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Blizzard blasts Plains — again 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 05:40 PM PST
Traffic moves on the I-40 service road Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. A blizzard packing 50 mph wind gusts and more than 11 inches of snow blasted Amarillo and Texas Panhandle Monday, making travel nearly impossible. Interstate 40 and many major highways in the Panhandle have been closed. (AP Photo/The Amarillo Globe News, Michael Schumacher)Two people have died and thousands have lost power in the storm.
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Koop transformed surgeon general post 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 08:04 PM PST
FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2002 file photo, former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop testifies in Concord, N.H. Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)With his striking beard and starched uniform, former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop became one of the most recognizable figures of the Reagan era â€" and one of the most unexpectedly enduring.
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World's postal services struggle with lower demand 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 11:17 PM PST
In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, postman John Lahmert delivers mail in rural Otaki, New Zealand. New Zealand is considering cutting letter deliveries from six days a week to three as global demand for postal services dwindles. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)OTAKI, New Zealand (AP) â€" Sandra Vidulich is so excited about the leather boots she ordered through Amazon that she rips open the box in front of the postman and tries them on.
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Group: Syrian regime missiles kill 140 in Aleppo 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 09:25 PM PST
A Syrian villager, Abu Ibrahim, 73, writes the name of his granddaughter on her grave who was killed from an airstrike by Syrian government forces, at Jabal al-Zaweya village of Sarja, in Idlib, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Syrian rebels used captured tanks to launch a fresh offensive on a government complex housing a police academy near Aleppo and clashed with government troops protecting the strategic installation on Sunday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)An international human rights organization says the Syrian military fired at least four ballistic missiles into Aleppo over the past week.
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Police: Gaza militants fire rocket into Israel 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 09:50 PM PST
A Palestinian man throws a stone towards Israeli soldiers after the funeral of Arafat Jaradat in the West Bank of Hebron, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Thousands have attended the funeral procession of a 30-year-old Palestinian man who died under disputed circumstances in Israeli custody. Palestinian officials say autopsy results show Jaradat was tortured by Israeli interrogators, while Israeli officials say there's no conclusive cause of death yet and that more tests are needed.(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)Israeli police say a rocket has been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel. A police spokesman says there was damage to a road but no injuries.
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Obama to meet with top Republicans Tuesday 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 05:40 PM PST
U.S. President Obama speaks to National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House in WashingtonThe president will meet with John McCain and Lindsey Graham to discuss immigration reform and possibly the spending cuts set to take effect Friday.
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DNA a civil rights issue in Supreme Court case 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 10:07 PM PST
The US Supreme Court building in Washington is seen after Justice OConnor announced her resignation.WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a case that spotlights the growing use of genetic data by law enforcement agencies, the Supreme Court will consider on Tuesday when a DNA sample may be taken from a suspect. Police and prosecutors in Maryland suffered a major setback when the state's court of appeals ruled in April 2012 that Alonzo King's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure was violated when he was required to provide his DNA upon being arrested. ...
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Italy faces stalemate after election shock 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 11:44 PM PST
Five Star Movement leader and comedian Beppe Grillo speaks with media before casting his vote at the polling station in GenoaROME (Reuters) - Italy faced political deadlock on Tuesday after a stunning election that saw the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement of comic Beppe Grillo become the strongest party in the country but left no group with a clear majority in parliament. "The winner is: Ingovernability" was the headline in Rome newspaper Il Messaggero, reflecting the stalemate the country would have to confront in the next few weeks as sworn enemies would be forced to work together to form a government. ...
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Senate panel likely to vote this week on CIA pick 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 04:44 PM PST
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is interviewed by reporters as senators return to Capitol Hill after a week away from Washington with just three legislative days until automatic budget cuts are scheduled to take effect, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. The Senate is also moving toward a vote Tuesday on President Barack Obama’s divisive choice of Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department after a protracted political fight. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)A White House commitment to provide lawmakers with additional information about the Benghazi attack may have cleared the way for a vote.
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Skeptical Syrian opposition to attend Rome talks 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 06:32 PM PST
US Secretary of State John Kerry reacts after listening a reporter's question during a joint news conference with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague, not seen, following their meeting in central London, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. This is the first overseas trip for the US Secretary of State in his new role. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)The session is to be the centerpiece of Secretary of State John Kerry's first overseas mission in his new job.
