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Jobs Slow, Chem Spill, Who’s Sari Now?
Friday, January 10, 2014
Econ 101: The economy added only 74,000 new jobs in December, the smallest number in three years, but the unemployment rate fell to 6.7 percent. Analysts had expected 200,000 new jobs, the same as previous months, but bad weather may …
NJ Bridge Plot, Rocky Mtn. High
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Bridge Collapse: Leaked emails indicate that Gov. Chris Christie’s staff helped engineer a traffic jam at the George Washington Bridge last September in an act of retribution against the Democratic mayor of Ft. Lee, NJ. An Aug. 13 email from …
NY Disability Fraud, Weather Warming
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Nation: Eighty retired NY City cops and firefighters were charged yesterday with fraudulently claiming Social Security disability payments. Many of them claimed psychiatric disorders as a result of the 9/11 attacks, including post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression. The amount of …
Cold Moves East, Florida Comes Back
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
But It Feels Like: The National Weather Service says a dangerous cold front is still affecting two-thirds of the eastern US. It was 15 below overnight in Minneapolis and 17 below in Chicago. In Buffalo, the temperature dropped from 2 …
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 …
