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DETROIT, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Heat and humidity rising into the U.S. Midwest and mid-Atlantic spawned a line of powerful storms from the Texas panhandle to Maryland, authorities said.
Tornadoes were seen near Rushford, N.Y., and Penfield, Pa., while strong winds flipped grain wagons and damaged crops near Van Horne, Iowa.
At least 65,000 homes and businesses in southeastern Michigan were without power Monday, with isolated outages reported in Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Accuweather.com reported.
"We've had a cool, dry summer so far but that changed over the weekend," National Weather Service Meteorologist Dave Gurney told The Detroit News.
In Lycoming County, Pa., storms Sunday night downed large trees throughout the county, damaging homes and forcing the closure of Route 44. Trees fell across Cecil County, Md., while storms sparked several fires near Sparta. Mich.
In St. Louis, classes that were to begin at some local high schools were canceled after Sunday storms knocked out power and air conditioning, the St. Louis (Mo.) Post-Dispatch reported Monday.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The late Steve Jobs, co-founder of the U.S. computer giant Apple, had faults in his personal life but was a business visionary, associates told the FBI.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Macaulay Culkin is in "perfectly good health," his publicist said after the former child star was photographed looking gaunt and disheveled in New York.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The Israeli government plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal with a sea-based defense radar system off its Mediterranean coast while forming a naval force to protect its rich offshore gas fields against terrorist attack.
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ASHLAND, Mass., Feb. 9 (UPI) --
An Ashland, Mass., driver was arrested and charged for throwing a handful of pennies at another car, police said.
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