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Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 2 dead

Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 2 dead
By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHRAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Two deaths have been blamed on a strong spring storm system that's brought everything from tornadoes to ice and snow to much of the Midwest and parts of the southeast United States. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman

Midwest hit with snow, ice, other severe weather

Midwest hit with snow, ice, other severe weather
WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Storms packing snow, ice and dangerous winds knocked out power in communities throughout the Midwest and prompted Minnesota's governor to call out the state National Guard on Wednesday to help residents. Icy weather left thousands of people in Minnesota in the dark,

Powerful winds lash California, Arizona

Powerful winds lash California, Arizona
By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJERAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Powerful winds raked much of California on Monday, toppling trees, causing scattered power outages, whipping up blinding dust storms, and sending waves crashing ashore as a vigorous spring weather system swept through the state on its way

Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age

Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age
By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The dawn of the age of aerial civilian drones is rich with possibilities for people far from the war zones where they made their devastating mark as a weapon of choice against terrorists. The unmanned, generally small aircraft can steer water and

Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age

Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age
By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The dawn of the age of aerial civilian drones is rich with possibilities for people far from the war zones where they made their devastating mark as a weapon of choice against terrorists. The unmanned, generally small aircraft can steer water and

Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age

Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age
By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The dawn of the age of aerial civilian drones is rich with possibilities for people far from the war zones where they made their devastating mark as a weapon of choice against terrorists. The unmanned, generally small aircraft can steer water and

Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age

Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age
By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The dawn of the age of aerial civilian drones is rich with possibilities for people far from the war zones where they made their devastating mark as a weapon of choice against terrorists. The unmanned, generally small aircraft can steer water and

Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age

Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age
By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The dawn of the age of aerial civilian drones is rich with possibilities for people far from the war zones where they made their devastating mark as a weapon of choice against terrorists. The unmanned, generally small aircraft can steer water and

Bachelet: Chile left's hope in presidential vote

Bachelet: Chile left's hope in presidential vote
By EVA VERGARAAssociated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Michelle Bachelet has a deep resume: daughter of a general tortured to death for opposing a coup, leftist exile during the ensuing bloody dictatorship, pediatrician, Cabinet member, mother, president, head of the U.N. women's agency. Now she

Obama friend or foe? McCain charts his course

Obama friend or foe? McCain charts his course
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. John McCain is a walking contradiction, antagonizing President Barack Obama over foreign policy one minute, cooperating with the Democrat the next on immigration and the budget. So who is the real McCain? There's the national