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David Buckner of Progress Energy assesses the power situation amid the rubble of a house in Maggie Valley, N.C., destroyed in a mudslide.
(By Steve Dixon -- Associated Press)
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Rain and Wind Lash the South
CHARLOTTE -- Heavy rain across the South on Wednesday caused flooding, school and road closures, and a landslide that destroyed a house in North Carolina. Thousands of people lost power across the Carolinas as a cold front swept the region with wind and rain.
The occupants of the house in Haywood County that was destroyed escaped with minor injuries, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported. Emergency crews evacuated eight other residences in the Maggie Valley area.
"I'm just glad no one was killed," neighbor Carolyn Phillips said.
In Mississippi, dozens of roads were closed, some houses evacuated and at least two residences flooded after two days of heavy rain earlier in the week.
Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia also were experiencing flooding. In addition to rain, a wind advisory issued for most of Georgia warned of gusts of 20 to 30 mph.
Legal Troubles of Missouri Governor Cost Taxpayers $1.5 Million
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Outgoing Gov. Matt Blunt's troubles over deleted e-mails and the firing of a staff lawyer have cost Missouri taxpayers about $1.5 million. Records show the state has spent more than $900,000 to defend Blunt and several past and present administration officials against a lawsuit by former legal counsel Scott Eckersley. In addition, an attorney general's investigation into the e-mail practices of the Republican governor's office has cost the state nearly $600,000, much of it going toward Blunt's defense. The governor leaves office Monday, but the legal tab is likely to grow.
3 Men Accused of Racially Biased Attacks Over Obama's Victory
NEW YORK -- Three men, riled by Barack Obama's victory, spent election night hunting down black people to beat up and yelling insults about the president-elect, federal prosecutors said. The men beat a teenage Liberian immigrant, pushed a black man to the ground and drove their car over a white man they thought was black, the indictment said. Ralph Nicoletti, 18, Michael Contreras, 18, and Brian Carranza, 21, pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to interfere with voting rights.
