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• CDC seeks to allay W.Va. tap water fears
• Storm-battered states watch salt piles shrink
• Olympic flights get toothpaste bomb warning
• Crowds at Seahawks victory parade exceed city's population
• Doctors still warning patients on water, W.Va. official says
• Fire breaks out at underground nuclear repository in N.M.
• 3 arrested in stun-gun theft of 300-year-old Stradivarius
• Hacked in Sochi in minutes: Russian cyberspace full of risks
• Nearly 1 million without power in Northeast
• Lucky photographer captures mysterious beauty amid UK storms
• S. African gov't condemns demonstrators
• Philip Seymour Hoffman autopsy inconclusive, further tests needed
• Billie Jean King won’t attend opening of the Sochi Games
• Jay's favorite target?
• Pot is less dangerous than alcohol, deputy drug czar says
• 'American Idol' Clay Aiken to run for Congress
• Enough already! Another winter storm hits
• House conservatives rule out immigration this year
• Experiment adds sense of touch to artificial hand
• Police: disparate factors led to fugitive's arrest
• Mysterious noises traced to rare 'frost quakes'
• Officials: NY suspect had Hoffman's cell number
• CVS Caremark plans to stop tobacco products sales
• Curt Schilling announces he has cancer
• Shaun White nixes Olympic slopestyle
• Police: Fingerprint search led to 1977 escapee
• FACT CHECK: Anti-Obamacare chorus is off key
• Lights out for 1M as winter storm slams Northeast
• Woman set to be executed in Texas for 1998 killing
• Deja vu: Jamaican bobsledders must rely on opponents' goodwill
• Kronies! Latest Koch-backed project is a viral cartoon even the left can love
• U.N. recommends Vatican change church law, put children first
• New Obamacare push features mom jeans, 'MOM' tattoo
• U.N. demands Vatican take immediate action sex abuse cases
• Hope for some at Gitmo as Afghan war ends
• Report: Four arrested in Hoffman case
• Snow heads back to Northeast after Midwest slammed
• Analysts say health care law means fewer on job

CDC seeks to allay W.Va. tap water fears Posted: 05 Feb 2014 04:49 PM PST Facing ongoing skepticism since chemical spill, gov't health official insists water is OK.

Storm-battered states watch salt piles shrink Posted: 05 Feb 2014 04:26 PM PST By Scott Malone and Victoria Cavaliere BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The latest in a series of winter storms hit the United States on Wednesday, dropping wet, heavy snow in the Northeast states that disrupted travel and threatened supplies of salt needed to keep roads clear. Officials in New York and New Jersey warned they were starting to run short of the rock salt used by road crews to keep ice from building up on highways and local roads, the result of the season's repeated storms. "We have a salt shortage for some parts of the state, primarily New York City and the Long Island area, because there have been so many storms this season already," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters on a conference call. "The state does have a significant amount of salt on hand, we'll be shipping that salt around the state." Cuomo declared a state of emergency for New York.

Olympic flights get toothpaste bomb warning Posted: U.S. tells airlines to watch for tubes which could potentially hold bomb ingredients.

Crowds at Seahawks victory parade exceed city's population Posted: 05 Feb 2014 03:35 PM PST SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Seahawks coaches, players and staff say they wouldn't have been able to win the Super Bowl without the help of their fans — the 12th Man.

Doctors still warning patients on water, W.Va. official says Posted: 05 Feb 2014 03:09 PM PST CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A county health official in West Virginia said doctors are advising some patients not to drink tap water weeks after it was deemed safe from a chemical contamination, though a federal health official on Wednesday said it could be used for any purpose.

Fire breaks out at underground nuclear repository in N.M. Posted: 05 Feb 2014 02:29 PM PST CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Emergency crews battled a fire Wednesday at the southeastern New Mexico site where the federal government seals away its low-grade nuclear waste, including plutonium-contaminated clothing and tools.

