Arizona residents surprised by more than foot of snow
PHOENIX – A rare snowstorm that surprised Arizona with more than a foot of snow in some parts left the state Monday, giving children as far south as Tucson a chance to play in the snow.
In Arizona, more than a foot of snow fell in Forest Lakes, Pinetop and at the Sunrise Ski Resort, among other places in the northern part of the state. Between 1 and 3 inches fell in Flagstaff, said Robert Bohlin with the National Weather Service.
Southern New Mexico picked up 9 inches on snow on Sunday and Monday.
In Oklahoma, where an ice storm disrupted power to as many as 125,000 homes and businesses more than a week ago, about 17,000 customers remained without power early Monday. In Missouri, more than 45,000 people remained in the dark from the same storm as of Sunday.
California: MySpace to pass on Amber alerts
The social-networking Web site MySpace.com will now distribute Amber alerts to members, notifying them of missing children in their communities, it was announced in Los Angeles. MySpace is teaming with the National Center for Missing &Exploited Children to distribute the alerts, which are triggered by law-enforcement officials. The online alerts, which begin today, will be sent to all users in the ZIP codes where it was issued. They will appear in a small text box at the top of a user’s portfolio. The user can click on the box for more information, including a photo of the missing child and a description of the suspect.
D.C.: GOP senators propose resolution on troop increase
Three Senate Republicans introduced a nonbinding resolution Monday to oppose any troop buildup in Iraq, an increase that President Bush recently announced. The challenge is led by Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia, a onetime Navy secretary and former Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, and co-sponsored by Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Norm Coleman of Minnesota, along with Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska.
Bush gives pep talk to abortion foes
President Bush marked the 34th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision, which legalized abortion, on Monday, telling thousands of abortion foes at a Washington rally that he shares their goal of seeing “the day when every child is welcomed in life and protected into law.” Bush makes a call to the annual rally each year.
Justice Department report faults FBI on Foley
The FBI should have acted to protect teenage House pages when it initially learned last July that former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., had sent disturbing e-mails to a former page, a Justice Department report concluded Monday. Such actions by the FBI could have included interviewing the former page and notifying House officials overseeing the page program about the e-mails. Inspector General Glenn Fine, however, found no misconduct by FBI officials, who at the time were aware only of e-mails to a former Louisiana page that were not sexually explicit and gave no indication of criminal activity.
Illinois: Antidepressant may raise risk of fractures
The most popular pills for depression might substantially raise the risk for bone breaks in older people, a drawback that should be considered when the drugs are prescribed, Canadian researchers say. People age 50 and older who took antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, including Zoloft, Prozac and other top-sellers, faced double the risk of broken bones during five years of follow-up, compared with those who didn’t use the drugs, the study found. The study published in Chicago was part of ongoing osteoporosis research funded partly by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and makers of osteoporosis drugs.
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