The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, marking a modest increase over the previous year.
A winter storm with winds gusting to more than 80 mph is expected to leave as much as a foot of snow to the northern Nevada mountains.
China Central Television reports the explosion was caused by a gas buildup. The State Administration of Work Safety says more than 500 people were working in the mine early Saturday at the time of the explosion.
The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.
A Democratic senator says there may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his rampage.
As Democrats try to make sure they can count on all their members in a key Senate vote on health care tomorrow night, they've been sparring with Republicans on the Senate floor.