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In the city of Aizuwakamatsu, evacuees gathered at a small shelter at a technical high school say what they need most is information about what to do next. The school's assistant principal has taken on the role of disaster coordinator. He says it's important that people see him staying calm.

The city of Aizuwakamatsu sits in a basin about 60 miles west of Japan's severely crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. The city is surrounded by snowy mountains and is known locally for its samurai traditions and ancient castle. And now, it's home to about 5,000 evacuees.

Agencies within the Dept. of Homeland Security in the federal government still have significant problems linking databases and maintaining efficient lines of communication, according to a new report.

Starting Wednesday night, high winds out of the northeast are expected to whip across much of Southern California including San Diego County.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Roger Ebert, the most famous and most popular film reviewer of his time who became the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation's most influential thumb, died Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. He was 70.

Today's 65-year-olds can expect to live a tad over 20 more years. That's a huge jump from 1980, when 65-year-olds could expect 14 more years of life.

Fielding questions from reporters Friday in the first hours after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance made one thing perfectly clear: The news media could consider him the one and only reliable source for information on the tragedy.

When we think of ready-to-eat meals, we usually think of those packets of nutrient-dense soldiers' rations, like the Army sandwich that stays fresh for two years. These pouches of food are typically deployed in the field, and are consequently designed to withstand the abuses of temperature and time that would destroy fresh fare.

Adam Steltzner, the leader of the Mars rover's entry, descent and landing engineering team, says he was terrified of "a false positive celebration" in the control room. Fortunately for him, Curiosity landed perfectly. Now he's eyeing Jupiter's moon.

The king invited a renowned international legal scholar to lead the investigation into the deadly crackdown on protests earlier this year. But some Bahrainis are skeptical. They worry that Cherif Bassiouni might be too close to the government.