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US: Winter Storm Hits Pennsylvania, Dropping Several Inches of Snow 2

A winter storm swept through Pennsylvania on Tuesday, December 2, dropping 3–4 inches of snow across much of the Pittsburgh region. Some communities reported up to 5 inches, while a few saw only 1–2 inches.

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US: Large Waves Hit East Coast as Hurricane Erin Moves North in Atlantic 7

Large parts of the US East Coast are being battered by heavy waves as Hurricane Erin moves offshore, triggering rip currents and coastal flooding.

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US: Hawaii’s Kilauea Erupts For Its 10th Time Since Last December

Hawaii’s Kilauea erupted for the 10th time since it burst to life on December 23, on Wednesday, February 19. The eruption occurred at the volcano’s summit crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. However, it posed no threat to residential areas. The eruption lasted for nearly 13 hours.

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Australia: Bushfire Rages In Donnybrook, Prompting Evacuations

A fire raged in Donnybrook, northwest of Western Australia, prompting a bushfire emergency warning for people south of the South Western Highway on Thursday, January 16.

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Philippines: Alert Level Remains 2 For Kanlaon Volcano 2

Kanlaon Volcano in the Philippines recorded five ash eruptions and nine earthquakes in the past 24 hours. The alert level remained at 2 for "increasing unrest" as of December 4.

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US: Pileup Involving 17 Vehicles Shuts Down I-94 In Southwest Michigan

A multiple-vehicle crash shut down I-94 in both directions near Hartford in Van Buren County, Michigan, on Monday, December 2. Michigan State Police reported that one person was critically injured, and they believed driving too fast under whiteout conditions to be a factor in the crash.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) British biologist John Gurdon and Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, co-recipients of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, applaud during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka (C), a co-recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, is applauded after receiving his prize during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2012. To the left is British biologist John Gurdon, the other co-recipient of the prize. To the right is Chinese writer Mo Yan, recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in literature. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From front) British biologist John Gurdon and Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, co-recipients of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, and Chinese writer Mo Yan, recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in literature, appear in the Stockholm Concert Hall for the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) British biologist John Gurdon and Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, co-recipients of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, and Chinese writer Mo Yan, recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in literature, attend the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) British biologist John Gurdon and Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, co-recipients of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, and Chinese writer Mo Yan, recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in literature, attend the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From front) British biologist John Gurdon and Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, co-recipients of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, and Chinese writer Mo Yan, recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in literature, appear in the Stockholm Concert Hall for the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese medical researcher Shinya Yamanaka meets the press after delivering a Nobel lecture at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese medical researcher Shinya Yamanaka delivers a Nobel lecture at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese medical researcher Shinya Yamanaka delivers a Nobel lecture at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureate in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese medical researcher Shinya Yamanaka smiles before delivering a Nobel lecture at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureate in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese medical researcher Shinya Yamanaka arrives at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2012, to deliver a Nobel lecture. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureate in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese medical researcher Shinya Yamanaka arrives at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 7, 2012, to deliver a Nobel lecture. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureates Yamanaka, Gurdon

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka (L), a professor at Kyoto University in Japan, shakes hands with British researcher John Gurdon at a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2012. They will attend an award ceremony Dec. 10 in Stockholm to be jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor at Kyoto University, speaks during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm to be jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor at Kyoto University, speaks during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm to be jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka (L), a professor at Kyoto University, speaks during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon (R) of Britain will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm to be jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka (L), a professor at Kyoto University, speaks during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon (R) of Britain will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm to be jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureates' autographs

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Photo shows a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, signed on Dec. 6, 2012, by Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and John Gurdon of Britain in accordance with a tradition. They were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureates' autographs

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A woman holds a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, signed on Dec. 6, 2012, by Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and John Gurdon of Britain in accordance with a tradition. They were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types. (Pool photo)

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Professor Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor of Kyoto University, answers reporters' questions in front of the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, after meeting with other Nobel prize awardees on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm after he and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Professor Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor of Kyoto University, answers reporters' questions in front of the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, after meeting with other Nobel prize awardees on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm after he and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Professor Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor of Kyoto University, enters a hotel after arriving in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 4, 2012. Yamanaka plans to attend an award ceremony as he and John Gurdon of Britain have jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Professor Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka (2nd from L), a professor of Kyoto University, enters a hotel after arriving in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 4, 2012. Yamanaka plans to attend an award ceremony as he and John Gurdon of Britain have jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types. At L is Yamanaka's wife Chika.

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Nobel Prize winners Yamanaka, Gurdon

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka (L) and British biologist John Gurdon attend a press conference in San Francisco on Oct. 24, 2012. They shared their delight at jointly winning this year's Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on artificially derived multipurpose stem cells.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka (R) receives a bouquet from Swedish Ambassador to Japan Lars Vargo (L) in Kyoto on Oct. 9, 2012. 2nd from R is Kyoto University President Hiroshi Matsumoto. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain were announced as winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Karolinska Institute president

KYOTO, Japan - Karolinska Institute President Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson speaks in a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2012. The Swedish medical university has a panel to select laureates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka and John Gurdon, professor emeritus at Cambridge University, were announced as winners of the prize the same day.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows (from L) Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka and British researchers Ian Wilmut and John Gurdon joining hands at a symposium in Tokyo in 2008. Yamanaka and Gurdon jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Wilmut is known for the 1996 cloning of Dolly the lamb.

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Yamanaka wins Nobel Medicine Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2012, after the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said earlier that day that Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain had jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work that led to development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue.

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Yamanaka wins Nobel Medicine Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2012, after the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said earlier that day that Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain had jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work that led to development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue.

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Yamanaka wins Nobel Medicine Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2012, after the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said earlier that day that Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain had jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work that led to development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue.

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Yamanaka wins Nobel Medicine Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka receives a call from Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work that led to development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said earlier that day.

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Yamanaka wins Nobel Medicine Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka receives a call from Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work that led to development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said earlier that day.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka (L) and British researcher John Gurdon exchanging words at a symposium in Tokyo in April 2008. The two jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka (L) and British researcher John Gurdon attending a symposium in Tokyo in April 2008. The two jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Gurdon wins Nobel Medicine Prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows John Gurdon of the Gurdon Institute at Cambridge University. Gurdon of Britain and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan have jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said on Oct. 8, 2012.

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Yamanaka wins Nobel Medicine Prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka. Yamanaka of Japan and John Gurdon of Britain have jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said on Oct. 8, 2012.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor at Kyoto University, speaks during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm to be jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types. (Kyodo)