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President Obama signed a new strategic arms deal with Russia on Thursday in Prague, where he spoke one year ago of a world without nuclear weapons. The so-called New START requires both the U.S. and Russia to cut their nuclear arsenals. It still must be ratified by the U.S. Senate and the Russian Duma.

A Danish 'Twin Peaks'... Well Sort of...

The Atlantic and Gulf coasts face a 69 percent risk of being buffeted by a major storm in the coming months, according to researchers at Colorado State University. That's ominous news for U.S. communities still recovering from major hurricanes in 2005 and '08. The report also warns that the Caribbean — including earthquake-stricken Haiti — is vulnerable.

Oscar Nominated Irish Animated Tale Opens

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. will shift its search engine for China off the mainland but won't shut it down altogether, and it will maintain other operations in the country. It's an attempt to balance its stance against censorship with its desire to profit from an explosively growing Internet market.

Western nations have long criticized Afghanistan's failure to curtail opium production, a main source of income for the Taliban. But counterterrorism officials say the problem is far more complex than just drug money, including diverted charity payments and "protection money" from convoys seeking to resupply U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

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The warning was ominous, its predictions dire: Oceanographers issued a bulletin telling Hawaii and other Pacific islands that a killer wave was heading their way with terrifying force and that "urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property."