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5-DAY FORECAST FOR PHILADELPHIA

SATURDAY HIGH 27° Very windy with snow ending PM. 12 inches Seattle Seattle 51/39 51/39 San San Francisco Francisco 56/47 56/47 Los Los Angeles Angeles 62/50 62/50 SAT. NIGHT LOW 14° Clearing; breezy, colder, blowing snow Billings Billings 30/15 30/15 El El Paso Paso 63/40 63/40 Denver Denver 42/21 42/21

FORECAST FOR PHILADELPHIA

28° 14° 90 SUNDAY Mostly sunny, breezy and cold 76 Erie 23/14 79 79 70 80 Pittsburgh 26/10 30° 17° MONDAY Mostly sunny and cold Altoona 24/10 Shown is Saturday's weather. Temperatures are Saturday's highs and Saturday night's lows.

REGIONAL CITIES

99 70 81 34° 24° TUESDAY Mostly cloudy with snow possible 83 81 78 81

NATIONAL CITIES

295 WEDNESDAY 34° 18° Cloudy, snow or flurries possible; windy RealFeel: 4° RealFeel: -7° RealFeel: 15° -5° RealFeel: 16° 2° RealFeel: 29° 7° RealFeel: 15° -1° The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature

REGIONAL WEATHER

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2010 ® is an exclusive index of the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, pressure and elevation on the human body. Shown are the highest and lowest values for each day.

ALMANAC

Philadelphia through 4 p.m. Friday. Temperature Friday's high ..................................... 38° Friday's low ...................................... 29° Normal high ..................................... 40° Normal low ....................................... 26° Precipitation 24 hours ending 4 p.m. Fri. ........... Trace Year to date ................................... 2.21" Normal year to date ...................... 4.02" Record precipitation ...................... 1.62" Snowfall 24 hours ending 4 p.m. Fri. ........... Trace Season to date .............................. 27.8" Heating Degree Days Friday ................................................. 31 Season to date .............................. 2727 Normal season to date .................. 2895

SUN AND MOON

Saturday 7:04 a.m. Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Sat. night 5:26 p.m. Sunrise Sunday ..................... 7:03 a.m. Sunset Sunday ...................... 5:27 p.m. Moonrise Saturday ................ 1:24 a.m. Moonset Saturday ................ 10:58 a.m. New First Full Last Feb 13 Feb 21 Feb 28 Mar 7

NATIONAL WEATHER

Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Allentown 26 13 sn 26 11 s Altoona 24 10 sn 22 7 pc Annapolis 32 19 sn 28 17 s Atlantic City 33 14 sn 28 14 s Baltimore 28 15 sn 28 12 s Dover 30 15 sn 26 16 s Erie 23 14 sf 21 14 pc Harrisburg 28 15 sn 28 15 pc Lancaster 26 12 sn 26 12 s New York 29 18 sn 27 21 s Minneapolis 26/15 Chicago 28/17 Kansas Kansas City City 34/20 34/20 Houston 62/39 Detroit 26/15 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are for selected cities. Atlanta 48/31 Williamsport 28/13 State College 26/14 Harrisburg 28/15 76 76 Lancaster 26/12 New New York Yor k 29/18 Washington Washington 30/19 Miami 77/54 Fronts Cold Warm Stationary -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s

Saints, parades overshadow New Orleans mayor race

NEW ORLEANS ? Jubilant crowds are flocking to New Orleans this weekend for Carnival parades and to celebrate the Saints? first-ever Super Bowl appearance. Oh, and then there?s the little matter of picking someone to lead the city once Mayor Ray Nagin, the political face of Katrina-battered New Orleans, steps down. Amid the festivity, voters face a serious task Saturday: Electing a new mayor to deal with the city?s uneven recovery from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina and lingering troubles such as violent crime. And it could be the first time in three decades that the predominantly African-American city elects a white mayor, as Black political power seems to have waned. The last white mayor, Moon Landrieu, left the post in 1979. Now his son, Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, 49, is making his third run for mayor and is widely seen as the leader of an 11-candidate pack hoping to succeed the term-limited Nagin. The question was whether Landrieu, also the brother of Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, would win an outright majority or be forced into a March 6 runoff. Businessman John Georges, who also is white and has put more than $3 million of his own money into the campaign, was hoping for at least a second-place finish and a spot in the runoff.

