AP Top News at 2:43 p.m. EST

AP Top News at 2:43 p.m. EST

Huge quake hits Chile; tsunami threatens Pacific

AP Top News at 2:40 p.m. EST

AP Top News at 2:40 p.m. EST

Hawaii Gov signs disaster declaration

Eastern winter storm boasts hurricane-force winds, flooding, deep snow and darkens homes

New England bears brunt of massive winter storm

Huge winter storm cuts power to thousands in Northeast, fans fire and disrupts travel

Huge Eastern storm darkens homes, disrupts travel

APNewsBreak: Dartmouth settles lawsuit with parents of sophomore who died after ski accident

APNewsBreak: Dartmouth settles ski death lawsuit

81-year-old woman was driver of car that hit culture tour bus in Florida crash, killing 2

Patrol names drivers in fatal Fla. tour bus crash

Authorities: Tour bus carrying seniors rolls over in Fla., killing 2; several hospitalized

Authorities: Tour bus rollover in Fla. kills 2

Canadian school ship sinks off Brazil coast; all 64 aboard rescued in harrowing sea

Canadian school ship sinks off Brazil; all rescued

Canadian school ship sinks off Brazil coast; all 64 aboard rescued

Brazil: all 64 rescued after Canadian ship sinks

AP Top News at 2:42 p.m. EST

AP Top News at 2:42 p.m. EST

Toyota CEO apologizes for recall, accidents

AP Top News at 2:38 p.m. EST

AP Top News at 2:38 p.m. EST

Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town

Week of snow days, no school lunches, leave Mid-Atlantic students, families struggling to eat

String of snow days deprives many students of food

Gov. Jindal proposes $24 billion budget for La., cutting health care, social services

La. gov proposes $24 billion budget

BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. Bobby Jindal proposed a $24.2 billion budget Friday that cuts health care services and government jobs, spares college campuses and uses a patchwork of one-time funding to close a billion-dollar state revenue gap.

IOC president Jacques Rogge says Olympic family is in ‘deep mourning’ over death of luger

IOC president Rogge: Olympic family in mourning

Scientist who criticized Army Corps over Katrina claims La. university tried to silence him

Army Corps critic sues La. university over firing

Earthquake-rattled Haitians at US colleges worry: stay in school or return to homeland?

Haitians at US colleges worry: stay in school?

Issue of burying power lines resurface as electricity trickles back on in southwest Oklahoma

Question resurfaces: Why not bury power lines?