Heavy Rains Cause Floods in South - AOL

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Jan. 7) - 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 ...

Can Egypt broker truce in Gaza once again? - Christian Science Monitor

Correspondent Josh Mitnick discusses where the Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza could be headed. Tel Aviv - Israel held its fire on Hamas for three hours Wednesday afternoon, allowing strained Gazans to restock food and medical supplies, to ease a ...

Polygamy charges laid against leaders of religious sect in Bountiful - News1130.com

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Charges have been laid against two men who lead a religious sect in the southeastern B.C. town of Bountiful.  Winston Blackmore and James Oler are both charged with practising polygamy.  Attorney General Wally Oppal says ...

Obama hails 'extraordinary' moment with presidents - Idaho Statesman

President George W. Bush, center, poses with President-elect Barack Obama, and former presidents, from left, George H.W. Bush, left, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, right, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington ...

CDC: Salmonella Outbreak Spreads To 42 States - KAKE TV

Health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak that reportedly has sickened nearly 400 people in 42 states, but they do not yet know exactly how the bacteria has been spreading. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not ...