Weather snapshot for the coming days
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies with highs around 60 and southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight will be partly cloudy with upper 30s to lower 40s and west winds 5 to 10 mph. Friday will be mostly cloudy with highs in the low 50s and west winds 10 to 15 mph. Saturday brings mostly sunny skies with highs in the low 40s. Sunday has a chance of showers with day time highs 45 to 55 degrees. Monday warms to the 60s with mostly cloudy conditions and a brief shower possible in the north. Clearing tonight, mostly sunny Friday, then breezy and cooler into the weekend.
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Snow Falls on Minnesota and Colorado Regions
Snow fell across portions of Minnesota and Colorado on Wednesday with light precipitation elsewhere in the West. A weak disturbance brought snow to Colorado’s ski country, forecasts calling for up to a foot in the San Juans area while some spots reported 3 inches by midday. roads were icy and chains or snow tires advised on Red Mountain and Wolf Creek passes. The change followed a heat wave with Denver temps in the high 60s earlier in the week, about 20 degrees above normal.
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Saddam reshuffles defense ministry and urges bomb shelters
Saddam Hussein replaced aging defense minister with a war hero and ordered building owners to install bomb shelters while meeting an Arab envoy to avert war. Western analysts question timing, suggesting possible military opposition to holding Kuwait. Evacuations of Western captives continued with U N diplomacy planned for a meeting within a month.
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Poll finds drugs top youth problem in national survey
Gallup poll of 16 to 24 year olds shows 58 percent name drugs as the biggest issue for youth, 77 percent favor random employee drug testing, and drugs cited as the top national concern at 23 percent, with other issues far behind.
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