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The "Squawk on the Street" news team reports on today's top business headlines, including an update on a deadly tornado to hit Oklahoma; the future of Jamie Dimon's role at JPMorgan; and Tim Cook's tax testimony on Capitol Hill.
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President Obama promised to make available all necessary government resources to Oklahoma to help in the rescue and recovery effort in the aftermath of a devastating tornado.
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Monster. That's what they're calling the tornado that barreled through the Oklahoma City area. Here are heartbreaking scenes.
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Violent tornadoes are moving through Oklahoma, and there is widespread damage, with CNBC's Tyler Mathisen.
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NBC's Aymen Mohyeldin reports that thousands of homes are under threat from wildfires in California.
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John Nelson, Lloyd's of London chairman, explains why the insurance sector as a whole is returning to profitability, despite several global catastrophes.
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New Jersey settled the first civil suit for price gouging - as much as 34 percent - at 2 gas stations in the wake of Super Storm Sandy, reports CNBC's Scott Cohn.
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CNBC's Mary Thompson looks at what's at risk in the state's $22 billion tourism industry as the New Jersey shore pushes to recover from the devastating storm.
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Heavy river flooding in six Midwestern states forced evacuations, closed bridges, swamped homes, and caused at least five deaths.
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*Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes China's Sichuan province. YA'AN, China, April 20- China was hit by its worst earthquake in three years on Saturday that killed at least 157 people and injured more than 5,700, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.
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*Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes China's Sichuan province. BEIJING, April 20- A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 156 people and injuring about 5,500 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008..
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*Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes China's Sichuan province. BEIJING, April 20- A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 102 people and injuring about 2,200 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008..
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*Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes China's Sichuan province. BEIJING, April 20- A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 71 people and injuring about 2,200 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008..
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Rescuers struggled to reach a remote corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years rose to 203 with almost 1,000 serious injuries.
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*Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes China's Sichuan province. BEIJING, April 20- A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 56 people and injuring about 600 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008..
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*Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes China's Sichuan province. BEIJING, April 20- A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 28 people and injuring at least 100 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008..
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Paul Walsh, WeatherFX chief meteorologist, provides a preview of this season's major storms and targets.
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Baseball-sized hail was reported in northern Florida, along with possible tornadoes, while heavy snow in Colorado and Kansas delayed flights and shut down part of Interstate-70. A crash involving up to 50 vehicles closed part of Interstate-25 near Loveland, Colorado, north of Denver.
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A small army of workers set to work Saturday to replace the estimated 200,000 square meters (50 acres) of windows shattered by the shock wave from a meteor that exploded over Russia.
