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Winter storm lashes South, mid-Atlantic

A potent winter storm packing heavy snow moved across the South and mid-Atlantic on Monday, snarling traffic, causing nearly 850,000 power outages and shutting the federal government in Washington. In the core of the storm’s heavy snow, there is the potential for 6- 12 inches and locally higher amounts to pile up by the time the storm winds down, AccuWeather said.

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Death penalty declining in Texas

When convicted killer Quintin Jones of Fort Worth went to the death chamber in Huntsville on May 19, there were no media witnesses to watch him die. It was the first time in 570 executions carried out in Texas since 1982 with no reporters to witness the final moments or scribble last words on a notepad.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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