Palin e-mails suggest husband?s role in capitol

JUNEAU, Alaska ? E-mails obtained by The Associated Press suggest Todd Palin was intimately involved in decisions related to state government when his wife was governor of Alaska. The e-mails show Todd Palin was included in messages on a wide range of government and political issues. Aides to then-Gov. Sarah Palin regularly sought Todd Palin?s advice on such things as state board appointments. In one e-mail, Todd Palin advocates having an Alaska newspaper removed from a press release list after Sarah Palin complained about an editor?s fairness. The e-mails, first reported by MSNBC.com, were accompanied by a 19-page list detailing those withheld, citing executive privilege, privacy or other reasons.

Numbers indicate swine flu on the wane

ATLANTA ? If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn?t over, it certainly looks as if it?s on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since late October. One U.S. expert said the epidemic has ?one foot in Sunday, February 7, 2010 ? Page 2-A Scranton 25/10 Newark 27 17 sn 29 18 s Pittsburgh 26 10 sn 22 4 pc Reading 27 14 sn 27 12 s Scranton 25 10 sn 24 10 pc State College 26 14 sn 24 13 pc Trenton 29 15 sn 27 16 s Washington, DC 30 19 sn 30 17 pc Williamsport 28 13 sn 29 14 pc Wilmington 28 15 sn 28 16 s York 26 10 sn 27 9 pc Saturday Sunday City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Atlanta 48 31 pc 48 32 pc Boston 27 18 c 31 20 s Chicago 28 17 sf 28 17 c Daytona Beach 64 40 s 61 42 s Denver 42 21 pc 35 15 sn Des Moines 30 16 c 31 16 sn Detroit 26 15 c 26 16 c El Paso 63 40 s 63 39 pc Fairbanks 2 -16 sf 5 -21 c Honolulu 78 66 s 80 68 s Houston 62 39 s 60 50 pc Indianapolis 30 14 sf 30 17 c Kansas City 34 20 c 35 21 sn Las Vegas 58 43 sh 60 41 pc Los Angeles 62 50 r 62 48 pc Memphis 42 31 c 45 33 pc Miami 77 54 pc 68 53 s Nashville 38 26 sf 42 25 pc New Orleans 56 37 pc 53 41 pc St. Louis 34 21 c 32 20 c Salt Lake City 38 27 c 40 22 c Seattle 51 39 c 50 38 pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 80 Allentown 26/13 84 Trenton 29/15 Philadelphia 27/14 Newark 27/17 95 195 Atlantic City 33/14

DIABETES SCREENING

the grave,? and there are many reasons to believe there won?t be another wave later in the year. For one thing, the virus has shown no signs of mutating. The vaccine against it is effective. And roughly half the people in the U.S. probably have some immunity because they were infected with it or got vaccinated. The World Health Organization is witnessing an international decline as well, and is discussing criteria for declaring the pandemic over. Britain this week shut down its swine flu hot line, which was set up to diagnose cases and give out Tamiflu. Since its emergence last April, swine flu has caused an estimated 15,200 deaths worldwide, mostly in the U.S. ? a much lower number than initially feared. The positive outcome is primarily because the virus didn?t mutate into a deadlier form. Even so, experts have praised the actions of the U.S. and Mexican governments and scientists who quickly developed an effective vaccine, even though there were months of delays in the production of the vaccine.

