Raw Video: Snow and Ice Plague Motorists Near LA
A section of Interstate 5, the main highway between Southern and Central Calif. was closed in both directions Sunday as snow and ice made driving treacherous. It was especially difficult in the Santa Clarita area, just north of L.A. (Jan 2.)
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Monday, January 3, 2011
Flooding Turns Deadly in Australia 2/1/2011
Flooding Turns Deadly in Australia
Australia's relentless flooding has turned deadly as a woman drowned after trying to cross a flooded causeway, police said Sunday. (Jan. 2)
Australia's relentless flooding has turned deadly as a woman drowned after trying to cross a flooded causeway, police said Sunday. (Jan. 2)
Magnitude-7.1 Quake Shakes Southern Chile 3/1/2011
Magnitude-7.1 Quake Shakes Southern Chile
Chilean officials and the U.S. Geological Survey say a magnitude-7.1 quake has shaken southern Chile, sending hundreds fleeing for higher ground for fear that it would generate a tsunami. (Jan. 3)
Chilean officials and the U.S. Geological Survey say a magnitude-7.1 quake has shaken southern Chile, sending hundreds fleeing for higher ground for fear that it would generate a tsunami. (Jan. 3)
Raw Video: Australia Floodwaters Keep Rising 2/1/2011
Raw Video: Australia Floodwaters Keep Rising
Residents of the city of Rockhampton, in the Australian state of Queensland, faced a nervous wait on Sunday as floodwaters continue to rise. (January 2)
Residents of the city of Rockhampton, in the Australian state of Queensland, faced a nervous wait on Sunday as floodwaters continue to rise. (January 2)
AP Top Stories SUN 2/1/2011
AP Top Stories SUN 2/1/2011
Here's the latest news for January 2nd: GOP pledges to undo health reform law; Fire at Universal Orlando; Clinton, Chavez in rare handshake; Spain enacts strict smoking ban.
Here's the latest news for January 2nd: GOP pledges to undo health reform law; Fire at Universal Orlando; Clinton, Chavez in rare handshake; Spain enacts strict smoking ban.
US Army: Onward Christian soldiers?
US Army: Onward Christian soldiers?
Is there no freedom of musical choice in the US armed forces? US Army posts in VA have been putting on a series of so-called Spiritual Fitness Concerts. But "spiritual fitness" is merely the military's new term for promoting evangelical Christianity. Religious scholar and US military veteran Jake Diliberto explained there is a strong Christian influence in the US military that goes back to the early founding of the military and today the religious right in America has very strong influence in the US national security system.
Is there no freedom of musical choice in the US armed forces? US Army posts in VA have been putting on a series of so-called Spiritual Fitness Concerts. But "spiritual fitness" is merely the military's new term for promoting evangelical Christianity. Religious scholar and US military veteran Jake Diliberto explained there is a strong Christian influence in the US military that goes back to the early founding of the military and today the religious right in America has very strong influence in the US national security system.