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Snow shuts down federal government, life goes on

Snow shuts down federal government, life goes on

AP-1 hour, 11 minutes ago

AP - If snow keeps 230,000 government employees home for the better part of a week, will anyone notice? With at least another foot of snow headed for Washington, Philadelphia and New York, we're about to find out. The federal government in the nation's capital has largely been shut down since Friday afternoon, when a storm began dumping up to 3 feet of snow in some parts of the region. Offices were remaining closed at least through Wednesday.

  • LA-area foothills under mudslide threat
    LA-area foothills under mudslide threat AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

    AP - A new wave of winter rains on Tuesday washed over the wildfire-scarred foothill towns north of Los Angeles, forcing some residents to flee homes while others risked remaining to deploy shovels and buckets in an attempt to hold back the muddy deluge.

  • Second big snowstorm hits East Coast
    Second big snowstorm hits East Coast Reuters - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago

    Reuters - The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the U.S. Congress to sharply curtail legislative action.

  • AP - Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:35:11 PST

    AP - Haiti raises estimate of earthquake's death toll to 230,000 — on par with 2004 Asian tsunami.

  • Back-to-back snow storms put Congress on ice Reuters - Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:53:27 PST

    Reuters - The House of Representatives on Tuesday postponed further action on legislation until later this month as the capital city braced for a second major snowstorm in less than a week.

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