Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas provides Connecticut town a break from mourning

Christmas provides Connecticut town a break from mourning

Christmas provides Connecticut town a break from mourning

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 08:25 AM PST

A sign sits at a memorial for those killed in the December 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, on Christmas morning in Newtown, ConnecticutNEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Christmas has helped some people in the grieving Connecticut town of Newtown cope a little better with the shooting tragedy that killed 20 schoolchildren, while others have yet to feel the holiday joy. Smiles returned for those taking a respite from the mourning now that funerals for the victims have concluded. For the crestfallen, the holiday spirit was absent in a town that just buried its children. "We're getting through this with our faith and our prayer. ...

Tornado touches down in downtown Mobile, Alabama; damage reported

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 04:22 PM PST

MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - A tornado hit downtown Mobile, Alabama at about 5 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. NWS observing program leader Gene Jacobi of the service's Mobile office said it had confirmed reports of a tornado, but did not yet know its size. Local media reports are describing property damage, downed trees and power lines, and widespread power outages. (Reporting By Mary Wisniewski and Kaija Wilkinson in Mobile; Editing by Todd Eastham)

Dakota Indians mark hangings of 1862 with trek on horseback

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 06:52 AM PST

Handout photo of a painting titled "Execution of Dakota Indians, Mankato, Minnesota"ST. PAUL, Minn (Reuters) - The day after Christmas will be somber for Dakota Indians marking what they consider a travesty of justice 150 years ago, when 38 of their ancestors were executed in the biggest mass hanging in U.S. history. Overshadowed by the Civil War raging in the East, the hangings in Mankato, Minnesota, on December 26, 1862, followed the often overlooked six-week U.S.-Dakota war earlier that year -- a war that marked the start of three decades of fighting between Native Americans and the U.S. government across the Plains. ...

Storm brings tornadoes, white Christmas to parts of South

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 05:09 PM PST

Downed trees and power lines caused by a Christmas Day tornado are seen along Dauphin Street in Mobile, AlabamaMOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - A major winter storm system swept through the southern United States on Tuesday, spawning tornadoes, including one that struck downtown Mobile, Alabama, and bringing a rare white Christmas to a number of states. The National Weather Service said a tornado struck Mobile, a U.S. city with a population of about 200,000, at about 5 p.m. local time (2300 GMT). There were reports of damage to trees and widespread power outages, along with some structural damage. "Right now our initial reports are downed trees, power lines down. ...

Dockworkers at Northwest ports reject pact offer

Posted: 24 Dec 2012 07:51 PM PST

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Dockworkers at four U.S. Pacific Northwest ports moved closer to a possible labor clash with grain shippers on Monday, as parties in a larger, separate dispute at 15 East and Gulf coast ports agreed to mediation ahead of strike deadline set for December 30. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced nearly 3,000 of its members had voted to reject a contract proposal that management called its "last, best and final" offer. ...

Judge says Oklahoma can end Planned Parenthood contract

Posted: 24 Dec 2012 06:52 PM PST

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday rejected Planned Parenthood's bid to stop Oklahoma from ending its contract with the women's health organization to provide food vouchers and counseling to poor mothers in the Tulsa area. U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot of the Western District of Oklahoma ruled that Planned Parenthood failed to prove its contract with the state's department of health was terminated for political reasons related to the group's support of abortion rights. The state contract ends on January 1. ...

Storm brings white Christmas, tornado threat to central U.S.

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 03:51 PM PST

NASA handout image shows storm clouds on the east coast of the United StatesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major winter storm brought a rare white Christmas to the southern U.S. plains on Tuesday, contributing to a 21-vehicle pile-up that shut down a major highway in Oklahoma, thousands of power outages and the death of a Texas man. The storm system surging east from Kansas and the Texas Panhandle included tornados and severe thunderstorms along its southern fringe, from southeastern Texas to Alabama, the National Weather Service said. The service reported a tornado warning for the Mobile, Alabama area late Tuesday afternoon. ...
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