Deep South battered by snow and ice paralyzing travel
A rare winter storm froze the South with sleet and snow from Louisiana to Virginia. Nine deaths were blamed as governors declared emergencies and National Guards were mobilized. Atlanta’s Hartsfield airport canceled 500 plus flights trapping thousands. NC and SC urged workers off for days as Georgia and North Carolina forecast more heavy snow.
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Raleigh
N.C
Atlanta
South Carolina
National Guard
Florida
Louisiana
Virginia
Georgia
North Carolina
Luke Jarrett
Spartanburg
S.C
Daschle Letter Seen as Copycat Anthrax Hoax
A powdery letter opened near the Senate chamber sparked a Capitol lockdown. Daschle called it a copycat hoax echoing last fall's anthrax letters and noted testing would determine the powder's identity within 48 hours.
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Washington
Senate
Tom Daschle
Daschle
America
Lawmakers Hear Pecos Education Plight And Budget Aches
Roswell lawmakers and Pecos educators discuss the district’s funding gaps and certification hurdles at a session. They highlight high poverty, single parent families, grandparent care, and heavy mobility while warning that tax dollars and salaries must rise to keep teachers and students in Pecos Elementary.
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Pecos
Yslas
Santa Fe
Foley
PTA
Jennings
Avon Wilson
Pauline Ponce
Pecos Elementary
Ponce
Roswell
Mily
Inferno Forces Evacuees From Sussex Inlet Area
A fast moving firestorm isolated communities around Sussex Inlet 120 miles south of Sydney burning up to 20 houses in a third village. About 7 000 people including summer vacationers fled Wednesday night as the blaze moved north on Thursday cutting roads to Bendalong and Berringer Lake trapping 2 000 people. Some residents and visitors were rescued at sea and transported by boat.
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Sussex Inlet
Sydney
Bendalong
Berringer Lake
Rural Fire Service
June Webster
Redistricting Plans Highlight Minority Concentration Debates
GOP backers claim 65 percent voting age population support and 41 minority districts, while Democrats push 39 districts. disputes arise over using total population versus voting age population to measure minority influence and how incumbents would be paired in new maps.
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Jay McCleskey
State
Republican Party
McCleskey
House of Representatives
GOF
New Mexico
James Williams
New Mexico State University
Johnson
GOP
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Susan Yeaman
National Weather Service
Royce Fuoco
Wake Forest
New York
Jim Hodges
Carolinas
Hartsfield Atlanta International
Delta
O’hare
LaGuardia
Lani Thomas
John Pickitt
Pickitt
Fort Lauderdale
Afghanistan
FBI
Fort Detrick
Maryland
London
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Congressional
Capitol
Bobby Renfro
Enmu
Nmsu - Carlsbad
Nmsu-C
Sammnene
Eiemaassapent
Rick Blackburn
Nmsu-Carlsbad
University Drive
Carlsbad
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