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]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:01:27 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35321075/ns/us_news-education/ Bridge collapse widow adopts Haitian twins Betsy Sathers enjoys snacks with her adopted twins, Alyse and Ross, on Monday at their home in Blaine, Minn. "It's a happy ending for my family, but there's still so much devastation there," Sathers said. Betsy Sathers lost her husband in the collapse of a Minneapolis freeway bridge into the Mississippi River in 2007. Now she's beginning a new life with Haitian twins.




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]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:52:43 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35319741/ns/weather/ Paralyzed capital braces for new storm Feb. 9: Tens of thousands of homes and business still have no power or heat from last weekend's winter blast, and forecasters say Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia should brace for another 15 inches or more of snow. NBC's Tom Costello reports.  (Nightly News)The U.S. capital is bracing for a second winter storm to hit in less than a week, closing down Congress, keeping federal workers home and even rescheduling a White House concert.




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]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:47:35 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35281444/ns/weather/ ‘Whose job is this?’ Snow etiquette lost on D.C. A man attempts to dig his car out of the snow on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Tuesday.Washington's history of relatively mild winters has left residents without a common sense of snow etiquette over who should shovel sidewalks or how to save a cleared parking spot.




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]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 16:20:01 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35312588/ns/us_news-washington_post/ Survivors of Conn. blast interviewed A flag flies at half-staff on Monday at a Plumbers and Pipefitters union training center, where members meet to discuss the explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems power plant.Investigators looking into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a Connecticut power plant under construction interview survivors, and crews work to ensure the badly damaged building was safe.




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