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She awoke with a start and found herself lying crooked on the sofa, her legs hanging to the floor and her head resting on Tom's lap. Kara still slept at the other end. |
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'News bulletin,' he said. His hand, just above Denise's face, pointed at the television. 'They broke into the show.' |
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She turned her eyes to the TV and recognized Chris Donner, the Eyewitness News anchorwoman. |
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' . . . been receiving sketchy reports that a crisis has developed in the nearby town of Bixby. Our news staff received its initial telephone call from a citizen of Bixby shortly after seven-thirty this evening, in which we were informed that a storm was dropping rain onto the town which appeared to be black. We were further told that the caller's spouse, caught in the mysterious storm, quote ''went out of her senses and attacked me for no good reason" unquote. |
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'In our attempts to verify the story, we tried to make contact with various Bixby officials. Our calls to the mayor, fire department and police department have gone unanswered. |
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'Since that time, we have received numerous calls from people in that area. We have determined that an emergency situation exists in Bixby, and we have notified officials in surrounding areas. |
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'It appears that the storm began shortly after seven |
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