Crews make some progress on ice storm outages

Friday, January 30, 2009

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) -- Utility crews made some progress Friday in restoring power to the more than 1.3 million homes and businesses darkened by an ice storm that crippled states from Missouri to West Virginia, but thousands were still bunking in toasty shelters because their homes had no water or heat.

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