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U.S. South, East Coast lashed again by deadly snow and ice storm
Posted by Reuters: David Beasley on February 13th, 2014
Reuters: A deadly winter storm gripped the southeastern United States on Wednesday, crippling travel, knocking out power to 363,000 homes and businesses and encasing magnolia and palmetto trees in ice.
The weather was blamed for at least 13 deaths in the region, including three who were killed when an ambulance transporting a patient skidded off an icy road in Carlsbad, Texas, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
Winter storm warnings and advisories were in place from Arkansas east to much of...
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Comments Off on U.S. South, East Coast lashed again by deadly snow and ice stormDavid Cameron using flood crisis to ‘drown embarrassing news’
Posted by Guardian: Nicholas Watt on February 13th, 2014
Guardian: David Cameron was accused of using the floods to "drown embarrassing news" after the government announced it is publishing a raft of reports on Britain's relationship with the EU, one of which concludes that the single market is vital to the UK economy.
In one of the most eye-catching findings of the eight volumes, easyJet says it would not exist were it not for the EU's single market.
The low cost airline told the review: "easyJet is a product of the EU's deregulation of Europe's aviation...
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