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Police in Philadelphia say an elderly driver struck two children, and dragged one for three blocks, before stopping the car and fleeing into a home.

Vienna - An Austrian woman has started a 500-day prison term after having ignored a host of parking tickets, a police official in the town of Graz confirmed Tuesday. By ignoring 700 attempts by police to notify her about her parking violations in the...

Oakland made headlines recently when protests against the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer escalated into violence. But as cities everywhere grapple with a tough economy, racial tension isn't the city's only problem. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums tells how he's working to keep his city stable.

Petersburg Police spokesman Bill Proffit. Detectives arrested two 16-year old boys, Mathew Kiernan and Francis Du of St.

The freakish snowy conditions are the result of two clashing weather systems, meteorologists explained. Biting winds from the east, originally from Arctic regions, have collided with a damp patch of air moving north from France. The result? Massive snowfall. The warmer south-east of England, and especially London, often escapes the worst of winter weather, but this time the region took a direct hit because the two weather systems clashed immediately above. Take away one of the ingredients and the snow disappears. Without the cold easterly winds, the soggy air would bring only wintry rain. Take away the moist conditions, and the easterly wind brings freezing temperatures but clear skies.Easterlies are less common than warmer, damper breezes that head our way from the west. These winds have dominated recently, bringing wet and mild winters. However, easterlies have been far more prevalent this year: the cold snap at the new year was down to them. The Met Office says the unusual easterly