Study: Air Pollution May Lower Birth Weight
(AP Photo) By: Lindsey Konkel, MyHealthNewsDaily Contributor A pregnant woman's exposure to outdoor air pollution may increase the risk of her baby being born at a lower birth weight, according to a...
View ArticleThe World's Most Amazing Airports
Alamy 1 of 27 In these days of endless airport security lines and pervasive flight delays, it's no wonder air travel is so frequently bemoaned. Take a break from grumbling and click through to admire...
View ArticleSkiers, Snowmobilers Eager for Northeast Snow
Feb. 6, 2013 Tom Cwick cross country skis on machine-made snow at the Weston Ski Track in Weston, Mass., Wednesday. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A midwinter storm headed to the...
View ArticleBlizzard Could Bury New England's Bare Grounds
Feb. 6, 2013 With the museum grounds covered with leaves and bare of snow, J Lajik shovels the snow-covered walkway outside the National Center of Afro-American Artists after overnight flurries in the...
View Article4 Dead in Crash on Foggy Georgia Highway
Feb. 6, 2013 Emergency workers and firemen are at the scene of a pileup on Interstate 16 near Jeffersonville, Ga., Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Macon Telegraph, Woody Marshall) MONTROSE, Ga. (AP) - More...
View ArticleBlizzard Threatens NYC, New England
Updated Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, 8:22 p.m. ET Ryan Maue/WeatherBELL BOSTON (AP) - A blizzard of potentially historic proportions threatened to strike the Northeast with a vengeance Friday, with up to 2...
View ArticleOlympics Organizers 'Guarantee' Snow for 2014 Games
Olympic rings for the 2014 Winter Olympics are installed in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, late Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Ignat Kozlov) SOCHI, Russia (AP) - Exactly one year...
View Article9 Dead, Villages Destroyed in Solomon Islands Tsunami
The destroyed Venga village, following a tsunami on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, in Temotu province, Solomon Islands. (AP Photo / World Vision) SYDNEY (AP) - Aid workers struggled to reach remote,...
View ArticleBlizzard to Bury New England
Two storms will merge quickly enough to bring colder air, heavy snow and increasing wind to New England. Some areas will be hit with an all-out blizzard and a couple of feet of snow. The worst of the...
View ArticleNYC on Edge of Major Snowstorm
New York City and the northern mid-Atlantic are on the edge of a major storm that will hit New England as a blizzard Friday and Friday night. Only if two storms, an Alberta Clipper from the west and a...
View ArticleWhat Killed 10,000 Tons of Fish in Iceland?
Herring worth billions in exports are seen floating dead on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, in Kolgrafafjordur, a small fjord in west Iceland, for the second time in two months. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)...
View Article15 Photos of Monster Blizzards
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images 1 of 16 Rental cars are buried deep in snow in an auxiliary lot at Dulles International Airport on Feb. 8, 2010, days after a record snowstorm hit Washington, D.C....
View ArticleDoes Thunder Really Only Happen When It's Raining?
Thinkstock According to Fleetwood Mac's hit song, "Dreams," thunder only happens when it's raining. I know it's just a line from a song, but is there anything to it? In Stevie Nicks' world, maybe. The...
View ArticleBreaking News 2/7/13
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View ArticleBlizzard to Threaten Roof Collapse, Power Outages
Feb. 7, 2013 (Thinkstock) With a potentially-historic blizzard aiming for New England, it is important to be aware of the threats of the storm and to prepare in advance. With snowstorms this powerful,...
View ArticleMassive Blizzard Lashes Northeast
Updated Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, 1:38 a.m. ET (NASA) BOSTON (AP) - A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books, with a potential for up to 3 feet of snow, clobbered the New...
View ArticleU.S. Airlines Halt Northeast Flights
Updated Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, 8:15 p.m. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Most airlines were giving up on flying in and out of New York, Boston and other cities in the Northeast Friday as a massive storm...
View ArticleSandy-Battered Region Faces Another Weather Blast
People on Long Island are bracing themselves - they're right in the storm's bullseye. After extreme power disruptions in the area following Superstorm Sandy, the Long Island Power Authority is giving...
View ArticleHow Airlines Prepare for Major Storms
(AP Photo) NEW YORK (AP) - As the Northeast braces for its largest winter storm in more than a year, airlines are already employing a strategy that has served them well in recent years: Cancel flights...
View ArticlePhotos: Massive Blizzard Clobbers Northeast
AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty 1 of 39 A massive blizzard lashed the Northeast Friday, Feb. 8, and early Saturday, Feb. 9, grounding flights and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and...
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