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Midwest remains locked in deep freeze

Midwest remains locked in deep freeze
By TODD RICHMONDAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Upper Midwest remains locked in the deep freeze, with bitter temperatures stretching into a fourth day across several states. The cold snap arrived Saturday night as waves of Arctic air swept south from Canada, pushing temperatures to

Midwest remains locked in deep freeze

Midwest remains locked in deep freeze
By TODD RICHMONDAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Upper Midwest remains locked in the deep freeze, with bitter temperatures stretching into a fourth day across several states. The cold snap arrived Saturday night as waves of Arctic air swept south from Canada, pushing temperatures to

Fight leads to gunfire on Texas college campus

Fight leads to gunfire on Texas college campus
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - Luis Resendiz hid quietly in a small room with dozens of classmates after gunshots erupted in a courtyard on his college campus north of Houston. There his mind quickly drifted to last month's Connecticut elementary school

Fight leads to gunfire on Texas college campus

Fight leads to gunfire on Texas college campus
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - Luis Resendiz hid quietly in a small room with dozens of classmates after gunshots erupted in a courtyard on his college campus north of Houston. There his mind quickly drifted to last month's Connecticut elementary school

Fight leads to gunfire on Texas college campus

Fight leads to gunfire on Texas college campus
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - Luis Resendiz hid quietly in a small room with dozens of classmates after gunshots erupted in a courtyard on his college campus north of Houston. There his mind quickly drifted to last month's Connecticut elementary school

Fight leads to gunfire on Texas college campus

Fight leads to gunfire on Texas college campus
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - Luis Resendiz hid quietly in a small room with dozens of classmates after gunshots erupted in a courtyard on his college campus north of Houston. There his mind quickly drifted to last month's Connecticut elementary school

Activists: Fighting rages as Russians leave Syria

Activists: Fighting rages as Russians leave Syria
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian activists say fighting between government forces and rebels is raging in the suburbs of Damascus and elsewhere in the country, as a group of Russian citizens prepares to be evacuated to escape the 22-month civil war. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says

Algeria attack poses fresh security issues

Algeria attack poses fresh security issues
By ROBERT BARRAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - The deadly attack on an Algerian natural gas complex will do little to discourage the drive for lucrative energy exploration in northern Africa, experts say, but it is forcing companies to increase security after largely ignoring the risks of operating

Victims of Costa shipwreck mark anniversary

Victims of Costa shipwreck mark anniversary
By TRISHA THOMAS and NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press GIGLIO, Italy (AP) - Survivors of the Costa Concordia shipwreck and relatives of the 32 people who died marked the first anniversary of the grounding Sunday with the unveiling of memorials to the victims, a tearful Mass in their honor and a

Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Calif. school

Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Calif. school
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) - Police say they've found no bomb at a Southern California elementary school where hundreds of youngsters were evacuated after a phone threat. Glendale police say 880 students from R.D. White Elementary school were sent to a supermarket parking lot a block away after an