Big snowstorm wallops Colorado, Wyoming DENVER - An early blast of winter walloped some western states with deep snow and slowly pushed into Nebraska and Kansas Thursday, bringing blizzard conditions to the eastern plains and causing treacherous roads, closed schools and hundreds of canceled flights. Obama monitors Midwest flooding, pledges govt help WASHINGTON - Seeking to avoid a Hurricane Katrina-like leadership failure, President Barack Obama assured the nation Saturday he was keeping close watch on the Midwest floods and putting the government's full weight behind efforts to prevent disaster. Mexican drug violence spills over into the US Just as government officials had feared, the drug violence raging in Mexico is spilling over into the United States.
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