By Austin Tedesco, Boston.com correspondent

A day after a tornado tore through Oklahoma, survivors reacted emotionally to the destruction throughout the state. Amid all of the powerful videos online, here are six powerful clips we found:

"This was my second prayer"

Tornado victim Barbara Garcia was reunited with her lost dog in the middle of a live interview with a TV reporter.

Sights and sounds of the disaster

Here is a compilation of the harrowing sights and sounds from the tornadoes that struck the Midwest.

"He was so brave"

An elementary school teacher helped a mother find her eight-year-old son after the school was destroyed in the tornado.

Six neighborhoods now "nothing but slabs"

Moore, Okla., mayor Glenn Lewis gave details about how the town's recovery efforts after the damage.

"It looks like Baghdad"

First responders described the scene in Oklahoma as they tried so search for survivors.

"It is absolute chaos down here"

Reporter Lance West cried while reporting near Plaza Towers elementary school in Moore, Okla., where third graders were being pulled out of the damage.

The New York Times is reporting that 91 people have died after a huge tornado ripped through parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs.

Amy Elliott, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma City medical examiner, said at least 91 people had died, and officials said that toll was likely to climb. Hospitals reported at least 145 people injured.

The Associated Press is reporting that 51 people died, though officials said the death toll was expected to rise.

By Austin Tedesco, Boston.com correspondent

A TV broadcast in Wichita, Kansas, was interrupted yesterday when the radar showed a tornado heading right at the KSN station near downtown. Meteorologist J.D. Rudd hurried out of the frame as Chief Meteorologist Dave Freeman urged everyone at the station to find shelter. The tornado lifted before it could touch ground in Wichita, according to KSN.

By Dana Hatic, Boston.com correspondent

A Canadian singer at Saturday's Memorial Cup hockey game butchered the American national anthem in shocking form, making up words and making the crowd laugh and groan.

Alexis Normand's rendition was unlike the American national anthem in every way. After second guessing herself and correcting the "twilight's last gleaming" to "first gleaming," she stumbled and mumbled through the lyrics, making up her own, but still managing to elicit cheers of encouragement from the crowd during awkwardly long pauses between verses.

Normand, a jazz singer from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, usually sings in French, and offered apologies for the performance on Twitter, saying she wished she had more time to learn the American anthem before the junior ice hockey league championships.

The Canadian Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks and Halifax Mooseheads stood on the ice during her performance, some shifting in place and others laughing into their gloves.

Despite the abominable stumbles, Normand pulled through for the final words of the anthem, and fans belted them out along with her.

Take a look at the full version here.

If you're going to screw up the national anthem, at least do it with the gusto of Frank Drebin.

Source: E!

E! is reporting that "Twighlight" stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have broken up.

Source: Associated Press

Severe weather moved through the Plains states over the weekend, bringing high winds, heavy rains, and tornadoes. Two twisters were spotted Saturday evening near Rozel, a sparsely populated area in central Kansas.

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stopped by "The Tonight Show" on May 17 to talk to Jay Leno. The former Massachusetts governor drew laughs when he said he can't be objective about the scandals facing the Obama administration. He also broke down the issues facing the White House, including the targeting by the IRS of conservative groups and the seizure of phone records at The Associated Press.

In the second part of the interview, Romney discussed his failed presidential campaign.

CBS News correspondent John Miller reported this morning that according to sources, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote a note while inside the Watertown boat he used to hide from police.

In the note, according to Miller, Tsarnaev wrote that the bombings were retribution against the US for actions against Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Miller also reports that Tsarnaev's note called the Boston bombing victims "collateral damage," and referred to his deceased brother Tamerlan as a martyr.

President Obama made a statement at the White House on Wednesday night to make a statement on the uproar currently engulfing the Internal Revenue Service. In his statement, Obama announced the forced resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller.

The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that states cut the threshold for a driver's blood alcohol content from .08 to .05 in an effort to reduce alcohol-related highway deaths in the US.

According to an NTSB report, more than 100 countries have adopted a .05 standard or lower.

Would you like to see states lower the drunken driving threshold? Tell us in the survey below and discuss the issue in our comments section.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report)

Russian officials did not disclose to the US text messages that suggested that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was interested in joining militant groups, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Russia alerted federal investigators in 2011 about Tsarnaev, 26, in part due to text messages between his mother and a Russian relative, the report said. Unnamed US officials who spoke to the newspaper said Tsarnaev wanted to join a militant group that Russia blames for attacks in the Caucasus region.

Tsarnaev died last month following a gun battle with police and has been buried in Virginia. His brother, Dzokhar Tsarnaev, 19, has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death.

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Source: NASA TV

Expedition 35 crew members Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn are outside the International Space Station, where they will inspect and possibly replace a pump controller box suspected of leaking ammonia coolant. The device contains the mechanical systems that drive the cooling functions for the station's port truss.

By Dana Hatic, Boston.com correspondent

On Friday, crews added a spire to the top of One World Trade Center, making the structure the tallest building in the United States at 1,776 feet. The tower stands at the northwest corner of the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks and will open in 2014.

EarthCam released this time-lapse video of the construction of the World Trade Center tower from 2004 to 2012.

