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| Strong storms bring evacuations and rescues in California | Strong storms bring evacuations and rescues in California |
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| Heavy rain led to evacuations and rescues in some low-lying areas of California, where thousands of people remained without power Sunday after winds toppled trees and power lines. | Heavy rain led to evacuations and rescues in some low-lying areas of California, where thousands of people remained without power Sunday after winds toppled trees and power lines. |
| A second powerful storm was forecast for later Sunday, strong evidence that March will not be as parched as February. | A second powerful storm was forecast for later Sunday, strong evidence that March will not be as parched as February. |
| Heavy rain fell in Northern California overnight and skies cleared early Sunday but another storm was expected to make landfall in the area and spread statewide. | Heavy rain fell in Northern California overnight and skies cleared early Sunday but another storm was expected to make landfall in the area and spread statewide. |
| Firefighters in Southern California rescued four people stranded along the Los Angeles River in the Encino area. | Firefighters in Southern California rescued four people stranded along the Los Angeles River in the Encino area. |
| Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department said firefighters were dispatched Sunday after receiving a report of a group of people and a large dog being stranded in the Los Angeles River, City News Service reported. | Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department said firefighters were dispatched Sunday after receiving a report of a group of people and a large dog being stranded in the Los Angeles River, City News Service reported. |
| Crews were clearing a homeless encampment in the area, they said, adding that no injuries were reported. | Crews were clearing a homeless encampment in the area, they said, adding that no injuries were reported. |
| In Santa Cruz County, people living along Soquel Creek and the Upper San Lorenzo River were evacuated Saturday night because of rising water. | In Santa Cruz County, people living along Soquel Creek and the Upper San Lorenzo River were evacuated Saturday night because of rising water. |
| Dozens of arriving flights into San Francisco International Airport were delayed by more than two hours, officials said. | Dozens of arriving flights into San Francisco International Airport were delayed by more than two hours, officials said. |
| California is not the only place expecting severe weather. Conditions are especially ripe for tornadoes in the Southeast and Great Plains. Specifically, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, southern Illinois, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina and parts of Virginia. | California is not the only place expecting severe weather. Conditions are especially ripe for tornadoes in the Southeast and Great Plains. Specifically, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, southern Illinois, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina and parts of Virginia. |
| Starting on Monday and continuing into the rest of the week, ample moisture will be pulled in from the Gulf of Mexico ahead of a slow-moving cold front, leading to days of rain for a large swath of the central and southern United States, stretching from the central Gulf Coast up through to the Ohio Valley. | Starting on Monday and continuing into the rest of the week, ample moisture will be pulled in from the Gulf of Mexico ahead of a slow-moving cold front, leading to days of rain for a large swath of the central and southern United States, stretching from the central Gulf Coast up through to the Ohio Valley. |
| Heavy rainfall and flooding are possible throughout Oklahoma as a storm system makes its way through the state, with the strongest storms capable of producing large hail and damaging wind gusts, forecasters said. | Heavy rainfall and flooding are possible throughout Oklahoma as a storm system makes its way through the state, with the strongest storms capable of producing large hail and damaging wind gusts, forecasters said. |
| The greatest threat for the heaviest accumulations of rain ranges from northeast Texas into Arkansas and Louisiana and other parts of the lower or middle Mississippi River Valley, where five-day rain rainfall totals could exceed seven or eight inches. | |
| — Associated Press | — Associated Press |
| A south-central Kentucky man charged in the killing of a 7-year-old girl was identified by a West Virginia boy as someone who allegedly tried to lure him into a vehicle a month before the girl’s death, according to a Kentucky State Police affidavit. | A south-central Kentucky man charged in the killing of a 7-year-old girl was identified by a West Virginia boy as someone who allegedly tried to lure him into a vehicle a month before the girl’s death, according to a Kentucky State Police affidavit. |
| The Bowling Green Daily News reported that Detective Wesley Medley filed the affidavit for a search warrant last month in the case of Timothy Madden of Scottsville. | The Bowling Green Daily News reported that Detective Wesley Medley filed the affidavit for a search warrant last month in the case of Timothy Madden of Scottsville. |
