 | Another wintry mess headed east
Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second day and utility workers struggled to restore power knocked out by a weekend blizzard.
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 | Federal officials review Toyota Corolla complaints
Federal safety officials say they will look into complaints from Toyota Corolla drivers about difficulty with the steering on their vehicles.
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 | Cops search San Antonio landfill for missing baby
San Antonio's police chief says officers are searching a landfill for evidence in the disappearance of an 8-month-old boy.
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 | Toyota makes Prius recall for brake fix
Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety problems at the world's largest automaker.
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 | Astronauts inspect shuttle on way to space station
Things look good aboard the shuttle. A few pieces of foam insulation did break off the external fuel tank during launch, but there's no indication anything hit the shuttle.
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 | Fires strike two more east Texas churches
A sheriff's dispatcher says fires have struck two more rural east Texas churches, just hours after investigators announced that a blaze last week marked the eighth arson against a house of worship in the state this year.
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 | Man rescued after three days in snow-covered SUV in Colorado
A 31-year-old Indiana man says he didn't have food but kept himself hydrated with Mountain Dew and snow while he was stuck in his snow-covered SUV in southwestern Colorado for three days.
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 | Negligence? Conn. gas blast criminal probe begins
Authorities in Connecticut have launched a criminal investigation into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction, saying they can't rule out negligence.
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 | Crew flees to life rafts after vessel catches fire
The U.S. Coast Guard says the 28 crew members of a fishing vessel that caught fire 900 miles southwest of Honolulu have abandoned ship and are in two life rafts.
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 | Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77.
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