Stormy weather

Stormy weather

kA WINTRY STORM caked the center of the nation with a thick layer of ice Monday, blacking out more than 600,000 homes and businesses. Above, ice hangs from leaves in Missouri.

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BUSINESS

Sweet repeat?

kSHELTON-MATHEWS Chocolates will be back in business sometime next year, its owner said.

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LOCAL

Explosion, fire

kEIGHTEEN AREA fire departments and a hazardous materials response team were on the scene of an explosion and fire Monday night at the former Pacal plastics plant in Champion.

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SPORTS

Vick sentence

kMICHAEL VICK was sentenced to prison Monday for running a dogfighting operation.

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