GM recalling 60,000 vehicles in South Korea due to safety problemsSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — General Motors is recalling nearly 60,000 automobiles in South Korea beginning Monday due to potential problems with steering wheels, fuel hoses and seats, the company’s local unit and the government said Sunday.US, Russia deal about nuclear weapons could build momentumPARIS (AP) — Nearly a year after President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered negotiators to start work on a new treaty to reduce their nuclear arsenals, the two countries say they are finally close to completing a deal — taking a small but important step toward the U.S. leader’s goal of a nuclear-free world.A deal could build momentum and trust toward resolving other key nuclear issues.
 
Fargo’s fight against Red River flooding nears its climaxFARGO, N.D. (AP) — A weeklong fight against flooding neared its climax in Fargo on Sunday, with miles of sandbags and clay dikes expected to hold back the bloated Red River at its crest with room to spare.City officials and residents were on the brink of declaring victory and ready to move out of flood-fighting mode. They hoped for mostly dry weather to speed the river’s fall by week’s end. The forecast was cooperating, with only a small chance of rain in sight on Tuesday evening.
 
More snow expected in Oklahoma, Arkansas spring blizzardOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — More snow is expected as part of a powerful storm blowing through Oklahoma and the southern Plains on the weekend of spring.The National Weather Service says the snow will keep falling across much of eastern Oklahoma and into northwest Arkansas on Sunday, with up to 6 more inches possible. That means some part of the two states will have gotten more than a foot of snow since the storm began Saturday.Authorities have attributed at least three deaths in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma to the weather.
 
Thousands rally for immigration reform in Washington DCWASHINGTON (AP) — Immigrant rights supporters from around the country are rallying for immigration reform on the National Mall.People are waving American flags and holding signs with slogans in English and Spanish like  “Legalization yes, deportation no.” About half an hour after the rally’s scheduled 2 p.m. start, an area of about four square blocks on the mall was filled with people.
 
Coast Guard rescues seven people from waters over weekend 
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard has rescued seven people from Louisiana waters over the weekend.It says a crew of three was picked up late Saturday from a disabled lift barge, and four boaters — including a 3-year-old child — from a boat that got stuck in a mud flat Friday night.A news release says a crew member called about 11:30 p.m. Saturday from the Global Lift 9, saying it was taking on 8-foot seas with three people on board. A helicopter crew rescued them.The vessel’s owners were to coordinate a retrieval plan for the vessel on Sunday.A helicopter crew rescued the four boaters near Madisonville after the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said the area was too shallow to reach by boat.Nobody was hurt in either incident.
 
Two Acadian parishes propose evacuation buses to MonroeHOUMA (AP) — Monroe could become the destination for people who cannot leave Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes on their own for a mandatory evacuation.Under the plans, up to 4,500 Terrebonne and Lafourche residents would be bussed to buildings that Monroe would rent to the parishes.
 
East Baton Rouge DA: Suspect’s autopsy inconclusive (AP) — The district attorney says he can’t conclude cause of death from the autopsy of a Baton Rouge man who died in October after a struggle with police, including use of a stun gun.Authorities have said 30-year-old Keltron Charles Singleton died Oct. 30 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, about two hours after the struggle and stunning.
 
 
 
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