Blasts kill 40 pilgrims near Iraqi holy city

BAGHDAD ? A car bomb ripped through a crowd of Shiite pilgrims outside the holy city of Karbala Friday, sending many fleeing into the path of a suicide attacker who detonated a second bomb in coordinated blasts that killed at least 40 people and wounded 150. The twin bombing came on the final day of an

Northeast region braces for 2nd big storm of season

Pennsylvania braced for its second big storm of the season Friday, as crews salted thousands of miles of roads, schools dismissed early and at least one airline canceled flights in anticipation of a foot or more of snow. Snow began falling across the state Friday afternoon and continued into the evening. Six to 12 inches is expected in the Philadelphia area and 8 to 14 inches could fall in Pittsburgh, according to forecasters. Central Pennsylvania could get 12 to 18 inches. Southwest Airlines canceled flights out of Philadelphia International Airport from Friday afternoon into Saturday. Other flights were booked as people tried to get out before the snow. Spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said the airport had no plans to close. About 400 workers are ready to do snow removal, she said. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation trucks have been treating major roadways with a salt brine and will begin spreading granular salt when the snow starts to fall. ?We?ve got more than 2,200 trucks, plows and salt spreaders that are available all around the state,? PennDOT spokesman Rich Kirkpatrick said. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency said it?s in constant communication with counties via electronic message boards and conference calls to marshal resources if local officials report any problems.

Philly news creditors need not detail debt holdings

PHILADELPHIA ? Creditors trying to take back Philadelphia?s two largest newspapers won?t have to detail their debt holdings before a bankruptcy auction. The owners of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News want the information to show that a $67 million bid from current and new investors is fair. They owe senior creditors $318 million. But newspaper lawyers believe the debt may be trading for only 20 cents on the dollar. Chief Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Raslavich said Thursday that courts are sharply divided on the disclosure question. He concluded the rules don?t require it. The auction for the company is on hold pending a key ruling on the issue of ?credit bids.? A U.S. appeals court must decide if lenders can bid with the millions they hold in IOUs.

First Veon trial witness still on stand after week

HARRISBURG, Pa. ? The public corruption trial of a former Pennsylvania lawmaker and three of his for- Flora Baker, Greater Philadelphia Health Action nutritionist, left, explains proper food portions to Haskell Carter on Thursday at the Keystone Mercy Health Plans? ?Outreach Day? for diabetes at the Hunting Park Health Center. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nationally, 23.6 million people ? 7.8 percent of the population ? have diabetes, with approximately 1.6 million new cases being diagnosed in adults each year. Pennsylvania has approximately 872,000 adults diagnosed with diabetes, with more than 87,000 living in Philadelphia. ? ABDUL R. SULAYMAN/TRIBUNE CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER annual Shiite religious observance, which has been the target of three large-scale attacks in Iraq this week alone. In Pakistan, two bombs targeting Shiites observing the same holy day Friday killed at least 25 people and wounded around 100 more. The bloodshed in Iraq is likely to further stoke tensions between the Shiite-led government and Sunnis over the push to ban some candidates from March 7 parliamentary elections. The U.S. is concerned the ban could destabilize Iraq, crippling efforts to reconcile majority Shiites and Sunnis who dominated Iraq until Saddam Hussein?s ouster in 2003. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Friday?s blasts, but Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki blamed al-Qaida and Saddam loyalists, saying in a statement the two groups failed to ignite sectarian strife and destabilize the country with the attacks on pilgrims. Shortly after noon, a parked car bomb exploded on a road clogged with pilgrims 6 miles (10 kilometers) east of one of three main entrances to the holy city of Karbala, two health ministry officials said. The explosion sent throngs of pilgrims running down the highway and straight into the path of a suicide car bomber who detonated a second vehicle, they said.

