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A late season storm is bringing heavy snows to California's high country, a welcome influx after an especially dry winter. But snow storms are also creating avalanche conditions in Colorado and forcing some schools to close in New York....

The government announces the date of the next Queen's Speech which will set out the bills it intends to introduce over the following year.

Labour's Scottish leader Johann Lamont says she wants Eric Joyce to step down as Falkirk MP after newspaper allegations about a relationship with a teenage girl.

Ricardo Teixeira is to remain in his role as head of Brazilian football and the 2014 World Cup organising committee.

Nato says two of its troops have been killed in Afghanistan, the latest of several attacks following the burning of the Koran by US soldiers.

Fiery youth leader Julius Malema remains defiant despite his expulsion from South Africa's ruling African National Congress - saying: "I will die for what I believe in".

Iranians anxious over sanctions and mismanaged economy

One passenger has been describing what happened when fire broke out on the Costa Allegra.

BBC Breakfast presenter Sian Williams, who is stepping down from the show ahead of the move to Salford, will co-host Saturday Live.

The BBC's Jim Muir says video footage from activists in the Baba Amr district has "dried up" as the Syrian army tightens its grip on Homs.

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President Barack Obama hosted a dinner to salute soldiers recently back from Iraq -- marking his first major tribute to the veterans since officially withdrawing all troops from the nation.

The charges against T.J. Lane include three counts of aggravated murder. Victims' relatives also held a news conference and shared memories of the slain students.

Advertising giant WPP reports record profits and says major events such as the Olympics should boost trading in the coming year.

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PHOENIX (AP) -- America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff finds himself entangled these days in his own thorny legal troubles: a federal grand jury probe over alleged abuse of power, Justice Department accusations of racial profiling and revelations that his department didn't adequately investigate hundreds of Arizona sex-crime cases....

PHOENIX (AP) -- America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff finds himself entangled these days in his own thorny legal troubles: a federal grand jury probe over alleged abuse of power, Justice Department accusations of racial profiling and revelations that his department didn't adequately investigate hundreds of Arizona sex-crime cases....

Archaeologists propose a unique model to excavate the Bronze Age site Flag Fen in Cambridgeshire: getting interested members of the public to do it.

With the governor's signature on Thursday, Maryland will be the latest state to legalize gay marriage.