Tornado Confirmed in Pa. Pavilion Collapse

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Weather.com - 10/22/12

Above: A line of thunderstorms moving through Lancaster County, Pa. on Friday evening.

PARADISE, Pa. — Authorities have confirmed that it was a tornado that blew through central Pennsylvania and caused a pavilion to collapse at a park, injuring 15 people and causing millions of dollars damage.

The EF-1 tornado touched down shortly after 8 p.m. Friday and over the next 10 minutes traveled about 16 miles from Fern Glen to Paradise in Lancaster County packing maximum winds of 100 to 110 mph, the National Weather Service said Sunday.

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Lance Armstrong Is Stripped of His 7 Tour de France Titles

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The New York Times, Juliet Macur, 10/22/12

The International Cycling Union announced on Monday that it will not appeal the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s ruling to bar Lance Armstrong for life from Olympic sports for doping and for playing an instrumental role in the team-wide doping on his Tour de France-winning cycling squads.

That decision to waive the right to take Armstrong’s case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the highest court in sports, formally strips Armstrong of the Tour titles he won from 1999-2005. The Amaury Sport Organization, the company that organizes the Tour de France, will erase Armstrong’s name from its record books.

Why the Eastern US has Fewer Earthquakes than the Western US

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Accuweather - Vickie Frantz, 10/22/12

When you hear about an earthquake in Maine, you are more shocked than when you hear about an earthquake in San Francisco. There is no doubt that earthquakes in the western U.S. are more frequent than those to the east of the Rocky Mountains, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Just how more frequent are earthquakes in California than in Maine? For the years of 2010 through present, 13 earthquakes of a magnitude of 2.0 or greater were reported in Maine. In the state of California, 57 earthquakes of a magnitude 2.0 or greater were reported during the week of Oct. 13, 2012 through Oct. 20, 2012.

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5.3-magnitude earthquake, aftershocks rattle central California but no damage reported

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Washington Post - AP, 10/21/12

SALINAS, Calif. — A moderate earthquake and minor aftershocks jolted the central California coast over the weekend but didn’t cause any damage, authorities said.

Nearly 6,700 people reported feeling the magnitude 5.3-quake when it struck late Saturday outside of King City, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website.

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Earthquake jolts southeastern Iran

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Trend - 10/22/12

Earthquake jolts southeastern Iran

An earthquake measuring 4.7 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted a region locate 76 km to the central region of Bazman and 119 km to center of Iranshahr in southeastern Sistan-Balouchestan province at 8:08 p.m. local time, a senior local official said, IRNA reported.

"The quake occurred at a longitude of 45.59 degrees and a latitude of 60.27 degrees and the depth of 18,' Crisis Management Care Taker of Sistan-Balouchestan province Reza Arbabi said.

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