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RIP Big Ben, the Troy police horse that won hearts across the Capital Region and beyond.
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Photo: Troy police mounted officer Sam Carello sits atop Big Ben in 2005. (Times Union archive) - Tim http://on.fb.me/18kmpLv

Times Union photographer Lori Van Buren has sent this image in via Twitter: Flooding on Route 5 in Scotia.

Drive carefully!

— Michael http://on.fb.me/12vnKeM

Storms are headed for the Capital Region. (screengrab from Weather.com) http://bit.ly/Jt46bE

— Michael http://on.fb.me/11buWdm

It’s isn’t exactly the Sinkhole that Ate Troy but a sinkhole possibly caused by erosion from Tuesday’s heavy rain forced closure of Lincoln Avenue. — Mike G.
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Kristen Nicole attends the Cannes Yacht Photo Shoot Aboard The Harle at The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2013 in Cannes, France. (Venturelli, WireImage)

We all swear we won’t be that guy holding up the line because he tried to bring something like a knife through the airport security checkpoint. But what have they snagged you for? (Me: A waffle iron. Long story.)
- Tim
Story: http://bit.ly/182Z1o9

Photo: Confiscated items at the Albany airport. Lori Van Buren / Times Union http://on.fb.me/10luHxC

A member of a security team helps guard an area of rubble from a destroyed residential neighborhood, one day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against the winds. (Brennan Linsley)

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/news/us/article/Search-for-tornado-survivors-nearly-complete-4533296.php#ixzz2TygrzUEI

Storm cloud approached Stuyvesant at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The picture was taken on Sharptown Road facing the Hudson River at 3 p.m. Tuesday. (Steven Montie) — Mike G. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151587663609146&set=a.291392419145.144630.288240529145&type=1

UPDATE: Officials say at least 20 schoolchildren were killed by the massive tornado that tore through Oklahoma City’s suburbs. Crews are searching for survivors:
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- Tim
Photo: Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school, which was leveled by Monday’s tornado. Paul Hellstern / AP http://on.fb.me/118yiOl