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Florida's governor has signed an emergency order to deal with the cold weather threatening the state's crops.
Salt Lake County prosecutors filed a capital murder charge Monday against an Idaho prison inmate, saying DNA evidence has linked him to the 1998 stabbing death of a 10-year-old Utah girl.
A bus overturned on an icy road in southwest England, killing two people and injuring 47 as freezing temperatures disrupted travel across Britain Wednesday.
Procter & Gamble Co. is recalling about 700,000 packages of Vicks Dayquil Cold & Flu 24-Count Bonus Pack Liquicaps.
You might need more than a ticket to go to the Super Bowl in 2014 — try a winter coat, gloves and a hat.
Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers.
Baseball fans looking over the equipment list — balaclavas, tights, parkas, and hand warmers — are forgiven if they think the Phillies and Yankees are headed for a ski vacation.
Authorities on Tuesday made an arrest in a nearly 20-year-old southeast Texas case where an 8-year-old girl was attacked and left for dead in a field, unable to cry out for help because her throat had been slashed.
The California attorney general's office has issued an arrest warrant in a 28-year-old triple homicide case in Riverside County.
The common cold and flu — both the seasonal and the new swine flu — are caused by different viruses but can have some similar symptoms, making them tough to tell apart. In general, the flu is worse and symptoms are more intense.
Astronomers have found the coldest spot in our solar system and it may be a little close for comfort. It's on our moon, right nearby. NASA's new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is making the first complete temperature map of the moon. It found that at the moon's south pole, it's colder than far away Pluto. The area is inside craters that are permanently shadowed so they never see sun.
Breaking his silence in the case, a 58-year-old man has confessed to killing a fellow Brigham Young University student 35 years ago.
An American man has been extradited to Germany to face charges that he raped and murdered a 19-year-old woman near where he worked on a U.S. military base 25 years ago, police said Monday.
The mystery of Amber Swartz-Garcia, a 7-year-old Northern California girl who disappeared after going to jump rope outside her home 21 years ago, has been solved, police said Monday.
Los Angeles County sheriff's homicide detectives on Tuesday asked the public's help in solving the 1976 rape and killing of the ex-wife of The Righteous Brothers singer Bill Medley.
A 50-year-old Syracuse woman was sentenced Monday to five years on probation for killing her newborn son and tossing his body in a park trash can nearly 30 years ago.
When Jerry Damman first got news his son may have been found after vanishing from Long Island more than 50 years ago, he said it "was almost too good to believe."
Consumers should stop using Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel and related products because they can permanently damage the sense of smell, federal health regulators said.
A reputed Ku Klux Klansman convicted two years ago in the 1964 kidnappings of two black men asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to decide whether the statute of limitations had expired before prosecutors charged him.
Sore throats, runny noses and hacking coughs are hard enough to live with in the dead of winter, but when the world is sunny and 80 and spilling over with beach barbecues and baseball games, they’re positively criminal.
A famous early ancestor of humans was able to thrive in glacial weather that would send icy shivers up the spines of most modern people, new research shows.
Authorities in southern New Jersey are ending their search of a wooded area near Atlantic City after failing to turn up any remains of a toddler missing for 22 years.
Scientists have unraveled the genetic code of the common cold — all 99 known strains of it, to be exact. But don't expect the feat to lead to a cure for the sniffling any time soon. It turns out that rhinoviruses are even more complicated than researchers originally thought.
Teeth are chattering in New England, where scientists just spent about a month scrutinizing weather data before proclaiming Tuesday that, yes, Maine has pulled even with Vermont in bragging rights for the region's lowest recorded temperature — 50 below.
Somebody probably got cold feet at this wedding, but the ceremony went on as planned. Stacy Ramsey and Matt McCorkle kept their vow to be married on the second anniversary of when they got together, and were married Thursday night in Lewiston.
Freeze Warnings Tonight (florida!) Because I live in Florida, I hear from many friends and relatives that I do not know what "real" cold is, anymore. Trust me, yes, I do. I was born and raised in Indiana, and spent a year in Canada. I am very familiar with truly COLD weather.
Couple infected by rabies after taking in puppy - A couple who picked up an abandoned puppy are now undergoing rabies treatments after they discovered the collie mix was infected with the disease.
