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Chicago's winter is about to get a bit snowier
January's first accumulating snow hit Tuesday, totaling 1 inch at O'Hare International Airport and 0.5 inches at Midway Airport. More is due Wednesday. An upper disturbance due to reach the Chicago area during the afternoon could build passing morning...Tags: Pennsylvania, Weather Reports, Midway Airport, O'Hare International Airport, Wisconsin
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Repairs to Indiana Guard base to stretch into 2010
Tornado and flooding damage last year at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury has resulted in $50 million in repair and construction plans, with officials saying work could continue into 2010. The training base had numerous buildings flattened...Tags: Construction and Property, Weather Statistics, Construction, Floods
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A tornado that changed everything
The tornado that destroyed Michelle Arena's home here last January chased the family for months in their nightmares.
When a big storm came their way a month later, the panic-stricken mom packed her three children into the car and tried to outrun it....Tags: Kenosha County, Kenosha (Kenosha, Wisconsin), Wisconsin, Disasters, Weather Warnings
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2008 tornadoes deadliest since 1968
Last year in Iowa, tornadoes claimed the lives of a dozen people and injured at least 130. According to state records, the dozen deaths in 2008 are the highest total since 1968. The 2008 tornado season also matched 2001 for the second-most twisters in a...Tags: Iowa, Nebraska
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Winter twisters still haunt
Tribune reportersThe tornado that destroyed Michelle Arena's Wheatland, Wis., home last January chased the family for months in their nightmares. When the next big storm came their way a month later, the panic-stricken mom packed her three kids into the car and tried...Tags: Kenosha County, Kenosha (Kenosha, Wisconsin), Animals, Chicago Weather, Metal and Mineral
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Wellington sports complex back in action
South Florida Sun-SentinelAfter months of repairing and rebuilding, the Palm Beach Equine Sports Complex and Palm Beach Equine Clinic in Wellington are finally back to normal. A tornado ripped through the facility in August during Tropical Storm Fay, causing more than $1 million...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Tropical Storms, Equestrian, Medicine
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Good riddance to 2008
You're forgiven if you greeted the stroke of midnight with a shudder and an extra glass or three or four of champagne. Somehow New Year's Eve this time seemed to be less a celebration and more an opportunity for a ritualistic casting off of the evil...Tags: Regional Authority, New Year's Day, Government, Rod Blagojevich, Executive Branch
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Winter Classic shaping up fine
Tribune reporterPreparations for the final touches of the Winter Classic hockey rink were put on hold Saturday because of heavy rain, high wind and a tornado watch in Cook County. In a matter of a few days, Wrigley Field went from sub-zero to semi-tropical, relatively...Tags: Field Hockey, Duncan Keith, National Government, Bob Costas, National Hockey League
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Williams, Pompano cruise to Blitz title
Special CorrespondentFlanagan High's girls' basketball team fell prey to Pompano Beach's secret weapon Tuesday night in the finals of the third annual Deerfield Beach Holiday Blitz girls' basketball tournament. Kysswanna Williams scored a game-high 24 points, pulled down...Tags: James Williams, Basketball
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Experts: Kansas Had Average Tornado Year Despite Damage, Deaths
The Associated PressThe thought of having nearly 200 tornadoes break out in one state over the course of a year might seem pretty extreme to some. But to Kansas state climatologist Mary Knapp, the 199 twisters that dropped from Kansas skies in 2008 were simply "a little...Tags: Natural Disasters, Colorado, Colleges and Universities, Disasters, Floods
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THE TOP 10
1The presidential election. It became clear early that Hampton Roads would be a campaign battlefield in the election. Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain visited the area repeatedly. When the dust settled, Obama carried Virginia 53 percent to 46...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Wetlands, College of William and Mary, Prices, Hampton Roads
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Bush: Iraq war 'a do-over I can't do'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, who has occasionally lamented that he regrets some of the tough talk he uttered in the war on terror - terms such as "dead or alive'' or "bring 'em on'' - also allows that the......Tags: Terrorism, George Washington, Texas, Saddam Hussein, National Government
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