| Flint residents still paying bills for contaminated water Posted: 24 Jan 2016 12:43 PM PST  Tina Kellogg, a 33-year-old mother of two, would much rather pay $2 for a case of 35 water bottles at Wal-Mart than pay the $160 bill she receives every month for contaminated water they only use to shower.
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| Storm-hit US digs out but travel misery persists Posted: 24 Jan 2016 11:26 AM PST  Millions of people in the eastern United States dug out Sunday from a historic blizzard that brought New York and Washington to a standstill, but travel woes look set to persist into another week. Forecasters said 26.8 inches (68 centimeters) of snow fell in New York's Central Park, the second-highest accumulation in the city since records began in 1869, and more than 22 inches paralyzed the capital Washington. With the storm finally tapering off overnight, officials in New York lifted a travel ban at 7:00 am Sunday (1200 GMT), restoring access to roads throughout the city and in Long Island and New Jersey.
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| Hillary Clinton says 2016 won’t be a repeat of 2008 Posted: 24 Jan 2016 10:34 AM PST  On NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday, Clinton dismissed criticism that six-figure speech fees she was paid by big banks Goldman Sachs following her tenure as secretary of state make her vulnerable to the special interests of Wall Street.
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| Trump would 'love' Bloomberg presidential run Posted: 24 Jan 2016 09:07 AM PST  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Sunday warmly welcomed a mooted run for the White House by Michael Bloomberg, saying he would "love" to go up against the fellow billionaire and former New York mayor. The New York Times, citing anonymous sources, said Saturday that the 73-year-old Bloomberg is mulling an independent bid for the presidency and is prepared to spend $1 billion of his personal fortune. The Republican-turned-independent sees a potential opening should Trump and Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders -- who is surging in polls -- win their parties' nominations, the sources said.
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| At least 18 dead after blizzard; East Coast prepares to dig out Posted: 24 Jan 2016 05:08 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans were preparing to dig themselves out Sunday after a mammoth blizzard with hurricane-force winds and record-setting snowfall brought much of the East Coast to an icy standstill.
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| USGS: Magnitude-7.1 earthquake hits southern Alaska Posted: 24 Jan 2016 03:52 AM PST The quake awakens residents and shakes buildings in this earthquake-prone region. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Des Moines Register endorses Rubio and Clinton in U.S. presidential race Posted: 24 Jan 2016 02:50 AM PST  By Jonathan Allen and Dustin Volz NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Des Moines Register, the largest newspaper in the state that will cast the first votes for U.S. presidential nominees in nine days, gave its coveted endorsement on Saturday to Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Hillary Clinton, it announced on Saturday. The newspaper's board said it was impressed by Clinton's "knowledge and experience" and that it had picked Rubio because the Florida senator represented the Republican party's "best hope" in the November 2016 presidential race. While the endorsements from the newspaper have the potential to boost a candidate, they often do not predict success in Iowa's distinctive, time-consuming caucus system of picking nominees, which involves voters meeting in public places to discuss their preferences.
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