By Dana Hatic, Boston.com correspondent

Cleveland's WOIO-TV reported that police found a suicide letter Ariel Castro wrote in 2004, in which he said he was a sexual predator in need of help.

A reporter obtained a copy of the letter, in which Castro said the women were being held against their will because they made the "mistake of getting in a car with a stranger." He also said he wanted to kill himself and give the money he had saved to his victims.

By Dana Hatic, Boston.com Correspondent

When a kiss-cam scanned the crowd at a Fresno Grizzlies minor league baseball game last week, fans witnessed an unusual sight--not a kiss, but a repeated rejection followed by a public break up.

In the video, a man on the phone seemed too busy to indulge his lady friend. The cam cut to other kissing couples, but kept coming back to them, until finally, she dumped water on him and left the stands...with the mascot.

This is almost too good to be true: the guy drops the phone to prepare for the deluge then sits dumbfounded as the mascot sweeps the woman away. Could this be staged?

Watch the full version here.

By Dana Hatic, Boston.com correspondent

In the next few days, billions of insects will swarm the East Coast. This is no cause for alarm; it's just a life cycle, and residents along the I-95 corridor can expect to see, but mostly hear, the chorus of cicadas as they come out to mate.

The specific type of cicada, known as Brood II, is not harmful to humans. It emerges every 17 years, and the male cicadas take up posts on trees, singing individually or collectively, to attract females.

The insects grow to about three inches and emerge when ground temperatures reach 64 degrees.

Though there are no options for controlling this cycle, East Coast residents may find earplugs valuable assets for the next two months.

By Dana Hatic, Boston.com correspondent

When Jason Koger, 34, had both his hands amputated five years ago after he ran into a downed power line on an ATV, he lost his ability to execute basic daily tasks like putting on clothes. Now, he is testing new prosthetic arms that have motorized thumbs he can program using his iPhone.

He now says he is able to resume some of his former activities, like hunting.

Koger can configure his new hands to different grips, without the help of a prosthetics expert. He received this $100,000 technology for free so he can test its functionality and provide feedback to the designer.

The aunt of Gina DeJesus, one of three women found in a Cleveland home years after vanishing, says the women have a positive attitude and nothing short of a blessing from God brought them back to their families.

DeJesus's aunt added that we need to keep a closer eye on our children.

"Neighborhood to neighborhood, we need to watch out for all kids. Really, watch who your neighbor is, because you never know," she said.

Charles Ramsey, the neighbor in Cleveland, Ohio, who helped rescue Amanda Berry and two other women, shares what happened in his own words. He said he heard screaming and saw Amanda Berry, whom he didn’t recognize, at a door that would open only enough to fit a hand through. He said she was trying desperately to get outside and pleaded for help to reach police.

‘‘I heard screaming,’’ he said. ‘‘I'm eating my McDonald's. I come outside. I see this girl going nuts trying to get out of a house.’’

Watch the video to hear more from Ramsey.

One of pop's biggest stars, who'd canceled her March 10 Boston show, angered more fans by making them wait three hours to appear on stage Monday night — and, amazingly, left some wanting more.

Rihanna showed up on stage at TD Garden three hours late last night; looks like the Boston faithful didn't have to wait as long as some high school students, but nonetheless were unhappy. Those who stuck around, though, gave rave reviews for her performance.

Here's a sampling of the fan reaction to her tardiness:

Opening act a no-show and @rihanna 3 hours late to her #Boston show at @tdgarden, with no explanation and no apology. Glad I didn't go...

— tobie (@TobiePromo) May 7, 2013

@rihanna just showed up over three hours late in Boston for a make up show since she canceled a few months back due to sickness. Im over her

— Cadien Fo Shaw III (@MisterFoShaw) May 7, 2013

@rihanna 2-3 hrs late for your show in Boston, huh??! #disrespectful #noexcuse basketball was more important huh?? Don't come back

— Chris Mahtin (@chrismahtin) May 7, 2013

It's sad when an artist has no respect for the fans @rihanna you did #Boston wrong tonight. #disrespectful #AllSetWithYou #nolove

— Courtney Smith (@ChasingBoston1) May 7, 2013

Someone might have to do a Storify of all the grumpy fans still waiting for Rihanna at TD Garden in Boston...

— Andrew Ba Tran (@abtran) May 7, 2013

Bey wouldn't do this ❤ @daniellerobo “@3am: Rihanna gets booed at Boston concert after making fans wait 3 HOURSmirr.im/13qxyIB”

— Kayleigh Martin (@kayleighmartin) May 7, 2013

The late-arrivers showered the singer in praise:

I take it back @rihanna Boston loves you. #bestconcertever#BostonStrong tribute was unreal. So worth the wait.

— kelley steadman (@ksteadman9) May 7, 2013

Lol since Rihanna slayed Boston I dnt see anymore "mad tweets" about her tardiness, I guess she gave them they life. #nuffsaid

— Doreen Fenty-Brown (@PiNK_HOLLYWOOD) May 7, 2013

Rihanna's post-show tweet is below:

#BOSTON I will never forget this night!!! I truly have deeper love for you now!!! Thank you for making… instagram.com/p/Y_7aYuBM-y/

— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 7, 2013

For more fan reaction, click here.

(Pictured: Rihanna performed during her concert Monday night at TD Garden. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff))