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Parts of the Midwest and the South were recovering Monday after a weekend round of storms, winds, hail and isolated tornadoes killed at least 14 people. (May 1)

President George W. Bush announces major combat has ended in Iraq; U2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union; Empire State Building dedicated. (May 1)
 

Quentin Tarantino admits he doesn't know how he thought up the idea for 'Reservoir Dogs' at a 25th anniversary screening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. (May 1). 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Unlike his more famous colleagues at ESPN who have taken to Twitter bemoaning their jobs being cut, veteran NASCAR Daytona 500 reporter Bob Pockrass tweeted something entirely different.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Bob Tolley and his wife Marian received an escort Monday to Daytona Beach International Airport from their New Smyrna Beach residence for their flight to New York, thanks to a contingent of fire departments locally.

Fomer President Barack Obama held his first official event in  Chicago since leaving the White House in January. (April 24)

The 8.5-acre fire off Pioneer Trail and Jungle Road was fully contained by 4 p.m., Sunday, officials with the Florida Forest Service in Bunnell told Headline Surfer, adding there were no evacuations and no structures were threatened by the nearby flames.

"We are continuing to closely monitor these wildfires and do everything we can to ensure our firefighters and first responders have all the resources they need to protect our communities," Scott said.

Burt Reynolds makes a rare public appearance for Tribeca Film Festival premiere of his latest movie, "Dog Years." (April 24)
 

Workers in New Orleans began removing the first of four prominent Confederate monuments early Monday. Crews began removing the first memorial, one that commemorates whites who tried to topple a biracial post-Civil War government in New Orleans. (April 24)

Highlights of this day in history: An aborted mission to free American hostages in Iran ends in disaster; Ireland's 'Easter Rising' begins; Armenians face mass deportation during World War I; Singer Barbra Streisand born. (April 24)