The flag in the White House is flying at half staff in memory of former President Gerald Ford. The 93-year-old's death was announced late yesterday in his home in southern California. He's being remembered as the only US president who was not elected to national office, assuming the presidency after Richard Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal. Ford had been appointed to the vice presidency following the resignation of Spiro Agnew in a separate scandal.

An appeals court judge in Iraq has upheld Saddam Hussein's conviction and sentence for killing thousands of Shiites in 1982. He says Saddam's execution by hanging must be carried out within 30 days. There's no word on exactly when that will happen.

A young victim of one of the tornados that hit Florida on Christmas day says simply it was horrible. Tanya Olsen says the storm touched down in her back yard, bounced over her house, then touched down again in the front yard. She says she has friends who lost everything. Governor Jeb Bush has declared a state of emergency in four Florida counties.

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The flag in the White House is flying at half staff in memory of former President Gerald Ford. The 93-year-old's death was announced late yesterday in his home in southern California. He's being remembered as the (1)___ US president who was not elected to national office, assuming the presidency after Richard Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal. Ford had been appointed to the vice presidency following the resignation of Spiro Agnew in a separate scandal.

An appeals court judge in Iraq has upheld Saddam Hussein's conviction and sentence for killing thousands of Shiites in 1982. He says Saddam's execution by hanging must be carried out within 30 days. There's no word on (2)___ when that will happen.

A young victim of one of the tornados that hit Florida on Christmas day says (3)___ it was horrible. Tanya Olsen says the storm touched down in her back yard, bounced over her house, then touched down again in the front yard. She says she has friends who lost everything. Governor Jeb Bush has declared a state of emergency in four Florida counties.

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