Snowstorm Closes Highways and Knocks Out Power in Northeast
A major October snowstorm forces highway closures across the Northeast and leaves about 39,000 PPL customers in northeastern Pennsylvania without electricity. Up to 13 inches fall in the Pocono Mountains as the Weather Service issues winter storm warnings for New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Vermont.
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Education official tightens rules to boost high school graduation
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings unveiled rules to force schools and states to track and raise graduation rates for all students including minorities and students with disabilities. The aim extends No Child Left Behind to high school and holds schools accountable for group progress.
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North Korea faces new look at prison camp abuses
South Korea opens interviews with defectors and hosts an international forum on alleged North Korean prison camp abuses under President Lee Myung bak. The United States backs tougher action, while Pyongyang calls the charges a U.S. plot to topple its regime.
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Kim Jong Il recovery stirs questions on rule in North Korea
South Korea's spy chief says Kim Jong Il has recovered enough to govern despite a recent stroke while Japan's prime minister suggests he issues orders from a hospital. U.S. analysts note 150,000 to 200,000 inmates across five large camps, with camps fenced and patrolled to deter defection.
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Gates warns bleak future for U.S. nuclear forces
Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Carnegie Endowment that the long term security of U.S. nuclear weapons looks bleak due to a brain drain in the laboratories. He noted more than 5,000 weapons are safe today but warned about unaccounted Soviet era mines and shells and the need to keep deterrence credible.
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