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Blizzard warnings were in effect Tuesday in Colorado, where the temperature plunged more than 50 degrees in less than 24 hours and the wind chill approached zero. Forecasters also expect hurricane-force blasts of frigid air in Utah and heavy snow in the Dakotas.The culprit is a deep dip in the jet stream that swung west and pulled arctic air far into the country. As it collides with warm, moist ai...
President Obama will hear a straightforward and simple message from more than 2 million people today responding to reports that his budget will include cuts to Social Security and Medicare:The 'Chained' CPI is a benefit cut to a program that does not contribute to the deficit. Do not barter it away in the name of deficit reduction. Stand strongly against all cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Emily Crockett is 29 years old. Over her working life, she can expect to lose $443,000 to unequal pay.You’ve probably heard the statistics: Women get paid 77 cents for every $1 men get paid. The picture is even worse for women of color. And the numbers haven’t budged in more than a decade.
A wind-whipped brushfire spread over 170 acres overnight in Ventura County, Calif., destroying two homes and threatening about 100 more, and was still not contained as of early Tuesday morning.The fire began with a fire in a mobile home around 3:15 p.m. on Monday, fire officials said. That home sustained damage to its roof, but was not entirely destroyed. About 400 firefighters responded as the bl...
WESTBROOK, Conn. -- A state trooper was shot on Monday afternoon in Westbrook, Conn., while trying to apprehend two suspects in a robbery, and one of the suspects is dead, according to state police.Old Saybrook police were pursuing suspects in an armed robbery and and asked Troop F for help.During the pursuit, a state trooper's cruiser and vehicle the suspected robbers were in collided on Route 15...
Police have taken a man into custody who was in possession of a BB gun while watching President Barack Obama's motorcade depart the University of Hartford on Monday.According to police, the man was standing near the intersection of Charter Avenue and Cottage Grove Road in Bloomfield, Conn., while Obama's motorcade passed.Officers said they noticed the man acting suspiciously and pacing back and fo...
A storm system stretching across much of the U.S. appears likely to bring blizzards to the Mountain West and parts of the Plains this week while severe thunderstorms and tornadoes will present a hazard from Texas to the Southeast, forecasters said.A strong dip in the jet stream has shifted west and is pulling arctic air deep into the country, where it is colliding with warm, moist air pushing nort...
Anna Pierre's introduction to North Miami politics has included intimidation and voodoo tactics.On Easter Sunday somebody placed voodoo artifacts outside the door of her campaign office."I wish I knew," said Pierre, when asked if she had any idea who did it.She said thinks one of her opponents may be behind the intimidation.Pierre, who is not related to current Mayor Andre Pierre, is running for m...
A Connecticut animal control officer was arrested on Monday on a warrant charging her with animal cruelty.Karen Lombardi, 59, voluntarily surrendered herself at the Woodbridge Police Department on Monday morning and was arrested on an outstanding arrest warrant charging her with one count of cruelty to animals, according to police.The arrest stems from an investigation into an incident at the Wood...
If you can’t legislate, then regulate. President Barack Obama’s second-term agenda may end up depending as much on regulation and subsidization as it does on legislation.Faced with a Republican-controlled House that rejects most of his legislative goals, and facing potential opposition from Senate Republicans and a half-dozen Democratic senators on issues such as gun control, Obama’s ability to ca...
