COSTELLO: It's 25 minutes past the hour, time to check our top stories. Police in Turkey now have a man in custody following the death of an American tourist. The arrest comes nearly two months after the woman went missing. Her body was found several days later near Istanbul. The 33-year-old Staten Island woman had been touring Turkey alone. Next hour, President Obama plans to announce he is nominating an assistant attorney general to become the nation's next labor secretary. Tomas Perez currently heads the civil rights division for the Justice Department. Before joining the Justice Department, Perez led Maryland's Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. It was a grand implosion, but in Texas cell phone and emergency radio service has now been restored after being knocked out following that bridge implosion. According to CNN affiliate KXAN, the U.S. 281 bridge outside of Austin came down over the weekend along with all communications, 911 calls were also affected. That blast was felt 26 miles away. Spring may soon be sprung, but winter's fury will stretch again across the Midwest. Blizzard warnings are up for North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. A foot of snow could fall in New England. Snow, ice and rain are also expected from Ohio to the nation's capital and severe storms could pop up in the southeast too.
Arrest in American Tourist's Death; Perez To Be Nominated as Labor Secretary