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Stranded Onboard
By Ben Glidden
October 31, 2011 - 5:22pm
JetBlue and American Airlines passengers sat on airplanes for more than seven hours

After spending their Saturday stuck on a tarmac, JetBlue and American Airlines passengers are unhappy.

Winter Comes Early for the Northeast
By Leanne DeRosa
October 31, 2011 - 1:37pm
States ranging from Maryland to Maine were hit with a snowstorm Saturday; a rare weather forecast for Halloween weekend

People across New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and other northeastern areas don’t often expect large snowstorms in October, but this Halloween weekend’s unusual storm left some areas with up to 30 inches of snow, the Washington Post reports. The heavy snow weighed down tree branches that hadn’t shed their leaves yet, causing large limbs to fall.

Winter storm approaching Southeast
By Matt Raponi
February 9, 2011 - 12:12pm
Bad weather bearing down on the Southeast as the Midwest recovers.

Another winter storm is heading into unfamiliar territory, according to CNN. The storm comes less than a week after record-setting snow coated the Midwest.

A foot of snow is on the ground in Oklahoma and the National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings throughout portions of nine states from Texas to Alabama.

East Coast snowstorms slowing economic activity
By Samuel Taylor
March 3, 2010 - 10:04pm
Plus, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocks southern Taiwan and a registered sex offender pleads not guilty in the case of a missing California teenager.

The United States Federal Reserve released a report today which suggests that severe snowstorms along the east coast have slowed economic activity for the first three months of 2010.


The Beige Book Survey shows that the U.S. economy is not improving at a fast enough pace to persuade companies to hire more employees.


According to Syracuse.com, economists predict that the economy will grow at a pace of about 3 percent until the end of March.