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By KFOR-TV/The Associated Press  ¦   This photo provided by KFOR-TV shows homes flattened outside Moore, Okla., on Monday. A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.

By Courtesy of the Williams family  ¦   Barbara Constance Lipper Williams, Dec. 25, 1923 — May 16, 2013

By Courtesy of the Williams family  ¦   Barbara Constance Lipper Williams, Dec. 25, 1923 — May 16, 2013

By Courtesy of the Conboy family  ¦   Nedra Conboy, 1922 to May 18, 2013

By Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press  ¦   A sign for the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course sits near a storage barn on a farm in Biggsville, Ill. Farmer Clark Kelly purchased the course, which was in foreclosure, with plans to plow it into farm land.

By Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press  ¦   Clark Kelly talks about the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course in Biggsville, Ill., in mid-April. Kelly purchased the course, which was in foreclosure, with plans to plow it into farm land. Across the Midwest, farmers are planting crops on almost any scrap of available land to take advantage of consistently high corn and soybean prices.

By Shared by Judy Tayloe/Missourian reader  ¦   Judy Tayloe created this flier to sell her daughter's never-worn wedding dress.

By Greg Kendall-Ball  ¦   Missouri softball defeated Hofstra in Game 2 of the Columbia Regional Final on Sunday at University Field. With the victory, the Tigers will advance to the Super Regional.

By Greg Kendall-Ball  ¦   Drew Dial, 6, from Ashland, uses a handkerchief to keep cool during Game 2 of the NCAA Columbia Regional Final between Missouri and Hofstra at University Field on Sunday afternoon.

By Greg Kendall-Ball  ¦   Missouri's Corrin Genovese is tagged out by Hofstra pitcher Olivia Galati in Game 2 of the NCAA Columbia Regional Final on Sunday at University Field.

By Greg Kendall-Ball  ¦   Missouri's Chelsea Thomas pitches to Hofstra's Tessa Ziemba in the first inning of Game 2 of the NCAA Columbia Regional Final on Sunday afternoon at University Field. Thomas struck out nine batters while giving up only one hit in the 5-0 win to advance the Tigers to the Super Regionals.

By Greg Kendall-Ball  ¦   Missouri fans take in Game 2 of the NCAA Columbia Regional Final from the golf course adjacent to right field at University Field on Sunday afternoon.

By Greg Kendall-Ball  ¦   Missouri's Nicole Hudson high-fives her teammates after hitting a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth inning against Hofstra in Game 2 of the NCAA Columbia Regional Final on Sunday at University Field. Hudson pitched Game 1 and gave up seven hits and nine runs in a losing effort, but bounced back in Game 2 going 2-for-3 at the plate.

By Timmy Huynh  ¦   Graduates of the MU School of Law accepted hoods at their graduation ceremony on Sunday.

By Timmy Huynh  ¦   An MU School of Law graduate cools off in the doorway of Jesse Hall before the graduation ceremonies on Sunday.

By Timmy Huynh  ¦   Hudson Lucas, 5, laughs with his uncle Todd Lucas outside of Jesse Hall after the MU School of Law graduation ceremonies on Sunday.

By Timmy Huynh  ¦   Benjamin Faber is hooded by his father, Steven, also an MU law school graduate, at the University of Missouri School of Law graduation ceremony on Sunday in Jesse Auditorium.

By Timmy Huynh  ¦   Jordan Paul yawns as he waits in line to be hooded during the MU School of Law graduation ceremonies in Jesse Auditorium on Sunday.

By Sam Gause  ¦   Chris Campbell and his wife, Tiffany, are opening Tree Top Innovative Learning Center as a daycare and community center to serve north Columbia.

By Sam Gause  ¦   Chris Campbell shows the shirts of companies that have assisted Tree Top Innovative Leaning Center during the start-up process. Campbell wants the center to be a place of change in the community.