’ levies at night -- when he came upon a three-foot section of snake.  He began to tug, he told the FFWCC.

    “Jason Leon’s nighttime sighting and capture of a Burmese python of more...

  • Children Among at Least 51 Dead, 'Horrific' Damage in Okla. Tornado

    Oklahoma County Sheriff(OKLAHOMA CITY) -- At least 20 of the 51 people killed by a devastating monster tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., were children, the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner said this evening, as searchers picked through the rubble of schools, homes and businesses leveled by the storm.

    Officials said they expect the total number of deaths to rise overnight as first responders continue to look for survivors. Two elementary schools were in the path of the tornado, but the medical examiner did not specify what school the deceased students attended.

    Desperate parents...

  • Nashville Notes

    Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockTaylor Swift's RED has sold more than 5.8 million copies so far worldwide.

    Wynonna performs "I Want to Know What Love Is" on ABC's Dancing with the Stars season finale Tuesday night.

    Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio

  • Darius Rucker Sings What He Feels on New Album, "True Believers," Now in Stores

    Capitol NashvilleDarius Rucker is back with his new album, True Believers, in stores this week featuring his monster hit, "Wagon Wheel." That song has been a staple on college campuses and in honky tonks since Old Crow Medicine Show released their version a few years back, but Darius had no clue "Wagon Wheel" had such a cult following when he cut it.

    "I just think recording that song for me was such an organic thing," Darius tells ABC News Radio. "I mean, I'm old and out of touch with today's popular...

  • Toby Keith Sends Out Prayers for His Tornado-Ravaged Hometown of Moore, OK

    Show Dog/UniversalThe devastating tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, Monday hit close to home for Toby Keith, who grew up in the city. He released a statement Monday night saying, "I rode my bike through those neighborhoods. I have family and friends in Moore. My heart and prayers go to those that have lost so much. But Moore is strong and we will persevere. God be with you all."

    Toby and his family live nearby in Norman, OK.

    Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio