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House approves $50.5 billion in Sandy aid
More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.5 billion in emergency relief ...
House approves $50.7b for Sandy aid
The House has approved a $50.7 billion measure for Superstorm Sandy victims. The 241-180 vote sends the measure to the Senate which is expected to ...
House votes to add $33.7b to Sandy aid
The House has voted to add $33.7 billion to legislation to help victims of Superstorm Sandy, the late-October storm that was one of the worst ever to ...
Cold still threatens crops in West but it's easing
The freeze gripping the West appeared on the verge of easing Tuesday, but farmers who spent millions to protect crops were still assessing damage, ...
Sandy aid package moving toward House votes
The House moved toward action Tuesday on a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeast lawmakers hoped could be approved despite ...
Mo. deaths of 3 hikers underscore need for safety
Whether it was the bone-chilling rain or the pitch-black darkness while lost in a forest, circumstances that doomed an Air Force veteran and two young ...
Conservatives chip away at $50b Sandy aid package
House conservatives opposed to more deficit spending tried Monday to chip away at the $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package by requiring ...
Bitter cold grips West; citrus and lettuce damaged
As an unusual cold spell gripped parts of the West for a fifth day, some California citrus growers reported damage to crops and an agriculture ...
Critics complain Sandy aid tied to other projects
Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern ...
Weather medium suspends deal with Rio City Hall
Meteorologists in Rio de Janeiro will have to go back to predicting weather the old-fashioned way — through traditional scientific methods — after the ...
Calif. chills, but dodges crop damage in cold snap
Residents remained bundled up and growers in the Central Valley again took measures to protect their citrus crops Sunday, as California's cold snap ...
Californians deal with freezing temps, snow
Oddly enough, even polar bears at the San Diego Zoo are getting a helping hand with the unseasonable freezing temperatures sweeping across California.
Broncos, Ravens brace for frigid playoff in Denver
That glove Peyton Manning has been wearing on his throwing hand will come in quite handy Saturday for what is the coldest home postseason game in ...
NY storm commission urges flood walls for subways
A commission formed to examine ways to guard against storms like Sandy released a report Friday that calls for flood walls in subways, water pumps at ...
USDA: Drought cut corn crop by about one-fourth
For farmers like Earl Williams, last year couldn't have started out better or ended much worse as a warm, sunny spring that let him plant early gave ...
Missing 13-year-old Utah girl found unharmed
A 13-year-old girl who disappeared this week without shoes or a coat in chilly weather has been found unharmed, but questions abound about where she ...
Zookeepers, growers prepare for California freeze
Zookeepers turned up the heat for chimpanzees and strawberry growers covered their crops as Californians braced Friday for three days of freezing ...
China's inflation jumps to 6-month high
China's inflation spiked to a six-month high in December after a freezing winter pushed up vegetable prices, possibly complicating efforts to sustain ...
From monkeys to surfers, Calif. braces for cold
Strawberry growers covered their crops while San Diego zookeepers turned on heaters for the chimpanzees as Californians braced for a cold snap that ...
Corps praised for averting Miss. River shutdown
Shippers who have idled towboats and lightened barge loads as the Mississippi River shrinks from drought credit the waterway's stewards for so far ...
NYC firm hit hard on 9/11 gives $10M in Sandy aid
Dozens of New Yorkers from a neighborhood ravaged by Superstorm Sandy lined up in a school auditorium Thursday to receive $1,000 debit cards from a ...
Storm leaves Gaza man dead, Jerusalem snowed in
A Gaza health official says a Palestinian man was electrocuted after being struck by a power cable snapped loose by ferocious winter winds, while a ...
Winter storm batters Mideast, 8 dead
The fiercest winter storm to hit the Mideast in years brought a rare foot of snow to Jordan on Wednesday, caused fatal accidents in Lebanon and the ...
Milder temperatures ease Australian wildfire fears
Record temperatures across southern Australia cooled Wednesday, reducing the danger from scores of raging wildfires but likely bringing only a brief ...
Sandy report details NY's storm needs
Floodgates for tunnels, subways and airports, as well as a network of safe havens like old civil defense shelters, should be among quick, simple ...