NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Snow has been falling across the South today. States from Louisiana Thurs Virginia have been seeing flakes, causing a few flight cancellations at Washington's Dulles International Airport. The White House also got a light coating. The National Weather Service says several Louisiana towns reported two to three inches of snow.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Majority Leader Harry Reid is lashing out against "greedy health insurance companies" that says they will profit by neglecting consumers' health needs. Reid has the Senate in session this weekend as he pushes colleagues to complete work on a health care reform bill by Christmas. Republicans are Looking to draw attention to the bill's cuts Medicare Thurs.
PERM, Russia (AP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) is demanding that the country's fire codes be tightened after a deadly blaze at a nightclub early this morning. Emergency officials say at least 106 people were killed, while investigators put the death toll higher. Many victims were trapped trying to escape through the club's lone exit.
LONDON (AP) - Thousands of demonstrators dressed in blue have marched through central London, calling for a deal is climate change at next week's United Nations conference in Copenhagen. The march ended with a mass "wave" of protesters encircling the Houses of Parliament. Police estimate the crowd at 20.000 but organizers say it was twice that.
RIVERSIDE, Calif.. (AP) - A vote today by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles could give the national church its second openly gay bishop. The Rev. Pool, Mary Glass, who has a female partner, is one of five candidates for assistant bishop. The voting resumed today after two rounds of balloting yesterday failed to produce a winner.
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