[U.S.] East up next after Southern twisters, Midwest snow

East up next after Southern twisters, Midwest snow
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/East-up-next-after-Southern-twisters-Midwest-snow-4145652.php
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A massive storm system that dumped blinding snow and sleet around the nation's midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes across Louisiana and Alabama is trekking toward the Northeast, slowing holiday travel.

Well-Wishers Console Conn. Residents on Christmas
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/newtown-celebrates-christmas-remembers-victims-18062887
This Christmas was unlike any other in Newtown. When a gunman wiped out nearly an entire first-grade class and killed students and adults in two other first-grade classrooms just 11 days before Christmas, it made it impossible for the holiday to be the same ...

3 dead, several injured in wake of winter storms lashing US
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20121226_Twisters_to_ice__holiday_weather_is_perilous.html
MOBILE, Ala. - Twisters hopscotched across the Deep South, and, along with brutal, straight-line winds, knocked down countless trees, blew the roofs off homes and left many Christmas celebrations in the dark.

Obama cuts vacation short as 'fiscal cliff' looms
http://www.newsday.com/news/obama-cuts-vacation-short-as-fiscal-cliff-looms-1.4375232
(AP) -- With a yearend deadline looming before the economy goes over the so-called fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama is cutting short his traditional Christmas holiday in Hawaii, planning to leave for Washington on Wednesday evening.

Mike Crapo Said He Abstains From Alcohol Prior To DUI Arrest
http://nation.time.com/2012/12/24/dui-charge-jan-4-court-date-for-idaho-sen-crapo/
Mike Crapo, the Republican senator from Idaho who was arrested on Sunday morning for driving under the influence, once said he abstains from alcohol.

DC police to investigate TV show incident
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Report-Police-question-NBC-host-over-gun-4145290.php
The D.C. police confirmed reports Wednesday that they are looking into an incident in which David Gregory, the host of the television show “Meet the Press,” displayed what he described as a high-capacity ammunition magazine.