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Report on last season's wind, ice storms in Ky. says moving power lines underground too costly
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A report released Thursday on last season's ice and wind storms says Kentucky's utilities should not spend billions of dollars burying electrical transmission lines to prevent future mass outages....
'Call of Duty' setting entertainment records as sales climb
NEW YORK (AP) -- The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history....
Early snow storms in China kill 40, damage more than 9,000 buildings; $659 million in damage
BEIJING (AP) -- Unusually early snow storms in north-central China have claimed 40 lives, caused thousands of buildings to collapse and destroyed almost 500,000 acres (200,000 hectares) of winter crops, the Civil Affairs Ministry said Friday....
As storm moves off East Coast, flooding eases and bridges begin reopening
OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A powerful storm born from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida began moving out to sea Friday after raking the East Coast for three days, leaving behind it a trail of flooding, damaged buildings, eroded beaches and at least six deaths....
Jogger finds stranded dolphin at Ala. wildlife refuge after Tropical Storm Ida
GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) -- An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin is being treated for dehydration and pneumonia after it was found stranded following Tropical Storm Ida's brush with the Alabama coast....
Rescuers in rain-soaked DC evacuate shops over fears nearby buildings could collapse
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rescuers have evacuated several shops in southeast Washington, D.C., over concerns that nearby buildings under construction might collapse because the ground is soaked from recent rain....
Mass. governor signs law penalizing utilities failing to restore services after storms
LUNENBURG, Mass. (AP) -- Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a new law penalizes utility companies that fail to provide safe and reliable service to customers after major storms....
La. House speaker wants federal aid shuffled to New Orleans blight remediation, infrastructure
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Federal recovery money that remains unused since hurricanes Katrina and Rita should be spent on blight remediation and infrastructure repairs in New Orleans, House Speaker Jim Tucker said Thursday....
With emergency declared for floods, Va. gov is in Ark. for private Dem fundraiser
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- With his state under an emergency declaration because of heavy rain and floods Thursday, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine was in Arkansas for a Democratic fundraiser....
Tropical Storm Ida further slows already late harvest season for Southern farmers
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Ida may not have done much damage when it hit the Gulf Coast this week, but its wind and rain compounded the misery for Southern farmers already coping with a wet, difficult harvest season.... | 