Europe?s crisis deepens, austerity plan rejected

BRUSSELS ? Fears of another crisis spiral for the world economy deepened Friday after the Portuguese parliament defeated a government austerity plan, triggering renewed concern that the financial crisis in that mer aides wrapped up its first week Friday with the first witness for the prosecution still being crossexamined by defense attorneys. The length of former House Democratic aide Mike Manzo?s testimony makes it likely the case will take longer than the month that was originally estimated. He is the first of 20 to 30 witnesses that prosecutors expect to call. And all four defendants ? former House Democratic whip Mike Veon and three of his one-time aides ? have the right to put on their own case. The first week of trial has featured a few dramatic moments ? at one point, a defense attorney suggested a mistrial might be appropriate. There also were low points ? long stretches in which e-mail and other evidence was examined in detail, for example. ?I don?t think we anticipated some of the length of questioning, some of the length of objections, the procedures in the courtroom that basically are taking hours and hours of time,? said Senior Deputy Attorney General E. Marc Costanzo. On Friday, Manzo provided new details about the panicked response within the House Democratic caucus after news surfaced in 2007 that millions of dollars in bonuses had been quietly handed out to legislative staffers. Manzo said he participated in a meeting with caucus lawyers about destroying evidence and that he erased information on his own work computer.

Erie hand-held cell phone ban about to get real

ERIE, Pa. ? Officials in Erie say it?s time to start sending a message to drivers ? and Harrisburg lawmakers ? with the city?s ban on hand-held cell phone use. The ban went into effect Jan. 5, but nobody has been ticketed in the first month. Instead, police have issued warnings prompting the police chief and city council to say citizens have had enough time to get used to the idea. City Council President Jim Thompson says a statewide ban would be better and he thought passing the city ban was primarily a good way to get Harrisburg?s attention. The House has passed a similar ban while the Senate has passed a text-messaging ban, but lawmakers haven?t reconciled them as one bill. Erie?s ordinance carries a fine of $150 to $300, but makes exceptions for emergency calls. Compiled from The Associated Press FRIDAY NIGHT Daily Number 5-1-1 Big 4 2-7-2-8 Cash 5 22-27-29-37-41 FRIDAY MIDDAY Daily Number 8-2-8 Big 4 3-1-6-1 Treasure Hunt 4-6-7-23-25 country and in Greece could spread through the euro zone and spill across its borders. Spooked investors worldwide were fleeing risky assets like stocks. And from Shanghai to Sao Paolo, people were awakening to the reality that what is happening in these European minnow states has vast implications for the fate of the fragile global economic recovery. Stocks fell in Asia and Europe as governments in Portugal and Greece pushed against fierce political resistance at home to cutbacks aimed at getting their deficits under control. Markets fear Greece may default or require a costly bailout from already strapped European governments, and those concerns are spreading to other financially troubled governments such as Portugal and Spain.

President?s love child hits a nerve in S. Africa

JOHANNESBURG ? Confirmation that President Jacob Zuma, who has three wives and a fiancee, has fathered a child with yet another woman has prompted jokes in South Africa?s media but has also hit a nerve in a country hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS. For a president whose political career survived a rape trial, Zuma is expected to emerge relatively unscathed from the disclosure that he is the father of a baby girl born in October. Even so, the political opposition says he is a poor role model in a country where an estimated 5.7 million of South Africa?s 50 million people are infected with HIV, more than any other country. And even ordinary South Africans are left wondering. ?All these AIDS campaigns tell us that to have one partner but our president has five,? said Phemelo Mmitsinyane, an 18-year-old University of Johannesburg student. While some South Africans see Zuma?s polygamy as outdated, others applaud him for embracing what they see as traditional African values. South African law recognizes such traditional marriages, though fewer young people enter into them because they are seen as expensive and old-fashioned.

Nigerian governors call on president to cede power

ABUJA, Nigeria ? Nigeria?s state governors have called on the country?s absent president to cede power to the vice president to calm a growing constitutional crisis in the West African nation. The governors said in a statement Thursday that President Umaru Yar?Adua should issue a decree transferring power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, as required by the nation?s constitution in a prolonged absence. Yar?Adua, who suffered from kidney problems and an inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart, left for Saudi Arabia in late November for treatment. Since then, lawsuits and protestors have called on him to cede power. The 36 state governors wield tremendous political power, as each controls a budget fueled by oil revenues that rivals the entire funding of other countries. Compiled from The Associated Press

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