Travelers hope to be on their way after snowstorm
By SARA BURNETT
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - Travelers facing canceled flights and closed roads were hoping to finally head to their holiday destinations Friday as a widespread snowstorm that dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest moved across the Great Lakes toward Canada.
The storm, part of a system that began in the Rockies
...Mexico's Maya heartland greets dawn of new era
Associated Press
MERIDA, Mexico (AP) - Ceremonial fires burned and conches sounded off as dawn broke over the steps of the main pyramid at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza Friday, making what many believe is the conclusion of a vast, 5,125-year cycle in the Mayan calendar.
Some have interpreted the prophetic moment
...Budding boilo baron peddles Pa. holiday cocktail
Associated Press
RINGTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A peculiar sort of alchemy takes place each Christmas season in Pennsylvania coal country, where skilled practitioners huddle over big pots of steaming liquid, coaxing a potent but soothing elixir from secret recipes handed down through the generations.
This alcoholic
...FBI: 1 of 2 escaped Chicago inmates arrested
CHICAGO (AP) - One of the two bank robbers who made a daring escape from a high-rise federal jail in Chicago was arrested after a dayslong manhunt, an FBI spokeswoman said early Friday.
Special Agent Joan Hyde said Joseph "Jose" Banks was captured without incident in Chicago. Agents and officers from the Chicago FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force,
...Holiday campaign aims to brighten St Jude patients
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