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Vie Signpost reserves the right to refuse any advertising. 2 4 9 6 8 7 1 5 3 3 7 8 1 2 4 9 6 5 4 6 1 9 3 5 7 2 8 5 9 2 7 6 8 4 3 1 9 3 5 2 4 6 8 1 7 1 2 7 8 5 9 3 4 6 6 8 4 3 7 1 5 9 2 World and National Headlines 'Snowmageddon' blankets Mid-Atlantic region in wet, heavy snow, buries nation's capital WASHINGTON {AP) - Mid-Atlantic residents were buried Saturday by a blizzard the president jokingly called "Snowmageddon," and those brave enough tried to clear a path through the wet, heavy mounds of thigh-high snow. The snow was falling too quickly in the nation's capital for crews to keep up, and was easily one of the worst snowstorms for D.C. in modern history. Officials begged residents to stay home and out of the way so that roads might be cleared in time for work Monday. The usually trafficsnarled roads were mostly barren, and Washington's familiar sites and monuments were covered with nearly 2 feet of snow. Tihana and Jarrett Blanc had given up on digging, instead taking their dog, Hector, for a walk through northwest Washington during what forecasters said could be the biggest storm for the nation's capital in modern history. "Our car is stuck. We're not even trying," said Tihana, 36. The storm toppled trees and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Washington, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The situation was the same in West Virginia, where some 400 National Guard troops were helping with snow re-moval. Obama tells Dem activists to be optimistic, says he won't walk away from health care overhaul WASHINGTON (AP) - Just a year after celebrating Barack Obama's inauguration, despondent Democrats on Saturday heard from their party leader who urged optimism in the face of Republicans' strong challenge to their congressional dominance. The president said political leaders must plot their way forward to November with an understanding of the economic difficulties Americans face. "I understand their frustration. You understand it as well," Obama said. At its winter meeting, a defiant Democratic Party worked to project a message of strength even as loyalists acknowledged the prospect of several defeats in November. The party that controls the White House typically loses seats during midterm elections at an average rate of 28 net House seats. President Bill Clinton, the last Democratic commander in chief, lost control of Congress in his first term and Democrats privately are predicting it could happen again. Obama, looking to write his own history, warned fellow Democrats that "we have to acknowledge that change can't come quickly enough." Thunderous mudslides sweep away cars, assault homes in foothills north of Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thunderous mudslides swept away cars and pushed furniture out of homes and into the streets in the foothills north of Los Angeles Saturday as an intense winter storm brought down hillsides in wildfire burn areas. At least 41 homes were seriously damaged and 500 more were ordered evacuated after heavy rains overflowed debris basins, carried away cement barricades and swept cars into storm drains. "We've got crews going door to door to tell residents to get out," said Los Angeles County Fire Insp. Frederick Stowers. "Some of the roads up there are a complete mess." At least a foot of debris was reported in some houses. Family photographs, furniture and other personal items were spotted among the rocks and debris that flowed into yards and streets. By midmorning, the rain had tapered off, but forecasters said another storm system was expected Saturday afternoon. Shiite militants kidnap American contractor in Iraq, demand Blackwater prosecutions BAGHDAD (AP) -Amissing Iraqi-American contractor was kidnapped by Shiite militiamen who lured him into central Baghdad by promising to help him find distant relatives, an Iraqi defense official said Saturday. A Shiite extremist group claimed responsibility for the Jan. 23 kidnapping and posted a video online that shows a man wearing military fatigues reading a list of demands- that' includes the release of militants, the prosecution of Blackwater guards and an immediate American troop withdrawal. A high-ranking Iraqi defense official and an American intelligence official identified the man in the video as Issa T. Salomi, the missing contractor. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information. The Iraqi defense official said Salomi was abducted in the central Baghdad district of Karradah. He said Salomi is of Iraqi origin and that his abductors led him to believe they would help him find family members. Salomi, 60, of El Cajon, California, has been missing since Jan. 23, the Pentagon said in a statement late Friday that provided the first news of Salomi's disappearance. Steady stream of repairs at Toyota dealers as potential Prius recall looms DETROIT (AP) - Responding to two recalls and facing the prospect of another one, Toyota dealers across the country were repairing thousands of cars Saturday, the first weekend day that many drivers had a chance to take action. Although many dealers expected a long line of customers, most drivers seemed far from panicked. Delwyn Wright, a 51-yearold truck driver, had heard about Toyota's troubles on the news but got the accelerator on his wife's CamryfixedSaturday after it was suggested by a dealer in Columbia, S.C., where Wright had taken the car for an oil change. "We ain't never had no problem with it," Wright said. Toyota recalled 2.3 million cars in eight models, including the top-selling Camry, on Jan. 21 and stopped selling the vehiclesfivedays later because the gas pedals can get stuck in a depressed position. But it took until the past week for Toyota to mail parts to dealers and train technicians, making this the first weekend many Toyota owners could seek repairs. G-7 strives to achieve delicate balancing act to promote fledgling global recovery IQALU1T," Nunavut "(AP) - Top finance officials of the seven major industrial countries sought to calm jittery markets by pledging Saturday to keep providing government aid to sustain a fledgling economic rebound. But officials of the Group of Seven countries meeting in the Canadian Arctic acknowledged their delicate balancing act. They need to revive growth, which means providing more government stimulus. But such spending has driven deficits to historic highs. And it's raised fears among investors about whether all that fresh debt can be repaid. Those worries were underscored in the past week. Investors sent global financial markets into a tailspin over growing concerns about debt levels in Greece. Investors fear Greece may default or require a bailout from already strapped European governments, FAA: Small plane collides with another plane that was towing glider in Palin pitching to "tea parColorado; 2 die ty activists, natural constituency should she run BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - for president The Federal Aviation Administration says a plane towing a glider and another aircraft collided in Colorado, killing at least two people. FAA spokesman Mike Fergus says the glider, described as a sail-plane, apparently disconnected after the Saturday afternoon collision and landed safely a short time later. Fergus says the two small planes crashed. Witnesses reported smoldering wreckage in at least three areas on the prairie north of Boulder, which sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Aquina Rogers, a worker at a storage facility in the area, said she could see a wing in one of the wreckage fields. NASHVILLE, Tenrt (AP) - These are Sarah Palin's people. Just ask them. At the mere mention of her name, "tea party" activists light up and whip out "Saracudda" buttons - a play off her "Sara Barracuda" nickname from her high school basketball team in Alaska. With a dash of familiarity, many say they didn't vote for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.f in 2008 - they voted for "Sarah." Quite a few see her as the right person to carry their limitedgovernment, low-tax, freedom-fighting mantle-if only she wanted it. "She is the one," says Loren Nelson of Seattle. "And she's gonna do it." Maybe. |