3 arrested in stun-gun theft of 300-year-old Stradivarius Posted: 05 Feb 2014 12:04 PM PST MILWAUKEE (AP) — Three people were arrested in connection with the theft of a multi-million dollar Stradivarius violin stolen last week from the concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Hacked in Sochi in minutes: Russian cyberspace full of risks Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:28 AM PST Privacy in all forms is a very rare commodity at the Sochi Olympics, according to a report from NBC News.

Nearly 1 million without power in Northeast Posted: 05 Feb 2014 12:13 PM PST Pennsylvania is hardest-hit following severe snow and ice storms overnight.

Lucky photographer captures mysterious beauty amid UK storms Posted: 05 Feb 2014 10:22 AM PST In the photo, taken by Simon Emmett in stormy southern England, the spray from a 30-foot wave takes the shape of a bearded man's face, with nose, lips and chin clearly visible.

S. African gov't condemns demonstrators Posted: 05 Feb 2014 10:34 AM PST Says kids are being used as 'human shields' in protests over basic state services.

Philip Seymour Hoffman autopsy inconclusive, further tests needed Posted: 05 Feb 2014 02:28 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Four people were taken into custody on drug charges after police investigating Philip Seymour Hoffman's death executed search warrants, two people with knowledge of the investigation said Wednesday, and the medical examiner's office said more tests are needed to determine what killed him.

Billie Jean King won’t attend opening of the Sochi Games Posted: 05 Feb 2014 09:17 AM PST Openly gay former tennis superstar Billie Jean King won't be delivering a symbolic message to Russian President Vladimir Putin in person at the opening of the Sochi Olympic Games. Her mother is seriously ill.

Jay's favorite target? Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:02 AM PST Leno cracks plenty of Obama jokes, but numbers show he has it in for another president.

Pot is less dangerous than alcohol, deputy drug czar says Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:05 AM PST On the heels of President Barack Obama's comments that marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol, his deputy drug czar has reluctantly agreed.

'American Idol' Clay Aiken to run for Congress Posted: 05 Feb 2014 09:20 AM PST By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former "American Idol" singer Clay Aiken said on Wednesday he will run for U.S. Congress as a Democrat in his home state of North Carolina, where he once worked as a special education teacher. Aiken, 35, is likely to face a tough battle in his efforts to unseat Representative Renee Ellmers, a Tea Party Republican favorite, in the state's conservative 2nd congressional district. He filmed the video in a small North Carolina home where he said he and his mother slept for months on a mattress in a friend's living room when he was young. He noted his work teaching children with autism and his international travels with aid organization UNICEF, bookends to his runner-up finish in 2003 on the "American Idol" television talent show that thrust him into the national spotlight.

Enough already! Another winter storm hits Posted: 05 Feb 2014 01:47 PM PST The latest blast threatens to dump a foot of snow, snarl travel and eat into salt supplies.

House conservatives rule out immigration this year Posted: 05 Feb 2014 11:15 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Republicans on Wednesday ruled out any immigration legislation in the House this year, insisting that the GOP should wait until next year when the party might also control the Senate.

Experiment adds sense of touch to artificial hand Posted: 05 Feb 2014 11:44 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — To feel what you touch — that's the holy grail for artificial limbs. In a step toward that goal, European researchers created a robotic hand that let an amputee feel differences between a bottle, a baseball and a mandarin orange.

Police: disparate factors led to fugitive's arrest Posted: 05 Feb 2014 04:38 PM PST SAN DIEGO (AP) — Police say Judy Lynn Hayman's luck ran out after 37 years on the run not because of an intense manhunt but rather two disparate factors: bad weather that kept an investigator at his desk and her distinctive eyes that had never changed since her mug shot was taken.

Mysterious noises traced to rare 'frost quakes' Posted: 05 Feb 2014 01:12 PM PST ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chuck Herron heard the loud thud, then another and another. It sounded like someone was dropping big snowballs on the roof of his home.

Officials: NY suspect had Hoffman's cell number Posted: 05 Feb 2014 04:58 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — At least one of four people taken into custody on drug charges during an investigation of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's suspected fatal heroin overdose had the actor's cellphone number, two law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

CVS Caremark plans to stop tobacco products sales Posted: 05 Feb 2014 03:09 PM PST CVS Caremark's decision to pull cigarettes and other tobacco products from its stores could ripple beyond the nation's second-largest drugstore chain.

