1. Matt traveled to Moore, Okla., a year after a powerful tornado left 17 miles of destruction in its wake and talked to residents of the town — people who have shown inspiring resilience.
“People ask you, ‘Are these families OK?’’’ Moore mayor Glenn Lewis told him. “And we have to say, ‘Yes, they’re getting better, but they’re not OK.’”
2. Former "American Idol" contestant Clay Aiken told Savannah that his celebrity status has been both a blessing and a curse to his congressional campaign.
“It’s a blessing in the fact that it gets me in a room," he said. "But I have to overcome the fact that people see me in one way and not the other.”
3. Charlize Theron takes an unusual comedic turn in Seth MacFarlane's new film, "A Million Ways to Die in the West," but said the shift isn't so out of character for her.
"I'm not a very overly dramatic person; I'm a bit of a dork," she chuckled. "Everybody who knows me always says, 'Why don't you do comedy? You fall really well!'"
4. Kristen Hopkins described the six harrowing days she spent upside down in the wreckage of a car crash. Though both her feet were amputated, she still remains grateful.
"My kids will have a mom, you know?'' she told TODAY. "They'll be able to grow up with a mom here all the time."
And that's TODAY's Takeaway!