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It’s So Cold That …..

Monday, January 6, 2014

Deep Freeze: San Francisco kicked off yesterday in 5 degree weather on a dead-brown field at Green Bay’s Lambeau field. The temperature dropped throughout the game as it did across the Midwest while the cold creeps east. This morning it’s …

Baby it’s Cold, Cuomo Loosens Up

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Deep Freeze: It’s 5 degrees in Green Bay, Wisc., where the Packers meet the 49ers on Lambeau Field this afternoon. Bone crunching. The lowest temperatures in almost 20 years are spreading into the Northern and Central US today, bringing wind …

Arctic Cold, Phil Everly Dies

Saturday, January 4, 2014

It’s a Negative: A deep cold has settled into the country from the Midwest to Maine in the wake of a major winter storm. Schools will be closed in Minnesota on Monday because it’s so freaking cold, with a low …

Storm Moves On, Al Qaeda Moves In

Friday, January 3, 2014

In Deep: A major winter storm dumped snow all the way from Maryland to Halifax. We have reports of 14 inches of snow at the Ragged Mountain ski resort in New Hampshire, two feet in Boxford, Mass., north of Boston, …

Liberal Takes NY, Blizzard Moving East

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Solemnly Swear: Progressive Bill de Blasio took the oath as mayor of New York with a vow to fight what he called the “quiet crisis” of inequality. “We are called to put an end to economic and social inequalities that …

Birth Control Blocked, Dow Record

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

New Year’s Day The Gavel: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor yesterday blocked the provision of Obamacare that requires the healthcare plans of religious organizations to cover birth control. The justice acted on the request of an order of nuns in …

Russia on Alert, Oil Train Burns

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

New Year’s Eve   World: Russian security forces are on terror alert after two bombings in Volgograd. It’s a security embarrassment and a danger with the Winter Olympics just weeks away. Volgograd is a train hub for people travelling to …

Second Russian Bomb, Pay for Play in China

Monday, December 30, 2013

Trouble in Russia: A bomb on a trolley killed 15 people today in Volgograd, just a day after 17 people were killed in a suicide bombing at the Volgograd train station. As concern spread across the country, Red Square in …

Russian Suicide Bomb, Gay Scouts

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Russian Bombing: A suicide bombing outside the main railroad station is Volgograd, Russia, killed 15 people today and wounded more than 40. Volgograd is about 550 miles southeast of Moscow. The bomb went off as security officers approached a woman …

Judge Says It’s Legal, Newtown Docs Released

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Nation: A federal judge in New York ruled that the NSA’s surveillance of phone calls is legal and vital to defense against terrorism. Federal Judge William Pauley threw out a petition by the American Civil Liberties Union. He wrote that, …