Students in tornado-shattered town return to class

Friday, August 16, 2013 ~ Updated 4:04 PM

MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- After an anguish-filled summer, students returned to classes Friday at two elementary schools destroyed last spring by a deadly tornado that ripped a 17-mile path of devastation through the suburbs of Oklahoma City.

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