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Bernanke to face Fed critics in testimony to Congress 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 09:06 PM PST
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke waits before a meeting of G20 Finance Ministers in MoscowThe Fed's controversial bond-buying program will face tough scrutiny.
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2 Everest climbs put Nepalese woman in record book 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 08:15 PM PST
Nepalese woman mountaineer Chhurim who has been recognized by Guinness World Records for climbing Mount Everest twice in the same climbing season poses with the certificate issued to her in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. 29-year-old Chhurim scaled the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) summit on May 12, 2012, and again a week later on May 19. (AP Photo)Nepalese mountaineer Chhurim entered the record book by scaling Mount Everest twice in the same climbing season.
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Warrant issued for Vegas Strip shooting suspect 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 05:48 PM PST
This photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Ammar Harris in a booking photo from a 2012 arrest in Las Vegas. Police have identified Harris as a suspect in a shooting that sent a Maserati into a taxi that exploded, killing three people on Feb. 21, 2013 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)Police said they have a warrant for an ex-convict identified as the prime suspect in a shooting and fiery crash that killed three.
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Subcontractor in deadly KC blast lacked permit 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 05:06 PM PST
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2013 file photo two men look at the rubble of JJ's restaurant after an explosion and fire tore through the establishment near the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo. City officials said Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 a cable company subcontractor suspected of rupturing a natural gas line before a deadly restaurant explosion didn't have an approved permit for the work _ a violation of the municipal code which could result in a fine of $500, up to six months in jail or both. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)A cable company subcontractor suspected of rupturing a natural gas line before a deadly Kansas City restaurant explosion didn't have an approved permit for the work, city officials said Monday.
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International Herald Tribune renamed International New York Times 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 04:24 PM PST
File photograph of The New York Times and and International Herald Tribune newspaper front pages in New YorkThe New York Times Co. said it was changing the name of the International Herald Tribune to the International New York Times. The move to re-brand the IHT is not entirely unexpected.
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Internet providers to intervene with illegal downloads 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 04:04 PM PST
Non-Techie Cofounder Learns Code, Builds New Site Feature in 6 DaysThe nation's major Internet service providers will start the Copyright Alert System this week.
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Seals take scientists to Antarctic's ocean floor 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 07:54 PM PST
Handout photo of a Southern Ocean elephant seal wearing a sensor on its head as it sleeps on an island in the Southern Ocean, AntarcticaElephant seals wearing head sensors have helped scientists better understand how the ocean's coldest, deepest waters are formed.
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Tesla team mulls image reboot after NYT review 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 04:49 PM PST
Elon Musk, co-founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, speaks at the California Institute of Technology commencement ceremony in PasadenaThe company has lost about $100 million in sales and canceled orders due to the Times story.
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BP, contractors start trial for worst U.S. offshore spill 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 07:03 PM PST
A BP logo is seen in front of an appartment block near a petrol station in MoscowNEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A long-awaited trial over the biggest U.S. offshore oil spill began on Monday, with governments, businesses and individuals blaming BP Plc mostly for the 2010 disaster that killed 11 rig workers and spilled 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. "Not only was it within BP's power to prevent the tragedy, it was its responsibility," Mike Underhill, a U.S. Justice Department trial attorney, said at the trial over legal culpability for the blowout and spill. The trial is being held with no jury before Judge Carl Barbier at federal court in New Orleans. ...
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Woman accused of Arizona lover's death sent flowers after killing 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 05:03 PM PST
Jodi Arias testifies during cross examination by prosecutor Juan Martinez in Maricopa County Superior Court in PhoenixPHOENIX (Reuters) - A woman charged with capital murder in Arizona testified on Monday that she sent flowers to her former boyfriend's grandmother days after killing him, which prosecutors said showed the lengths to which she went to cover her tracks. Jodi Arias, 32, could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering 30-year-old Travis Alexander, whose body was found in the shower of his Phoenix area home in June 2008. He was shot in the face, stabbed 27 times and had his throat slit. ...
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Amid push for tougher gun laws, some turn to trusts 
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 04:28 PM PST
Debate: Legal Device Mimics Machine GunsGun trusts were originally intended for families to pass down guns in a responsible way.
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