Rains causing flooding across South; north of us - Coastal Courier

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Heavy rain across the South on Wednesday caused flooding, school and road closures and a landslide that destroyed a home in North Carolina. Thousands of people lost power across the Carolinas as a cold front swept the region ...

Sarkozy sparks confusion on Gaza truce plan - International Herald Tribune

PARIS : French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday Israel had accepted an Egyptian truce plan for Gaza, but his office later said he was simply welcoming Israel's previously announced reaction to the proposal. Egypt said on Tuesday it was ...

Power lunch: Bush, Obama and 3 ex-presidents meet at White House - KVUE

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all U.S. presidents as an extraordinary event on Wednesday as the current occupant, President George W. Bush, reminded his predecessors and successor that the office ...

Ravens' Reed has intercepted 11 passes - HometownAnnapolis.com

OWINGS MILLS — The adage about water covering the majority of the earth and Baltimore Ravens star free safety Ed Reed patrolling the remaining third is an obvious exaggeration. It only seems like Reed is bouncing around from continent to continent ...

Sports in brief: Louisville team gets air scare - Salt Lake Tribune

College basketball » A plane carrying Louisville's basketball team to a game in Florida returned to the airport after the pilots received a fire warning that turned out to be false. A spokeswoman for the airline operating the Cardinals' flight said ...