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WINTER WEATHER
Steadily falling snow blanketed the Midwest on Thursday,
part of a vicious cold snap engulfing much of the nation,
and a tractor-trailer spun out of control on snow-slick
roads in Ohio, killing four people and injuring seven.
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DUTCH ELM DISEASE
An interactive look at Dutch elm disease.
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TALLEST BUILDINGS
The world's tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa in the United
Arab Emirates, rises more than a half mile into the sky. It
is more than 50 percent taller than the next tallest
building.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL INTERACTIVE
No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Texas face off in the BCS title game
Thursday night. The undefeated Crimson Tide and Longhorns
will each try to add another championship to their
considerable pedigrees. It's a meeting of two old-line
programs from the South _ Roll Tide vs. Hook 'em Horns _
where football is the biggest thing going.
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UMAR INDICTMENT
A grand jury indicted a Nigerian man Wednesday on charges
accusing him of attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound
Northwest Airlines plane on Christmas Day by trying to use a
weapon of mass destruction.
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YEMEN
The U.S. recently increased its focus on Yemen, which for
years has had a known presence of al Qaida. The concern is
that if instability deepens in the impoverished nation,
which is already troubled by internal conflict, the terror
group could be provided with a greater opportunity to
establish itself.
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SIMPSONS 450TH
"The Simpsons" is now TV's longest-running scripted
nighttime series.
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie - those those
never-aging, yellow-skinned inhabitants of Springfield - are
back for their 450th episode on Sunday, Jan. 10.
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UNEMPLOYMENT
Interactive showing the U.S. unemployment rate broken down
by state and sector.
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BCS CHAMPIONSHIP
An interactive on the Alabama versus Texas national
championship game that includes videos with analysis by AP
College Football Writer Ralph Russo and AP National Writer
Eddie Pells, along with statistics, schedules and key
points.
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NEWARK EVACUATION
A man walked through a screening checkpoint exit into the
secure side of a terminal at one of the nation's busiest
airports on Sunday night, and flights were grounded for
hours and passengers had to be re-screened while air safety
officials searched for him.
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2010
See images of celebrations of the new year around the world.
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YEAR IN RACE
The election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the
U.S. helped change the way some Americans look at race
relations.
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WARSHIP RECORD
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers such as the USS Ross and USS
Cole, which survived a terrorist suicide bombing in Yemen,
have proven to be durable workhorses in the U.S. Navy. Over
the 22 years since construction of the first one began at
Bath Iron Works, the ship has steamed into the record book:
The destroyer's production run has outlasted every other
battleship, cruiser, destroyer and frigate in U.S. Navy
history.
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