A storm with snow and ice will hit areas of the nation stretching from northern Texas, Oklahoma and southern Kansas to the Carolinas and the Virginias during the second half of the week.

Accidents, power outages and foiled plans will impact the lives of people due to heavy snow, accumulating ice and plunging temperatures.
The storm will begin over the southern Plains Thursday, reaching the mid-South Friday and part of the mid-Atlantic Friday night into early Saturday.

Full coverage – AccuWeather

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If you haven’t seen this, you should.

The video is well worth watching. Please watch until the end, because some of the most important stuff you need to hear and see are past the middle of the segment.

It could save your life or that of someone you love.

ABC New video

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In a stunning setback, the automaker has stopped selling eight popular models in the U.S. because of concerns the accelerator could stick, making the car almost impossible to stop.

It’s the latest move from the world’s largest automaker in damage control: Toyota said it will take a hit to its bottom line by not selling the cars, even announcing it’ll halt production in an effort to save lives.

Which models are affected by the recall/stop sale?
Toyota’s accelerator pedal recall and suspension of sales is confined to the following Toyota Division vehicles:

* 2009-2010 RAV4,
* 2009-2010 Corolla,
* 2009-2010 Matrix,
* 2005-2010 Avalon,
* Certain 2007-2010 Camry
* 2010 Highlander except hybrid models,
* 2007-2010 Tundra,
* 2008-2010 Sequoia

News release from Toyota

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A Florida man with a bullet wound in his leg told sheriff’s deputies he accidentally shot himself while practicing his quick-draw.

Lazaro Flores, 50, of Cape Coral, told Lee County sheriff’s deputies he was practicing with his .32 caliber 1871 revolver in his girlfriend’s backyard in Alva Sunday when he accidentally pulled the trigger while holstering the gun, the Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press reported Tuesday.

UPI

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The FBI violated the law in collecting thousands of U.S. telephone records during the Bush administration, The Washington Post reported Monday.

Citing internal memos and interviews, the Post said the FBI invoked nonexistent terrorism emergencies or persuaded phone companies to provide information as it illegally gathered more than 2,000 records between 2002 and 2006.

The bureau said in 2007 that it had improperly obtained some phone records, and the Justice Department inspector general is expected to release a report this month detailing the extent of the problem.

FOX News

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