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taxes and gun issues.
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• 6. BACK TO THE OLD IN JAPAN
• Shinzo Abe was voted back into office, restoring power to the conservatives that ran Japan for most of the post-World War II era.
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• 7. CRASH LANDING FOR CHRISTMAS TOURISTS
• A flight headed for a popular spot in Myanmar slammed into a road, killing at least two people and injuring 11.
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• 8. A DIRECTOR AND ACTOR, BUT NOT A POLITICIAN
• Ben Affleck took himself out of the running for U.S. Sen. John Kerry's Massachusetts seat.
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• 9. EASY TO GET A ROOM FOR INAUGURATION
• Obama's Jan. 21 second-term festivities are expected to draw up to 800,000 visitors, down from 1.8 million in 2008.
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• 10. HERO DOG FROM PHILIPPINES BEATS CANCER
• Kabang, who lost her snout when she jumped in front of a motorcycle to save two young girls, is in remission after six weeks of chemotherapy.
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AP News in Brief
3 dead as storm system heads east after Midwest snow and South twisters; holiday travel slows
• MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation's midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South has begun punching its way toward the Northeast, slowing holiday travel.
• Post-Christmas travelers braced for a second day of flight delays and cancellations, a day after rare winter twisters damaged numerous homes in Louisiana and Alabama. The vast storm system stretching across numerous states has been blamed for three deaths and several injuries though no one was killed outright in the tornadoes. The storms also left more than 100,000 without power for a time, darkening Christmas celebrations.
• Drenching rains and blustery winds moved early Wednesday across Georgia, a (Continued on page 17)
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