Winter storm death toll rises downstate with wrecks
A winter storm with heavy rains caused eight downstate deaths and hundreds of wrecks on slick roads. Fortinio Sanchez and his six year old daughter Keren died when their car slid into a pickup on a rain slick. Iris Sanchez was critically injured and Crystal Sanchez stable. Cesar Adan Garcia and Silvia Patrambio Garcia died when their car hydroplaned into a pickup in Garland. Dallas police logged 258 major crashes and 400 minor ones from Friday midnight to Saturday 7 am as storms disrupted travel. flights faced delays but none canceled. Rain totals reached 2 to 3 inches in western Ellis and southwestern Dallas counties, with Waco recording up to 5 inches.
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Iris Sanchez
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Cal
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Garza
Cesar Adan Garcia
Silvia Patrimboa
Garland
Dallas
al Becker
Fort Worth
Giant Florida armadillo fossil unearthed near Gainesville
A 10,000 year old giant armadillo skull nearly complete is found in a limestone quarry near Gainesville Florida. If 6 feet long and 600 pounds, the Holmesina septentrionalis helped scientists study growth diet and extinction. Fields researchers include University of Florida and University of Texas experts piecing the skull together and examining teeth for last meals.
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Dallas
Florida
Gainesville
Fla
Ernest Landelius
University of Texas At Austin
Eric Taylor
Florida Paleontological Society
Adam Black
Russ McCarty
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History
North America
Florida Quary
Gulf Coast
Cis
Holmesina
Dr. McCarty
Nuclear alert debate renewed by von Hippel and peers
Missiles near instant alert, 5000 warheads ready, and a call to de alert both U S and Russian forces. The debate centers on a plan to delay launches while preserving safety, with experts warning of a near miss during a 1990s Arctic rocket test and contrasting views on SDI and space based defenses.
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U.S
von Hippel
Clinton
Brice Blair
Brookings Instation
Washington
Pry
Blair
Air Force
CIA
Andoya
Norway
Paul Kelly
Cornell University
Kelly
Interfax
Chair
Russia
Hiroshima
Moscow
Yeltsin
State Department
Canton
Snow totals rise across Texas Panhandle and New Mexico
Snowfall varied from one to seven inches across the region with 4.2 inches in Amarillo and 7 inches in Tucumcari. Dispatchers warned of slick roads as outages lingered in Pampa Wheeler Grover and McLean while SPS crews worked long shifts to restore service.
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Donley County
Dalhart
Clarendon
Hereford
Amarillo
National Weather Service
New Mexico
Sheriff's
Clayton
Portales
Tucumcari
Bailey County
Pampa
Wheeler
Grover
McLean
SPS
Panhandle
Bushland
Wes Reeves
Channing
Average fuel price drops nationwide in two weeks
Los Angeles based Lundberg Survey reports the national average price for all grades and taxes at about 1.21 per gallon, down 2.04 cents in two weeks due to oversupply. Refiners and importers push gasoline output as demand lags, with self serve regular at 1.15 and premium at 1.34, full service regular at 1.56 and premium at 1.71.
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Los Angeles
Trilby Lundberg
Lundberg
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