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Twister slams area hit by killer storm in '11
Sat,3 Mar 2012 03:12 PM PST
Associated Press -

Family and friends begin the task of clean-up after a tornado left a path of destruction in the Harvest area on the same path that an F5 tornado left destruction on April 27, 2011 on Saturday, March 3, 2012, in Athens, Ala. Emergency crews desperately searched for survivors Saturday after a violent wave of Midwest and Southern storms flattened some rural communities and left behind a trail of destruction: shredded homes, downed power lines and streets littered with tossed cars. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)Cody Stewart is done owning a home for a little while. He has lost his house to tornadoes twice in 10 months.


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Romney wins Wash. state caucuses
Sat,3 Mar 2012 07:18 PM PST
The Ticket -

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Romney speaks at a town hall meeting campaign stop at USAeroteam in DaytonMitt Romney won the Republican caucuses Saturday in Washington state. With 91 percent of precincts reporting, Mitt Romney led with 37 percent of the vote, followed by Ron Paul with 25 percent, Rick Santorum with 24 percent, and Newt Gingrich with 11 percent. Go to the Tumblr page of the Washington state Republican Party for [...]


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Storms demolish small towns in Ind., Ky.; 38 dead
Sat,3 Mar 2012 08:22 PM PST
Associated Press -

Residents clean up their damaged house in Marysville, Ind., Saturday, March 3, 2012. Massive thunderstorms, predicted by forecasters for days, threw off dozens of tornadoes as they raced Friday from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes. Twisters crushed blocks of homes, knocked out cellphones and landlines, ripped power lines from broken poles and tossed cars, school buses and tractor-trailers onto roads made impassable by debris. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged Saturday to find blue sky and splinters where homes once stood, cars flung into buildings and communications crippled after dozens of tornadoes chainsawed through a region of millions, leveling small towns along the way.


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4 straight: Romney wins Washington GOP caucus
Sat,3 Mar 2012 06:49 PM PST
Associated Press -

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann greet patrons at the Montgomery Inn in Cincinnati, Ohio, Saturday, March 3, 2012. Mitt Romney stepped out to a solid lead over his Republican presidential rivals Saturday night in Washington state caucuses, a quiet prelude to 10 Super Tuesday contests next week in all regions of the country. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Mitt Romney rolled to a double-digit victory in Washington state's Republican presidential caucuses Saturday night, his fourth campaign triumph in a row and a fresh show of strength in the run-up to 10 Super Tuesday contests in all regions of the country.


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Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult
Sat,3 Mar 2012 05:44 PM PST
Associated Press -

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, one of six judges for the pageant, speaks during a Miss America news conference at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Limbaugh drew fire Friday, March 2, 2012 from many directions for his depiction of a college student as a Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a "slut" and "prostitute" after fellow Republicans as well as Democrats criticized him and several advertisers left his program.


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BP spill settlement clears way for comeback
Sat,3 Mar 2012 04:20 PM PST
Associated Press -

FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the blazing remnants of BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. BP agreed late Friday March 2, 2012 to settle lawsuits brought by more than 100,000 fishermen who lost work, cleanup workers who got sick and others who claimed harm from the oil giant's 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, the worst offshore oil spill in the nation's history. The momentous settlement will have no cap to compensate the plaintiffs, though BP PLC estimated it would have to pay out about $7.8 billion, making it one of the largest class-action settlements ever. After the Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989, the company ultimately settled with the U.S. government for $1 billion, which would be about $1.8 billion today. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, File)BP's multibillion-dollar settlement with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potential financial damages it faces. It also may help the company restore its all-important relationship with the federal government.


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Fresh assault on Homs as Red Cross seeks access
Sat,3 Mar 2012 09:45 PM PST
Associated Press -

A man sits next to the bodies of a three Free Syrian Army fighters allegedly killed by the Syrian Army during their funeral in Idlib, north Syria, Saturday, March 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Syrian forces launched a fresh assault on Homs as the Red Cross pressed forward with efforts to deliver badly needed aid to thousands of people stranded in a besieged neighborhood despite warnings from regime troops of land mines and booby traps.


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Santorum pushes social agenda in Ohio
Sat,3 Mar 2012 07:34 PM PST
Associated Press -

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, insists on paying for his lunch, Saturday, March 3, 2012, in Wilmington, Ohio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Rick Santorum sees an America in need of more than economic recovery, warning Saturday that the nation's inattention to conservative social values is "damning people."


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Death toll in Polish train collision rises to 15
Sat,3 Mar 2012 11:14 PM PST
Associated Press -

Rescue officials work at the scene where two trains collided in Szczekociny, southern Poland, killing several people and injuring dozens of others, Saturday evening, March 3, 2012. The head-on collision appears to be one of the worst rail disasters in the country in recent years, officials said. (AP Photo/ Michal Legierski ) POLAND OUTPolish officials say the death toll in a head-on collision between two trains late Saturday has risen to 15, with 54 people being treated for their injuries in hospitals.


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Dahmer victim's sister calls walking tour 'evil'
Sat,3 Mar 2012 07:23 PM PST
Associated Press -

This photo taken Thursday, March 1, 2012 shows the Walker's Point neighborhood in Milwaukee, where a marketing company is organizing a walking tour of Milwaukee bars where serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer hunted his victims. But some in the community think it's too soon for such a tour and are calling it insensitive. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)The sister of one of Jeffrey Dahmer's 17 victims joined others in protesting a Milwaukee walking tour of the serial killer's haunts Saturday, calling out to tour organizers that they were "just as evil" as Dahmer himself.


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Police: Alaska girl locked in frigid bedroom dies
Sat,3 Mar 2012 09:08 PM PST
Associated Press - A 3-year-old girl from America's northernmost community died and her younger sister suffered hypothermia after their mother and the mother's boyfriend left them in a locked bedroom with a window open to a temperature of minus 30 degrees to air out the room because the girls wet their beds, authorities said. Full Story 		Top

No. 6 UNC tops No. 4 Duke 88-70 for ACC title
Sat,3 Mar 2012 07:25 PM PST
Associated Press -

North Carolina's John Henson jumps over Duke's Miles Plumlee (21) for a shot during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Durham, N.C., Saturday, March 3, 2012. At rear, Duke's Seth Curry and Austin Rivers (0) watch with North Carolina's Tyler Zeller (44). (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)Kendall Marshall had 20 points and 10 assists, and No. 6 North Carolina beat No. 4 Duke 88-70 on Saturday night to win the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title.


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