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Snow wreaks more travel havoc

CHICAGO

A winter storm moved into the Great Lakes on Friday, blanketing the region with several inches of snow and disrupting holiday travel. More than 450 flights were canceled at O'Hare International Airport by midday, and delays averaged 90 minutes. Both runways at Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport were closed for at least three hours. Between 5 and 7 inches of snow was reported across the region. Nearly 150 crashes occurred in Michigan's Jackson County, about 70 miles west of Detroit.

NASHVILLE

Computer data stolen for all of city's voters

Thieves stole laptop computers containing the names and Social Security numbers of every registered voter in Nashville from election commission offices over the Christmas holiday, authorities said Friday. The computers also contain voters' addresses and phone numbers, Election Commissioner Ray Barrett said.

The commission intends to send notices to the more than 337,000 registered voters in the city informing them of the theft. Voters were warned to monitor their bank accounts for suspicious activity.

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J.

Here's one gift card that didn't go unused

Local police said it was a typical holiday Grinch tale: A home was broken into on Christmas Eve, and wrapped presents were stolen off a kitchen table.

Little did they know the culprits were kids.

Authorities said Friday that a 9-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy used a gift card to pick the lock on the back door of a home a block away. They then took about $200 in wrapped presents that were on a kitchen table, including Hannah Montana and Jonas Brothers CDs. No charges were planned.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.

German baroness must surrender art

A painting held by a German baroness rightfully belongs to the estate of a late Jewish art dealer who was forced by Nazi authorities to auction it off, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Mary Lisi ordered Maria-Luise Bissonnette on Thursday to turn over Girl from the Sabiner Mountains to representatives of the estate of Max Stern, who died in 1987. One appraiser for Bissonnette estimated that the 19th century painting, which is now in a German warehouse, is worth up to $94,000.

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