National and International News-Friday, Jan.19th

UNDATED (AP) - It's not what folks in Oklahoma want to hear. Another blast of winter is coming, even as tens of thousands have gone a week now without power. More wintry weather also is forecast for Texas. To keep people off the roads, county offices are closed today in El Paso.

UNDATED (AP) - The worst should be over in northern Europe, which has been battered by hurricane-force winds and heavy rain. The wind blew roofs off houses and toppled trees in northern Austria overnight. More than a (m) million homes are without power in the Czech Republic.

CAPITOL HILL (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it's only the beginning. Democrats passed their six-bill, 100-hour agenda last night with 13 hours to spare. Republicans complain that they weren't allowed to offer amendments or help shape the legislation.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U-S military accuses a top aide to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr of having ties to the commanders of so-called death squads. He was arrested today by U-S and Iraqi forces. Iraq's Shiite prime minister has pledged to crack down on Shiite militias.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Parents can breathe easier about their baby's car seats. Consumer Reports goofed. It has withdrawn a report on infant car seats that said most of them "failed disastrously" in crash tests. Turns out the tests were conducted at much higher speeds than the magazine had claimed.