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forecast from Virginia to New England as a winter storm bears down on the mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S.
• The National Weather Service says the winter storm could bring 10 inches of snow Tuesday to New York and Philadelphia and bitterly cold air with wind chills as low as 10 degrees below zero later in the day.
• It warned of heavy winds and hazardous driving conditions throughout the day as the storm moves up the East Coast.
• The federal government says its offices in the Washington area will be closed Tuesday due to the storm. The weather service warns the storm could impact the morning commute in Washington and Baltimore.
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• BEIRUT (AP) -- A car bomb ripped through a Shiite neighborhood in southern Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least two people and setting plumes of smoke over the area in the latest attack targeting supporters of the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon.
• A series of attacks have hit Lebanon recently as Syria's civil war spills over into its smaller neighbor, targeting the country's Sunni and Shiite communities. It has further stoked sectarian tensions that are already running high as each Lebanese community lines up with its brethren in Syria on opposing sides of the war.
• Thousands of people flocked to the Beirut neighborhood of Haret Hreik after the explosion shook the area, according to footage broadcast by the Hezbollah-owned al-Manar television station.
• The footage showed flames furiously engulfing one building, as medics hauled a man on a stretcher out of the area.
• Lebanese Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil said a man and woman were killed, and 26 people were hospitalized with wounds from the bombing.
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• VATICAN CITY (AP) -- A Vatican monsignor already on trial for allegedly plotting to smuggle 20 million euros ($26 million) from Switzerland to Italy was ordered arrested in a separate case on Tuesday for allegedly using his Vatican bank accounts to launder money.

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