The nation's weather (AP)

AP - Snowy conditions will head Sunday from the Rockies into the Southern Plains, while a cold front brings more active weather to the Southeast. Meanwhile, most of the nation will remain under quiet conditions while these two weather features start to merge over the South late Sunday.

Icebreaker helping fuel ship reach iced-in AK city (AP)

AP - A Coast Guard icebreaker is cutting a path through icy seas for a Russian tanker carrying much-needed fuel for the iced-in Alaska city of Nome.

Giffords, Tucson mark 1 year since deadly rampage (AP)

AP - It's been a year since that bloody Tucson morning — a year of reflecting on lives shattered, of struggling with flashbacks and nightmares, of replaying the what-ifs before the deadly rampage that shocked a nation. And in the middle of it: one woman, Gabrielle Giffords, forging one of the most grueling journeys back of all.

Victim sketch released in NY serial slay probe (AP)

AP - Police have released a composite sketch of an unidentified victim whose remains were among those of 11 people found along a remote New York beach highway last year.

Muhammad Ali returning to Ky. for 70th birthday (AP)

AP - Muhammad Ali is coming home to Louisville to celebrate another milestone — his 70th birthday.

Giffords will soon face decision about future (AP)

AP - The signals are strong. One year after being shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is on a mission to return to the job she so clearly loved.

1793 penny fetches $1.38M at Fla. auction (AP)

AP - A once-cent copper coin from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint in 1793 has sold for a record $1.38 million at a Florida auction.

Giffords visits Tucson shooting site on anniversary eve (Reuters)

Reuters - Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords made a surprise return to the Tucson grocery store where she was wounded in a deadly mass shooting on January 8 last year, as the city braced on Saturday for the event's somber anniversary.

Fuel ship 190 miles away from iced-in Alaska city (AP)

AP - A Russian tanker carrying much-needed fuel for the iced-in Alaska city of Nome was less than 190 miles away on Saturday and was making slow but steady progress, a company official said.

Court tosses conviction in Super Bowl threat (AP)

AP - A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate the conviction of an Arizona man accused of planning a Super Bowl massacre, saying his rambling "manifesto" did not constitute a threat to people.

Child-on-child sex abuse poses complex challenges (AP)

AP - Recent high-profile cases of child sex abuse have roused national revulsion against the adults who perpetrated them. Rarely mentioned is the sobering statistic that more than one-third of the sexual abuse of America's children is committed by other minors.

Record air pollution hammers Calif's ag heartland (AP)

AP - This is the time of year when residents who often live with the nation's worst pollution often can draw a breath of fresh air. But this winter has not been kind to people who want to play outside in California's Central Valley.