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http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/12/11160993-4-feet-of-hail-in-texas-reports-photos-cause-quite-a-storm?lite 4 feet of hail in Texas? Reports, photos cause quite a storm Devin Singleton / KAMR Meltwater rushes past hail several feet thick on Wednesday off Highway 287 north of Amarillo, Texas. By Miguel Llanos, msnbc.com Sure, everything's bigger in Texas. But 4 feet of hail from one storm? That's what the National Weather Service, the Texas Department of Transportation, a local sheriff and others say happened Wednesday in an area north of Amarillo when hail piled up in drifts so wide they cut off a major highway. The National Weather Service office in Amarillo even posted a photo on its Facebook page, but that wasn't enough to convince skeptics. "Serious do not think this is 100% hail!!!" commented one person. "It's a lite dusting of hail on some damn rocks," said another person, referring to the image of a firefighter standing next to what could be taken for … [Read more...]

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=16125951 North Korean Rocket Launch Fails: U.S. Officials - ABC News An anticipated missile launch by North Korea failed today when the country fired a long-range test rocket in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions and an agreement with the United States. The 90-ton rocket launched at 6:39 p.m. EDT, but U.S. officials tell ABC News that 81 seconds into the launch, there was a substantially larger than expected flare and by ten minutes after launch, the rocket was no longer on several radar screens, including those of the National Military Command Center tracking system at the Pentagon. U.S. officials say the missile is believed to have crashed into the sea on a southerly track, one official said debris did not fall near populated areas. The South Korean Defense Ministry said the rocket "broke apart and fell in pieces several minutes after lift-off." Early reports from South Korean officials indicate that some of the debris from the rocket … [Read more...]