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This is AP News Minute. Warm weather in the East and frigid air in the Midwest could spell trouble for travelers this weekend. Forecasters say a storm could produce nasty conditions from Texas to northern New England. Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 were remembered Saturday on the 25th anniversary of the terrorist bombing. Wreaths were laid in Lockerbie, Scotland, while Attorney General Erie Holder and former FBI Director Robert Mueller made remarks at Arlington National Cemetery. Authorities say four men have been charged with murder in last weekend’ s deadly carjacking outside a mall in northern New Jersey...

The United Nations is asking for $6. 5 billion in aid to help the millions of Syrians forced from their homes by more than two and a half years of fighting. U. N. humanitarian chief Valerie A-mos said $ 2.3 billion of that amount is needed for those displaced in Syria. The U. N. estimates about 40 percent of Syria’s population has been forced from their homes by the fighting. The U. N. asked for $4. 5 billion to help Syrians last year, but says it only received about two-thirds of that amount from donors. Meanwhile, the U. N. is flying humanitarian aid from Iraq to northern Syria, where people affected by the fighting are dealing with harsh winter conditions.