AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband flew to the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Thursday for a firsthand look at the front lines of the NATO-led fight against Afghan insurgents.
AP - As the stakes in Afghanistan grow, so do tensions between the United States and the European allies the U.S. empowered more than a year ago to take the lead on the battlefield.
A husband and wife who were stranded in heavy snow for 12 days were rescued in Utah when a snowplow driver happened upon them on a little-traveled canyon road. After writing their wills and recording messages for their daughter, the pair had abandoned their snowbound truck and hiked with their dog for three days.
The death toll from the outbreak of tornadoes in the South rose to 52 today after Tennessee authorities reported four more deaths -- two in Sumner County and two in Macon County. The trail of death stretches across four states. Rescue crews still are searching for people who may be buried under storm wreckage.
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