they have not independently investigated the story but they say al kwqaeda is behind the attack. yesterday a shiite militia announced it was releasing a u.s. soldier as wanted to know he was missing for nine months. holt says he was a former soldier working as a civilian contractor in iraq. u.s. officials said all missing soldiers had been accounted for. and no civilian was recently reported missing. in this country, gas prices go up for the ninth straight day. the average is close to $3.84 but some big cities are already seeing gas prices average more than $4 a gallon. the record high was $4.11 back in july of 2008. and extreme weather. while most of the u.s. enjoys unseasonably warm weather, a look at what is going on in northern arizona, a late winter storm is dropping between one and two feet of snow in the area around flagstaff. winds are gusting and roads crews are working overtime. jackie jar ras will jacqui jeras will be here in about 20 minutes from now. robe