1.   Perjury was the House Republican mantra, the argument pressed by the hard right to bring moderates to heel.

2.   The backing of Riordan and Jones also was seen as key to helping bring together moderates who had supported Riordan and the remaining conservatives who stayed with Jones.

3.   A low pressure system brought moderate to heavy rain across eastern portions of the Carolinas and southeastern Georgia.

4.   An area of low pressure brought moderate to heavy rains in Alabama, Georgia and southeast Mississippi, as well as northern Florida and southern South Carolina.

5.   The storm system was to press toward Maine by Wednesday morning, bringing moderate to heavy snows from Pennsylvania through New England.