According to reports, the titanic tornado touched down at 2:56 p.m. CDT (19:56 UTC) and had generated winds of up to 200 mph, causing catastrophic damage to neighborhoods and schools. Plaza Towers Elementary School received a direct hit from the storm, leaving 7 children dead. Briarwood Elementary School in Moore was also damaged.

Felix Baumgartner, An Austrian daredevil skydiver becomes the first person to break the sound barrier while making a death-defying plunge 24 miles or 128,100 feet above Earth on Sunday. He broke three records: highest manned balloon flight, highest freefall jump, and fastest free fall velocity.

Four teens were killed after the car they were riding smashed into trees along the Southern State Parkway, Monday morning. The car was literally cut in half. Also eerily intriguing was the fact that the radio was still playing after the accident.

Ukrainian beauty Mila Kunis graces the magazine’s November 2012 issue cover, posing topless in black leather pants. The 29-year-old Friends With Benefits actress joins the ranks of past Esquire title holders, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Scarlett Johansson, Kate Beckinsale, Minka Kelly, and last year’s title holder, Rihanna.

Who won debate? President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stood on the same stage for the first time in the first of three presidential debates before the Nov. 6 election. Pundits unanimously viewed Romney won the debate held in Denver on Wednesday, October 3. Romney was more aggressive throughout the 90-minute debate, attacking Obama over weak economic growth, 8.1 percent unemployment, taxes, and health care reform.

A collision between a ferry and a boat south of Hong Kong killed 38 people on Monday evening, as the city celebrated China’s National Day. It was Hong Kong’s worst ferry accident in decades. The boat that reportedly sank like the Titanic, was carrying The Hong Kong Electric Company’s employees and their families to watch the fireworks display in Victoria Harbour in celebration of China’s National Day and mid-autumn festival.

Fox News was covering a live footage of a high-speed chase when suddenly the man stopped the car, run a short distance, appeared in the grass, and shot himself in the head.The suicide was shown live to viewers as Fox news was unable to quickly cut into a commercial.

World’s most venomous snake. According to reports, the boy took himself to Kurri Kurri hospital with a bite on his left hand and the boy’s friend was carrying a plastic tub containing the world’s most venomous snake. The snake was later identified as the Inland Taipan, which is native to the arid regions of central Australia. The 17-year-old boy is in a serious but stable condition in a hospital in Australia after being given an anti-venom.

“We have a black Muslim in the White House!,” Madonna shouted during her concert at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC on Monday while urging her audience to vote for US President Barack Obama. Due to her confusing “black Muslim” comment, the singer was forced to explain herself by saying in a statement she was actually “being ironic on stage.”

Pranksters from the website iPhone5.nl super glued the iPhone 5 to one of the busiest squares in Amsterdam and set up a hidden camera to capture how people will react as they try to pick up the phone. Some picked discreetly, while others kicked and jumped on it, and others went away blushing. The result, a hilarious video that quickly went viral on YouTube. Checkout how these people attempt to pick the iPhone 5 up from the ground in the video below.

EMMY AWARDS 2012 VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS REPLAY, EMMY AWARDS 2012 WINNERS LIST, ‘HOMELAND,’ ‘MODERN FAMILY’ WIN BIG. List of winners at The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards aired live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 23. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show. “Homeland” win the top drama prize, while “Modern Family” continues its reign as the best comedy series on television, winning the award for the third time.

Japanese underwater photographer Yoji Ookata spotted an unusual mysterious circle in the seabed sand in Amami Ōshima, Japan, earlier this year. Unable to determine where it came from, the photographer returned with television crew from NHK to investigate. What they discovered is an unusual underwater sand artist.

But, even if they suggest that the papyrus is not an evidence that Jesus had a wife, this will surely re-ignite the debate between Bible believers and Gnostic gospel believers on whether Jesus was married.

Ex-boyfriend living in attic. Tracy, a nurse, and a single mother of five is still afraid when she discovered that her ex-boyfriend was sleeping in her attic at her home in Rock Hill, Charlotte for two weeks. The man, her former boyfriend from 12 years ago was apparently sleeping in a heating unit when he was discovered, according to reports.

US OPEN TENNIS 2012 MEN’S FINAL RESULTS – ANDY MURRAY BEATS NOVAK DJOKOVIC TO WIN FIRST GRAND SLAM. Andy Murray has won the 2012 US Open, making him the first British man to win a Grand Slam title since Fred Perry in 1936. Murray beat defending champion Novak Djokovic 7-6 (10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2. Monday’s U.S. Open Final was Murray’s first grand slam singles title, outlasting Djokovic in a 5-set match that lasted 4 hours and 54 minutes, tying the 1981 record for longest U.S. Open final.

K-POP’s popularity shoots up to the highest level with one of the viral video hit of 2012, the “Gangnam Style” by South Korean rapper PSY. PSY’s humorous video took YouTube by storm on July 15 and according to New York Daily News it went viral faster than Justin Bieber’s “Baby.” As of September 11, the hit video which also featured PSY’s horse-riding dance has already 133 million views.

Southwestern provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, got help as China dispatches 7,200 soldier and military men to increase rescue efforts after two magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit the country on September 7, the official Xinhua News agency said.

Two rare tornadoes hit parts of New York City on Saturday morning (8th of September), bringing debris in the air, knocking power out to thousands of homes, and disrupting the US Open tennis tournament. The first tornado formed over the water near the Rockaway Peninsula of Queens, then moved inland over the beach-front neighborhood of Breezy Point, the weather service reported. Moments later, it was followed by another tornado hitting the Canarsie section of Brooklyn.

Taylor Swift debuted a special new song called “Ronan” on Friday’s “Stand Up to Cancer” telethon to pay tribute to a young cancer victim. As of this writing, Ronan is at number 2 on iTunes, and this means lots of people have already bought it. Ronan is dedicated to a 3-year-old boy who died of neuroblastoma last year. Swift wrote the song after reading the blog of Ronan’s mother, Maya Thompson. Maya co-wrote the song with Taylor. The star-studded event which was aired on all the major networks and cable channels, helps raise money for cancer research.

MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS VMA 2012 VIDEOS – PERFORMANCES BY RIHANNA, ONE DIRECTION, TAYLOR SWIFT, ALICIA KEYS, NICKI MINAJ, AND MORE. MTV Video Music Awards handed out honors on Thursday with British boy band One Direction taking home three prizes, while Rihanna picked up the most coveted award of the night, the video of the year.