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NY inmates help build ice palace in Adirondacks
It's a far cry from breaking rocks in the hot sun on a chain gang. In New York's Adirondack Mountains, inmates break ice on a frozen lake to make a ...
2 children, 1 adult die in Detroit freeway pileup
It took only seconds for the light snow to turn into a blinding curtain of white. Drivers slammed on their brakes, others swerved to avoid ...
2 children, 1 adult die in Detroit freeway pileups
Blinding snow squalls, high winds and a slick highway led to a mile-long series of crashes in Detroit that left at least three people dead Thursday, ...
Decimated Ga. plant a symbol of storm's power
For Darleen Evans, it was sheer terror as the manufacturing plant where she worked collapsed around her and her colleagues. She and two other women ...
Say yes to the mess: marriage proposals gone wrong
Proposing marriage has become an industry of its own with professional planners, flash mobs for hire and elaborate, homegrown surprises to make the ...
Powerful storms flip cars, decimate homes; 2 dead
A massive storm system raked the Southeast on Wednesday, generating tornadoes and dangerous winds that flipped cars on a major Georgia interstate, ...
1 dead as vast storm rakes South, Midwest
A large storm system packing high winds, hail and at least one tornado tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one ...
White House: Sandy to blame for lack of growth
The White House says Superstorm Sandy is partially to blame for the unexpected contraction of the U.S. economy. Top White House economist Alan Krueger ...
Australians clean up from floods; supplies dwindle
Military personnel headed to flood-ravaged northeast Australia on Wednesday to help clean up the sludgy aftermath of floods that damaged thousands of ...
3 months after Sandy, victims waiting for relief
Devon Lawrence neatly stacked bricks on the gas burner of his kitchen stove and turned up the blue flame, creating a sort of radiator that warmed the ...
At a glance: 3 months later, Sandy losses mount
The hurricane that merged with another weather system to form Superstorm Sandy spun ashore three months ago Tuesday, devastating coastal New Jersey ...
Katrina's scars harder to see as Super Bowl looms
New Orleans has celebrated plenty of milestones on its slow road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but arguably none is bigger than hosting its ...
Obama says he'll sign $50.5B Sandy aid bill soon
President Barack Obama said he'll sign a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for Superstorm Sandy victims as soon as it lands on his desk.
Mayor: New Orleans deserves Super Bowl spotlight
A 20-story-high mural of the Lombardi Trophy, affixed to the glass exterior of a bustling hotel that was once a shattered symbol of Hurricane ...
Congress passes $50.5B Superstorm Sandy aid bill
Three months after Superstorm Sandy ravaged coastal areas in much of the Northeast, Congress on Monday sent a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure ...
After disasters, county struggles against drought
In the gently rolling hills of Oklahoma ranch country is a place that has seen more than its share of destructive weather — tornadoes, ice storms and ...
35,000 more NYC-area buildings in flood zones
Twice as many homes and businesses in and near the city would be in flood zones under new maps that may force more property-owners to buy flood ...
Spotty Midwestern snow a mixed bag for businesses
Just a week ago, things looked dire for Sarah and Tim Long, owners of Timbers Resort in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Snow is their winter lifeblood, ...
Chicago gets 1st 1-inch snowfall, breaking record
Chicago didn't get much snow Friday, but it was record-breaking nonetheless. The 1.1 inches that settled on Windy City streets and sidewalks marked ...
For Sandy's homeless, lives of anxiety in hotels
Diane Burstein spends her days sifting through apartment listings and disaster paperwork and her nights lying awake with worry, her daughter and ...
Freezing rain ices Salt Lake City roads, runways
A rare freezing rain caused major havoc in Salt Lake City Thursday, creating sheets of ice on roads, sidewalks and airport runways. The Salt Lake City ...
Flooded and frozen: Cold torments storm survivors
Polar air settled in earnest over the Northeast after trekking through the Midwest, grinding trains to a halt, bursting pipes and bringing further ...
Super Bowl or super brrr? Big game coming to NY
Amy Freeze can talk football and forecasts. So with the Super Bowl coming to New York next year, and with local temperatures stuck in the teens, the ...
Pilot was warned about bad weather before crash
The pilot involved in last week's London helicopter crash had been warned about bad weather before he started his doomed flight, according to an ...