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Threatening skies appear over Barrington, Ill. as severe weather approaches the Suburbs of Chicago on Wednesday, June 12, 2013.  (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Bob Chwedyk) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT, TV OUT

State-by-state look at Iowa to Mid-Atlantic storm

Massive thunderstorms have swept across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states, knocking out power to thousands of people and causing some flash flooding in certain areas. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state: GEORGIA Severe thunderstorms on Thursday left about 160,000 customers in north and middle Georgia without ...

University of Miami football coach Al Golden, left,  walks to an NCAA Committee on Infractions hearing in Indianapolis, Thursday, June 13, 2013. The committee  is scheduled to open its hearings into allegations the University of Miami committed rules infractions in football and men's basketball.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

NCAA opens hearing on U of Miami violations

The NCAA opened a key hearing in the massive infractions case against the University of Miami on Thursday, with school officials, former coaches and the ACC commissioner on hand to defend the Hurricanes against allegations that could bring severe sanctions in the improper benefits case involving former booster Nevin Shapiro. ...

FILE - In this May 20, 2005 file photo, NASCAR driver Jason Leffler waits to qualify at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. Leffler died after an accident in a heat race at a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway in Swedesboro, N.J., Wednesday night, June 12, 2013, New Jersey State Police said. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn, File)

Leffler remembered as friend, teammate, father

Tony Stewart remembered Jason Leffler as a friend, teammate and doting father to 5-year-old son Charlie Dean a day after the NASCAR driver was killed in a crash at a dirt track. "Jason Leffler was a great racer and an even better friend," Stewart, the three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ...

Raw: NASCAR Driver Jason Leffler Dies in Wreck

Raw: NASCAR Driver Jason Leffler Dies in Wreck

NASCAR driver Jason Leffler died after an accident Wednesday night in a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway in Sweedsboro, New Jersey. (June 13)

A pedestrian races to avoid an unusually massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds that have been forecast for evening rush hour, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

State-by-state look at Iowa to Mid-Atlantic storm

Massive thunderstorms swept through the Midwest on Wednesday. Meteorologists warn that the line of storms could launch a weather event called a derecho, which is a straight-line wind storm spanning at least 240 miles. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state: ILLINOIS National Weather Service authorities are ...

FILE - In this June 30, 2012, file photo, an American Beech tree is down on Capitol Hill grounds in Washington across from the U.S. Supreme Court after a powerful storm swept across the Washington region. A gigantic line of powerful thunderstorms with tree-toppling winds is likely to threaten one in five Americans Wednesday is as it rumbles from Iowa to Maryland, meteorologists warn. The massive storms may even spawn an unusual weather event called a derecho, which is a massive storm of strong straight-line winds spanning at least 240 miles. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Midwest pelted with rain, wind, hail, tornadoes

A massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds rolled through the Midwest Wednesday evening driving people into basements for shelter, tearing down power lines and causing flooding in low-lying areas. Forecasters predicted that by the time the storms were done, they could affect more than one in ...

Once-promising Ind. car venture ends in bankruptcy

A company that had planned to build high-tech police cars in a vacant plant that once housed a rust belt city's largest employer has filed for bankruptcy, dashing the hopes of a community desperate for economic rejuvenation. Carbon Motors Corp. filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in ...

9. ‘Derecho’ damage approached half a billion dollars in Ohio

Midwest could see strong windstorms from derecho

The National Weather Service was tracking a so-called derecho weather pattern in the Midwest on Tuesday that could spawn severe windstorms in major metropolitan areas with gusts as strong as 100 mph. Derecho windstorms occur once every year or two across the central and northeastern U.S. in a band from ...

NCAA APR again hits schools with lesser resources

Eighteen Division I teams will miss the postseason, and another 18 in men's basketball and nine other college sports will trade practice time for remedial classroom sessions under NCAA academic progress reports released Tuesday. Poor Academic Progress Rate scores mean postseason bans in the 2013-14 academic year for teams from ...

Mike Dawkins, of Royal Oak, pumps gas at a Marathon station in Royal Oak, Monday, June 10, 2013. Michigan and other Upper Midwest states are seeing the highest gasoline prices in the continental U.S. But analysts say the worst is over and prices should begin to drop soon. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Guralnick)

Analysts: Midwest drivers to see lower gas prices

The worst may be over for drivers in the upper Midwest who have been grappling with the highest gasoline prices in the continental U.S. Analysts said one major Illinois refinery is back online and another big one in Indiana is on track to ramp up production again soon. The refineries' ...

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