Car stuck in snow, slipped on ice, twisted injured ankle. Not a great start to the day.
Winter Solstice 2009: Facts on Shortest Day of the YearToday is the winter solstice and the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. It's all due to Earth's tilt, which ensures that the shortest day of every year falls around December 21. But it's not all about astronomy.
Europe cold snap kills dozens across continent Dozens of people have died across Europe as days of snow storms and sub-zero temperatures swept the continent, causing traffic chaos for millions.
Too cold for nude protestBicyclists who planned to go topless to protest the removal of a Brooklyn bike lane switched gears Saturday, pinning plastic breasts to their jackets as they rolled into a snowstorm. Dozens of bikers joined a protest called the "Freedom Ride" to oppose the removal of a bike pat …
A question to ponder as Winter Solstice approaches: December is the darkest month of the year. So why isn't it the coldest?The shortest day of the year is on its way, and we're in the midst of the darkest month. Still, as Sophie Gilbert pointed out in 2008, the coldest months are yet to come. Her "Explainer" column is reprinted below.
This morning here in Los Angeles the temp was in the high 30's. I had some errands to run, doctor's appointments, etc and by the time I was able to walk my dogs again it was dark and I could see my breath.
Sacramento Dips To Record Low TemperaturesSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento was gripped by record cold early Tuesday, while thousands of foothill residents were still without electricity.
Teen Charged With Carjacking Off-Duty Cop To Avoid Walking Home In The Cold A 17-year-old boy who said he didn't want to walk home in the cold will soon be charged with carjacking and punching an off-duty Chicago Police officer.
Flu-proof your family this winterBut even as the flu season unfolds, there's much you can do to substantially lower your own risk of getting sick.
As dawn arrives while birds are singing,the human race is waking up. Coffee pots percolate while children laugh and cry to sounds of TV. The sun shines through the window with cool air warming. What will I wear today? Long sleeve or short sleeve? Pants or shorts? The news ech …
Dear President Obama, I am writing you today because I have a dream one day all veterans will be treated as equal. Today, to many people's surprise they are not.
Tips for Cold Weather TailgatingCold weather doesn't stop true tailgaters. Wind? Rain? Snow? No problem. Bring it on. But even the tough get cold on damp, chilly fall and winter days.
You might have heard of the impending blizzard bearing down on Colorado and Wyoming. Some areas are predicted to get more than 30 inches of snow.
Polymer May Allow Soldiers With Artificial Limbs To Feel Heat, Cold, TouchPhysicians at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2009 conference, Oct.
Manatee Stuck in NJ as Temps Fall; Rescue Planned A rescue attempt is being planned for Ilya, a Florida manatee stuck near an oil refinery in New Jersey where plunging temperatures and a lack of food are endangering his life.
Back to the gym for me...with the kids in school and the fall weather starting in, I decided to go for the less sleep in the morning and go to the gym....I have 15 pounds to lose...10 to be happy 15 to be .....ecstatic.....
High-Tech for the Kitchen: Scientists Develop Intelligent Coffee MugMaterials to keep drinks cold or hot for longer have been around for quite a while. Now a pair of German scientists has come up with a high-tech mug they claim keeps coffee at the perfect temperature.
Putin: Muscle ManIt is summer vacation in Russia and Kremlin muscle man Vladimir Putin is flexing once again. Internet photos show the ripped Premier riding shirtless on horseback. He's projecting anything but the image that Vice President Joe Biden recently gave us of a Russia in decline.
Recently, I've read and seen a lot of folk making fun of Sarah's speech, but to one who's lived in the North (as I did), and who love it, her descriptions are right on.
AccuWeather: Winter '09-'10 to be cold and snowy from DC to NYC"According to AccuWeather.com's Chief Meteorologist and Expert Long Range Forecaster Joe Bastardi, cooler-than-normal weather this summer in the Northeast could point to a cold, snowy winter for the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
Tourist survives harrowing two-hour night ride clinging to side of Australian train (video)A YOUNG American tourist has survived a terrifying train ride in which he clung to the outside of the legendary Ghan in the freezing dark as it hit speeds up to 110km/h in the South Australian Outback.
Actually, this really did happen, in Seattle, on June 3, 1958. But first I have to tell you a little bit about the U.S.S. Nautilus (SSN-571).
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