Daily News: Weather News Headlines - The Midwest Is One Big Snowy Wreck Right Now

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Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 07:58 PM PST
Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: The Midwest Is One Big Snowy Wreck Right Now Politicians Cry Foul Over High Gas Prices, Urge Action on Keystone XL Smartphone Barometers Create Weather Station Network New Android apps worth downloading: NARR8, The Weather Channel update, AWESOME Land Thundersnow? Severe weather hits Midwest

The Midwest Is One Big Snowy Wreck Right Now  Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 07:58 PM PST It's snow season in America, and although the East Coast has been hogging all the weather-attention this year, the Midwest put Blizzard Nemo to shame on Thursday. It's not so much that the storm system moving through the central United States dumped more snow on the ground. This week's storm simply dumped snow on more ground, affecting 20 states over the course of an hour. CNN put the scope of the storm in startling terms, "About 60 million people -- 20% of the U.S. population -- were under winter weather warnings, watches and advisories in the 750,000 square miles affected. ... Full Story	Top
Politicians Cry Foul Over High Gas Prices, Urge Action on Keystone XL  Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 09:31 AM PST Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., posted a "Keystone Clock " on his House Energy Committee's website Wednesday. The chairman states more than 1,615 days have passed since TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline proposal sought approval. Joining Upton's call to build the pipeline is Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio. Executives at TransCanada have tried a different tactic to try to get approval from the Obama administration by claiming the pipeline won't affect global warming. Full Story	Top
Smartphone Barometers Create Weather Station Network  Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 08:23 AM PST Some Android smartphones and tablets measure atmospheric pressure. More could provide forecasters with important info in areas with few official weather stations. Larry Greenemeier reports Full Story	Top
New Android apps worth downloading: NARR8, The Weather Channel update, AWESOME Land  Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 04:16 AM PST Today’s apps worth downloading starts with NARR8, a comic book app packed with standard digital and motion comics that use audio and animation to make the experience more dynamic. We also have an update to The Weather Channel app, and AWESOME Land, a platformer that invokes classics such as Super Mario Bros. Full Story	Top
Thundersnow? Severe weather hits Midwest  Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 02:57 AM PST Full Story	Top

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