Curt Schilling announces he has cancer Posted: 05 Feb 2014 04:44 PM PST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former star pitcher turned television analyst Curt Schilling announced Wednesday that he is battling cancer.

Shaun White nixes Olympic slopestyle Posted: 05 Feb 2014 12:28 PM PST KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Shaun White jammed his wrist on one jump and watched the world's best snowboarders join him in tumbling down the supersized, super-scary Olympic slopestyle course.

Police: Fingerprint search led to 1977 escapee Posted: 05 Feb 2014 01:25 PM PST SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Michigan officer's decision to look through old files on fugitives led investigators to a woman who escaped from a Michigan prison 37 years ago and was living in San Diego, authorities said Wednesday.

FACT CHECK: Anti-Obamacare chorus is off key Posted: 05 Feb 2014 01:18 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — New estimates that President Barack Obama's health care law will encourage millions of Americans to leave the workforce or reduce their work hours have touched off an I-told-you-so chorus from Republicans, who've claimed all along that the law will kill jobs. But some aren't telling it straight.

Lights out for 1M as winter storm slams Northeast Posted: 05 Feb 2014 03:58 PM PST More than a million homes and businesses were left in darkness and cold Wednesday after snow, sleet and freezing rain moved into the Northeast. The region's second winter storm of the week canceled classes, closed government and business offices and sent cars and trucks sliding on slippery roads and highways. Around a foot of snow fell in some states. Moving in overnight from the Midwest, where it wreaked similar havoc, the storm tested the region already battered by a series of heavy snows and below-freezing temperatures this winter.

Woman set to be executed in Texas for 1998 killing Posted: 05 Feb 2014 03:38 PM PST HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A woman convicted of torturing and killing a mentally impaired man she lured to Texas with the promise of marriage headed for execution Wednesday in a rare case of a female death-row inmate.

Deja vu: Jamaican bobsledders must rely on opponents' goodwill Posted: 05 Feb 2014 06:59 AM PST KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Jamaica's beloved bobsled team had to raise money just to get to Russia.

Kronies! Latest Koch-backed project is a viral cartoon even the left can love Posted: 05 Feb 2014 02:49 AM PST These videos that rail against crony capitalism will make you nostalgic for childhood — and angry at the government.

U.N. recommends Vatican change church law, put children first Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:11 AM PST The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child published a report Wednesday on the Holy See's compliance with a 1989 U.N. accord on child rights. The report focused heavily on the worldwide allegations of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests and the Vatican's handling of the cases.

New Obamacare push features mom jeans, 'MOM' tattoo Posted: 05 Feb 2014 02:46 AM PST Does Obamacare's success depend on these mom jeans?

U.N. demands Vatican take immediate action sex abuse cases Posted: 05 Feb 2014 10:39 AM PST The organization wants the church to turnover evidence to police authorities.

Hope for some at Gitmo as Afghan war ends Posted: 05 Feb 2014 04:25 AM PST The U.S. must release the detainees once the "hot war" concludes, lawyers say.

Report: Four arrested in Hoffman case Posted: 05 Feb 2014 03:43 PM PST Four held in connection with drugs found at late actor's NYC home, a newspaper reports.

Snow heads back to Northeast after Midwest slammed Posted: 05 Feb 2014 11:07 AM PST Winter-weary residents of the Northeast are getting another dose of snow, sleet and freezing rain. The second winter storm of the week is canceling classes, closing government and business offices, and causing hundreds of thousands of power outages across the region after wreaking similar havoc in the Midwest on Tuesday. Anywhere from a few inches to a foot or more of snow was expected to fall Wednesday on East Coast states, while some were getting freezing rain and sleet that made driving treacherous. It's their second go-round since a good coating of snow fell on Monday.

Analysts say health care law means fewer on job Posted: 04 Feb 2014 06:44 PM PST Several million American workers will cut back their hours on the job or leave the nation's workforce entirely because of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, congressional analysts said Tuesday, adding fresh fuel to the political fight over "Obamacare."

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