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Alan Scher Zagier

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 14, 2011, a puppy looks out of its cage at a shelter in Joplin, Mo. More than three weeks after an EF5 tornado ripped through Joplin, nearly 900 dogs and cats remain sheltered at the Humane Society, most of them unlikely to ever be reunited with their owners. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (AP)

900 pets still homeless after Missouri tornado

Jim Salter, Alan Scher Zagier
Meghan Miller stands in the middle of a destroyed neighborhood as she checks on her sister-in-law's home Monday, May 23, 2011, in Joplin , Mo. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) (AP)

Search for Missouri twister survivors intensifies

Jim Salter, Alan Scher Zagier
Damaged vehicles litter the parking lot of St. John's Hospital in Joplin, Mo, after a tornado hit the southwest Missouri city on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011. A massive tornado blasted its way across southwestern Missouri on Sunday, flattening several blocks of homes and businesses in Joplin and leaving residents frantically scrambling through the wreckage. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett) (AP)

Missouri officials say tornado killed at least 89

Kurt Voigt, Alan Scher Zagier