TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A strange feel was in the air that Tuesday morning 20 years ago, a heaviness and mugginess not typical of mid-November.

It felt like tornado weather.

But that couldn't be. Tornadoes only hit Kansas in the spring and early summer, not the fall.

As Topekans found out in the early afternoon of Nov. 15, 1988, tornadoes can strike anytime, anyplace and in any month whether warning sirens sound or not.

About 2 p.m. that day, an F-2 tornado touched down near S.W. 29th and Wanamaker. Meteorologists later said the twister was virtually impossible to spot with the naked eye. As a result of that and a radar system not nearly as sophisticated as today's, no warning sirens were sounded in advance.
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BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers persevered Thursday in debate on a proposed security deal with the U.S. There were raucous attempts by opposition lawmakers to disrupt proceedings ahead of next week’s vote on the plan.

The measure, which would keep U.S. forces in Iraq for three more years, has a good chance of passing in the Shiite-led parliament. But the uproar created by loyalists of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr suggests the pact could remain divisive.

If al-Sadr’s group and other legislators opposed to the pact lose by a thin margin in the vote planned for Monday, they might attempt to turn their anti-American message into a defining issue in provincial elections on Jan. 31 and general elections late in 2009.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Former President Jimmy Carter and others are pressing ahead with a humanitarian mission to Zimbabwe, though the state newspaper in the troubled southern African country signaled Thursday they are unwelcome.

The Elders, a group formed by former South African President Nelson Mandela, last week had announced plans to visit Zimbabwe. After a story in Zimbabwe’s state-run Herald on Thursday about the visit headlined "come at a later date,” the group reiterated its plans.

Also taking part in the visit starting Saturday are former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and advocate Graca Machel.
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Months ago, The News On 6 started looking into how much overtime the City of Tulsa pays every year.  What we uncovered surprised us.

Officers were called to a home near 37th and South Gary Place after 8 o'clock Thursday night. 

These are gangs with several members, professionals, hitting dozens of homes a week.

Some firefighters are calling a medical resident a hero.

A woman is treated for injuries she suffered in a drive-by shooting late Wednesday night.