| Madden is charged in the death of Gabriella Doolin, who disappeared Nov. 14 while attending a game to cheer on her brother. She was found dead less than half an hour later in a creek. Madden has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, kidnapping, first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy. | Madden is charged in the death of Gabriella Doolin, who disappeared Nov. 14 while attending a game to cheer on her brother. She was found dead less than half an hour later in a creek. Madden has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, kidnapping, first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy. |
| Prosecutors have a March 31 deadline to decide whether to seek the death penalty. | Prosecutors have a March 31 deadline to decide whether to seek the death penalty. |
| The affidavit said a boy watching a television account of Madden’s arrest told his father that the suspect was the same man who allegedly asked him and another boy to get into his vehicle Oct. 9 at a gas station in Mason, W.Va. The boys ran back to a high school, and a relative reported the incident. | The affidavit said a boy watching a television account of Madden’s arrest told his father that the suspect was the same man who allegedly asked him and another boy to get into his vehicle Oct. 9 at a gas station in Mason, W.Va. The boys ran back to a high school, and a relative reported the incident. |
| — Associated Press | — Associated Press |
| Search for missing girl: Investigators looking for the body of a missing 17-year-old girl near Houston are being helped by a man who is connected to that death and to a University of North Texas student who has been missing since 1997. The Galveston Daily News reported that the Texas Rangers-led team searching in rural Houston for the body of Jessica Cain, who disappeared in 1997, also recently searched a field in Brazoria County for the remains of the college student, Kelli Ann Cox, 20, who also disappeared in 1997. William Reece, who was convicted in a 1997 Houston-area kidnapping, is connected to Cain’s and Cox’s deaths, but no charges have been filed. In September he was charged in Oklahoma in the 1997 abduction and killing of a 19-year-old woman. | Search for missing girl: Investigators looking for the body of a missing 17-year-old girl near Houston are being helped by a man who is connected to that death and to a University of North Texas student who has been missing since 1997. The Galveston Daily News reported that the Texas Rangers-led team searching in rural Houston for the body of Jessica Cain, who disappeared in 1997, also recently searched a field in Brazoria County for the remains of the college student, Kelli Ann Cox, 20, who also disappeared in 1997. William Reece, who was convicted in a 1997 Houston-area kidnapping, is connected to Cain’s and Cox’s deaths, but no charges have been filed. In September he was charged in Oklahoma in the 1997 abduction and killing of a 19-year-old woman. |
| An expanded effort: The Coast Guard has almost doubled its coverage area on the second day of a search for a Texas man who fell from a cruise ship near Key Largo. Coast Guard officials said Sunday that they have expanded their search to 1,676 square nautical miles. They said that David Mossman, 46, fell from the 10th deck of the Navigator of the Seas ship early Saturday, a distance of about 100 feet. | An expanded effort: The Coast Guard has almost doubled its coverage area on the second day of a search for a Texas man who fell from a cruise ship near Key Largo. Coast Guard officials said Sunday that they have expanded their search to 1,676 square nautical miles. They said that David Mossman, 46, fell from the 10th deck of the Navigator of the Seas ship early Saturday, a distance of about 100 feet. |
| Demolition halted on historic home: Demolition work at a historic New Jersey mansion once owned by tobacco heiress and socialite Doris Duke has again been put on hold. Crews started tearing down the Hillsborough Township mansion Saturday, a day after a judge rejected a community group’s bid to stop the work. The work was expected to continue Sunday, but an appellate judge late Saturday granted an emergency motion filed by the group. The judge ordered a stop to all demolition work until the matter is resolved. The 67,000-square-foot mansion has been empty since Duke’s death in 1993. Duke Farms Foundation officials said that it has fallen into disrepair and that it would take at least $10 million to bring it up to code. The foundation’s executive director said he was surprised by the ruling but would respect the court order. | Demolition halted on historic home: Demolition work at a historic New Jersey mansion once owned by tobacco heiress and socialite Doris Duke has again been put on hold. Crews started tearing down the Hillsborough Township mansion Saturday, a day after a judge rejected a community group’s bid to stop the work. The work was expected to continue Sunday, but an appellate judge late Saturday granted an emergency motion filed by the group. The judge ordered a stop to all demolition work until the matter is resolved. The 67,000-square-foot mansion has been empty since Duke’s death in 1993. Duke Farms Foundation officials said that it has fallen into disrepair and that it would take at least $10 million to bring it up to code. The foundation’s executive director said he was surprised by the ruling but would respect the court order. |
| — From news services | — From news services |