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PHOTOS: Germany's Fairy Tale Railroad

Jim Calio | Posted 05.08.2012

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Jim Calio

In fact, every year on April 30, local villagers get dressed up like witches and devils and ride the rails from town to town in celebration of Walpurgis Night.

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Teens Stranded In Forest Survive Blizzard By Burning Snowmobile

Posted 02.22.2012

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Three teen boys were trapped in Routt National Forest in central Colorado Sunday night through a blizzard, 9News reports. The friends -- 17-year-old J...

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"Snow Way We'll Get a Blizzard"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Humor, Christmas, Winter, Weather, Snow Blower, Blizzard, Airport, Snow, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

As a man who has been perpetrating snow jobs for more than half a century, I can say with authority that there is a simple reason why the Northeast has not yet been hit with a blizzard this winter: I had my snow blower tuned up.

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Passengers Sue MTA For Leaving Them Stranded For Over 8 Hours During Blizzard

Posted 12.27.2011

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The city may not have had a white Christmas this year, but don't count on New Yorkers to forget the city's highly criticized Christmas blizzard cleanu...

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Post50 Winter Health Risks: Don't Let The Cold Kill You!

Posted 12.14.2011

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On the heels of 2011's record-breaking summer heat wave that saw oppressive temperatures and stifling humidity grip cities as far-flung as Wichita, Ka...

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Chicago's Upcoming Winter Expected To Be Nation's Worst

Posted 12.05.2011

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If you thought winter in Chicago couldn't possibly get more intense than last year's blizzaster, get ready for this one: Long-range forecasters are ex...

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Ex-Deputy Mayor Was Arrested Before Resignation

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 11.01.2011

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NEW YORK — The deputy mayor with authority over New York City's police department, fire department and emergency response coordination was arres...

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WATCH: New Zealand Blanketed By Record Snowstorm

Posted 10.15.2011

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New Zealanders were witnesses to what some forecasters are describing as a once-in-a-lifetime event Monday as the nation was hit with its heaviest sno...

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Report Critiques City's Response To 2011 Blizzard

Posted 08.21.2011

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Though it can be hard to think back to the driving snow, harsh winds and sub-zero temperatures that marked Chicago's great Snowmaggedon of 2011 given ...

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How Much Is Enough for Big Pharma?

Cliff Schecter | Posted 06.06.2011

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Cliff Schecter

Nowhere is this greed more pervasive than among those companies responsible for the health of roughly 300 million of Americans: Big Pharma.

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Chinese W.O.W. And StarCraft Theme Park Is No Rumor

The Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson, Senior Travel Editor | Posted 05.25.2011

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So geek fantasies do come true. At least they do In Wunjin district, China. Reported way back on February 7, 2011 by a French gaming blog, the videoga...

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Russian 'Snow Maidens' Don Miniskirts To Shovel Snow

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Too much snow and not enough beaus – so says a squad of mini-skirted, high-heeled young women wielding snow shove...

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Blizzard Dumps 20 Inches Of Snow In Parts Of Midwest

AP | PATRICK CONDON | Posted 05.25.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS — A powerful snowstorm socked the upper Midwest on Saturday with as much as 20 inches of snow, forcing authorities to close roads ac...

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This Is What Happens When Those Mountains Of Snow Melt

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The mountains of snow that have covered the Northeastern landscape for the past month and a half are finally melting, revealing oozin...

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Postmortem on Chicago's Worst Blizzard

Jim Neal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Neal

Snowfall totals rank this week's blizzard as the third worst in history, but you can't begin to judge the storm's presumptive ferocity by a mere 1.8" ...

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Whiteout Day

Brian Dickie | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian Dickie

It was pretty well impossible to get anywhere in Chicago yesterday. And Lake Shore Drive was still closed at 4:45 pm. (UPDATE - it re-opened this mo...

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WATCH: Found Film Blizzard Mystery Deepens

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Filmmaker Todd Bieber found an undeveloped roll of film in the snow on December 30th, 2010, after the mega-blizzard hit NYC. So he did what any curiou...

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Snowstorm Brings Out Kindness, Cooperation in South Suburbs

Paul Dailing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Dailing

I only knew two things about the residents of Chicago's south suburbs when I moved here for work in the fall: Folks aren't as stuck up as they are in the northern 'burbs, but they are unfortunately Sox fans.

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Snow No!

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — A monster winter storm took aim at a third of the nation Monday, threatening to lay a potentially deadly path of heavy snow and ...

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Beijing Faces Longest Wait For Snow In 60 Years

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China's capital is facing its longest wait for winter snowfall in 60 years as drought in the northern part of the country affects mill...

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Blizzard Costs MTA $30 Million

Gothamist | John Del Signore in News on January 25, 2011 10:36 AM | Posted 05.25.2011

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Total of lost revenues incurred by the MTA due to last month's blizzard? $16 million. Cost of all that overtime? $14 million. Leaving New Yorkers stra...

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WATCH: The Best Winter Fails

Posted 05.25.2011

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Some people see snow in the forecast and they get excited, eagerly awaiting all the snowball fights and romantic winter strolls that are in their imme...

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WATCH: Does This Canister Of Film Found During Blizzard Belong To You?

Posted 05.25.2011

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Filmmaker Todd Bieber was looking for adventure. So he took out his old skis and went skiing in Prospect Park after the 2010 blizzard. Along the way, ...

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NYC Snow No Blizzard: Schools Remain Open, Flights Canceled

AP | PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK - Up and down the East Coast, armies of emergency workers with plows and salt spreaders are hitting the streets as the snowstorm that caused ...

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For the Right: A Regular Deregulation Celebration

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

When it comes to regulating, the Right is downright irregular. Now that Republicans control the House, they're hell-bent on further deregulating cor...

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