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U.S. Top News: U.S. drought areas shrinking as snow and rain fall

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03/4/2013

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

U.S. drought areas shrinking as snow and rain fall

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Crop-friendly snowfall will be moving from the U.S. Northern Plains into the central and eastern Midwest overnight Monday and Tuesday, leaving up to an additional six to eight inches of snow, an agricultural meteorologist said on Monday.

Snowstorm to hit north central U.S., mid-Atlantic

(Reuters) - A snowstorm was forecast to hit the north central United States on Monday and move eastward over the mid-Atlantic states, giving the Washington area its biggest snowfall of the winter, the National Weather Service said.

U.N. investigator urges U.S. to pursue Bush-era abuses

GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations investigator called on the United States on Monday to publish its findings on the CIA's Bush-era program of rendition and secret detention of terrorism suspects.

Newborn baby dies after parents killed in car wreck on way to New York hospital

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A newborn baby who was delivered by emergency C-section after his parents were killed in a hit-and-run car accident on their way to the hospital has died, a New York police spokesman said on Monday.

From Hollywood to Kansas, drones are flying under the radar

NEW YORK (Reuters) - They hover over Hollywood film sets and professional sports events. They track wildfires in Colorado, survey Kansas farm crops and vineyards in California. They inspect miles of industrial pipeline and monitor wildlife, river temperatures and volcanic activity.

A reflective Romney emerges from seclusion, rips Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four months after his bitter election defeat, a reflective Mitt Romney said it "kills" him not to be president and admitted mistakes were made in his losing White House campaign - particularly his failure to win over minority voters.

One skier killed, another critically injured in Colorado avalanche

DENVER (Reuters) - A backcountry skier was killed and another critically injured in a weekend avalanche they apparently triggered on a northern Colorado mountain pass, a day after three other people died in snowslides across the country, authorities said on Sunday.

State pension funding gap up 20 percent in 2012: Wilshire

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The recovery in the state pension system suffered a setback in 2012 as the huge funding shortfall in a large swath of state pensions swelled more than 20 percent, interrupting two years of improvement following the devastation of the financial crisis.

Teacher standoff stokes debate over standardized tests

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A boycott by Seattle teachers of a widely used standardized test has attracted national attention and given new momentum to a growing protest movement that seeks to limit standardized testing in U.S. public schools.

Can diplomacy prevail with Iran?

Iran must now accept or reject a proposal that offers some sanctions relief in return for Tehran's reducing its stockpile of uranium enriched close to weapon-grade. This hopeful note – Tehran's reaction was positive – comes as a showdown looms.