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Storm brings white Christmas, tornado threat to central U.S Dec 25th 2012, 16:41 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major winter storm brought a rare white Christmas to the southern U.S. plains on Tuesday, contributing to a 21-vehicle pile-up that shut down a major highway in Oklahoma. The storm system surging east from Kansas and the Texas Panhandle includes the threat of tornados and severe thunderstorms along its southern fringe, from southeast Texas to Alabama, the National Weather Service said. ... Media files: 2012-12-25T164128Z_1_CBRE8BO1AD600_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG (image/jpeg) Dakota Indians mark hangings of 1862 with trek on horseback Dec 25th 2012, 14:52 ST. PAUL, Minn (Reuters) - The day after Christmas will be somber for Dakota Indians marking what they consider a travesty of justice 150 years ago, when 38 of their ancestors were executed in the biggest mass hanging in U.S. history. Overshadowed by the Civil War raging in the East, the hangings in Mankato, Minnesota, on December 26, 1862, followed the often overlooked six-week U.S.-Dakota war earlier that year -- a war that marked the start of three decades of fighting between Native Americans and the U.S. government across the Plains. ... Media files: 2012-12-25T145213Z_1_CBRE8BO15B400_RTROPTP_2_USA-NATIVEAMERICANS-TREK.JPG (image/jpeg)

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