Saturday, March 3, 2012

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Grief, resilience after storms rip through states, killing 37

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:16 PM PST

With dozens dead, scores of buildings reduced to rubble and some communities all but obliterated, residents of the Midwest and South begin the week Sunday assessing the devastation wrought by a series of vicious tornadoes.

Putin poised to retake Russian presidency

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:59 PM PST

Russians went to the polls Sunday in an election that looks likely to return Vladimir Putin, the current prime minister and former president, to the country's top job.

Man steals money from Girl Scout cookie sales in Texas

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:39 PM PST

Two Girl Scouts sprang into action when a man stole a cash box containing money from their cookie sales in the Houston area.

Star Wars conceptual artist Ralph McQuarrie dies

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:32 PM PST

Ralph McQuarrie, the man credited with bringing director George Lucas' vision for "Star Wars" to the big screen, has died at the age of 82.

Republicans feud over drawn-out nominating calendar

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:30 PM PST

Chris Christie called it "the dumbest idea anybody ever had."

New Syrian videos indicate more deaths, horror after fall of Baba Amr

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:25 PM PST

New videos posted from the Syrian flashpoint city of Homs suggest a fresh wave of killings by the Syrian military after the fall of the neighborhood of Baba Amr.

March tornadoes: One day there was a town; the next day it was gone

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:44 PM PST

Big news in Henryville, Indiana, had been that the coach of the high school boys' basketball team was stepping down at the end of the season. The Hornets are the pride of this small Indiana town a few miles up Interstate 65 from Louisville.

CNN projects Romney will win Washington state caucuses

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:49 PM PST

Mitt Romney will win Saturday's Republican caucuses in Washington state, CNN projects, giving the former Massachusetts governor a shot in the arm heading into Super Tuesday.

Passenger trains collide in Poland, killing at least 8

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:38 PM PST

Two passenger trains collided in southwestern Poland late Saturday, leaving several dead and dozens more injured, the country's state railway said.

Japanese prime minister talks economy, rebuilding efforts

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:36 PM PST

The Japanese prime minister issued a sobering and reflective assessment of his country's recovery as it prepares to mark the one year anniversary of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown.

Putin poised to retake Russian presidency

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:35 PM PST

Russians voted Sunday in an election that looks likely to return Vladimir Putin, the current prime minister and former president, to the country's top job.

Disbelief, perseverance as tornado ravages Kentucky town

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:10 PM PST

Head down Main Street in West Liberty, Kentucky, and you'd come across establishments that make this town feel like home for its 3,000 residents.

'Amerasians' in the Philippines fight for recognition

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:06 PM PST

When Susie Lopez, 43, was a little girl she would run outside her home in Angeles City, near the U.S. Clark Airbase in the Philippines, every time she heard a plane fly by.

Storm-battered town hit twice in a year

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 05:48 PM PST

In 1974, a series of powerful tornadoes whipped through Alabama and devastated a small town called Harvest.

China issues framework for settling Syrian crisis

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 05:44 PM PST

China is calling on the Syrian government and others involved to "immediately" stop violence, particularly against innocent civilians, and pursue a political solution to the Middle East nation's grim and bloody yearlong crisis.

Hundreds mourn slain Ohio student

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 04:36 PM PST

Family and friends of 16-year-old Daniel Parmertor, one of three students killed in an Ohio school shooting, said their final goodbyes Saturday as he was laid to rest.

Pressure mounts on Villas-Boas as Chelsea crash at West Brom

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 04:19 PM PST

Andre Villas-Boas' troubles as Chelsea manager deepened on Saturday as he watched his side go down to a 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion in the English Premier League.

Dortmund move 7 points clear in title race

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 04:14 PM PST

Borussia Dortmund stretched their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to seven points on Saturday night with a 2-1 win over Mainz.

37 dead in waves of storms across Midwest, South

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 04:09 PM PST

Even as potent winds and heavy rains lingered in spots, residents through huge swaths of the eastern United States spent Saturday trying to come to grips with vicious storms that obliterated communities, reduced scores of homes to rubble and left at least 37 people dead.

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