Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Storms spread misery Saturday from the Great Plains to the Gulf Coast, dumping spring snow that cut power to thousands of Kansas utility customers and spawning tornado warnings and heavy rain across the South.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's first European trip could dampen his hopes that a new diplomatic style will convert once-reluctant allies into cooperative global partners.

BONN, Germany - For environmental activists, the message was clear: Earth Hour was a huge success.

LOS ANGELES - "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" graduated with honors Saturday at the Kids' Choice Awards.

BOSTON - Scottie Reynolds made a half-court dash for the game-winning shot with 0.5 seconds left, leading Villanova over Pittsburgh 78-76 Saturday night and back to the Final Four for the first time since its shocking run to the 1985 championship.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will urge European allies to support his new strategy for Afghanistan, telling NATO partners this week their security could be at risk if the country falls into chaos.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States will not push G20 leaders to announce specific spending pledges to help fix the worst economic crisis in decades when they meet in London next week, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Sunday.

VINA DEL MAR, Chile (Reuters) - Center-left world leaders including Britain's Gordon Brown and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday called for global financial reforms at next week's G20 summit, but the U.S. warned against over-regulation.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Lights went out at tourism landmarks and homes across the globe on Saturday for Earth Hour 2009, a global event designed to highlight the threat from climate change.

FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - Residents of the flood-swollen Red River Valley got a break from the weather on Saturday as cold temperatures prevented more winter thaw from swamping the city and flood barriers held, officials said.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turks began voting on Sunday in municipal elections likely to give Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party a fresh mandate to press on with political and economic reforms in the European Union candidate.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Funk rocker Prince blasted a concert promotion giant for its poor sound equipment as he struggled to perform three concerts in one night at separate venues in Los Angeles.

LAREDO, Texas (Reuters) - Ending years of lax controls, the United States is stepping up checks of vehicles heading into Mexico to stop weapons and cash fueling a drug war south of the border. But local U.S. officials on the border are clamoring for even more help.

OTTAWA (AFP) - An electronic spying operation based primarily in China has infiltrated government and private computers in 103 countries around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, according to a report released Sunday.

FARGO, North Dakota (AFP) - A floodwall protecting a school in the US state of North Dakota cracked early Sunday, causing flooding in the campus and prompting officials to step up work to reinforce levees against a record-breaking flood.

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea warned Sunday that North Korea could face fresh UN sanctions if it goes ahead with a planned rocket launch, as spy satellites revealed part of a long-range rocket on the North's launch pad.

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi forces clashed with anti-Qaeda militants in Baghdad for a second straight day on Sunday, as US troops backing them ordered residents to hand over weapons or face reprisals.

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A tenacious computer worm which has wriggled its way onto machines worldwide is set to evolve on April Fool's Day, becoming harder to exterminate but not expected to wreak havoc.

ROME (AFP) - Labour ministers from the Group of Eight wealthy nations and six other major economies were to gather in Rome on Sunday for talks on the "human dimension" of the financial crisis sweeping the planet.

MEDELLIN, Colombia (AFP) - Chinese Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan again urged for international financial reform in the face of the global economic crisis.