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Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: [$$] Yellen Sticks to Plan Amid Weather Doubts Red, Blue, and Purple States Agree: Limit Carbon Pollution How to Take Advantage of Being Snowed In U.S. Navy eyes greater presence in Arctic from 2025 S&P 500 ends at record after Yellen's weather talk Current weather advisories for the coast... US moves ahead on massive Africa power bid

[$$] Yellen Sticks to Plan Amid Weather Doubts  Thursday, Feb 27, 2014 07:51 PM PST Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen said bad weather might explain a recent patch of soft economic data, but she isn't sure—so the Fed's plan to reduce bond buying will likely continue unless conditions ... Full Story	Top
Red, Blue, and Purple States Agree: Limit Carbon Pollution  Thursday, Feb 27, 2014 05:22 PM PST Conventional wisdom can be a funny thing, especially in politics. It's often based on anecdote rather than fact. Take the politics of climate, for instance. The fossil fuel industry, backed by the Koch brothers, have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into defeating environmental champions. That kind of cash can be scary to an incumbent and can make an issue, like addressing climate change, seem like the third rail of politics. Never mind that they had a similar win rate in the last election to the 1990 Patriots football team (1-15-0). Never mind that we can now see how climate Full Story	Top
How to Take Advantage of Being Snowed In  Thursday, Feb 27, 2014 04:54 PM PST All this winter weather has us wanting to curl up with a good book! In fact, now is the perfect time to take advantage of being stuck at home. Don't let this cold weather and all the snow get you down. Full Story	Top
U.S. Navy eyes greater presence in Arctic from 2025  Thursday, Feb 27, 2014 03:36 PM PST We don't think we're going to have to do war-fighting up there, but we have to be ready," said Rear Admiral Jonathan White, the Navy's top oceanographer and navigator, and director of the Navy's climate change task force. The Navy this week released an "aggressive" update to its 2009 Arctic road map after a detailed analysis of data from a variety of sources showed that seasonal ice is disappearing faster than had been expected even three years ago. It also puts a big focus on cooperation with other Arctic nations and with the U.S. Coast Guard, which is grappling with the need to build a new $1 billion ice-breaking ship. The Navy is conducting a submarine exercise in the Arctic next month, and plans to participate in a joint training exercise with the Norwegian and Russian military this summer. Full Story	Top
S&P 500 ends at record after Yellen's weather talk  Thursday, Feb 27, 2014 02:40 PM PST By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 closed at a record on Thursday and ended in positive territory for the year after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said harsh weather seems to be to behind recent U.S. economic softness. That gave some relief to investors who supported the view that heavy snowstorms and unusually cold weather - and not worsening fundamentals - were to blame for weak U.S. employment, retail sales and other data. The advance lifted the S&P 500 above its 2013 year-end closing level of 1,848.36, which has served as resistance in recent sessions. She could have excluded weather and perhaps talked more about the soft patch," said Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial, which is based in Newark, New Jersey. Full Story	Top
Current weather advisories for the coast...  Thursday, Feb 27, 2014 01:51 PM PST http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/FXC/wxstory.php?wfo=mtr Certainly can be exciting this time of year! Be safe and enjoy the rain :-) Full Story	Top
US moves ahead on massive Africa power bid  Thursday, Feb 27, 2014 01:46 PM PST US lawmakers broke through a logjam Thursday on a plan to bring electricity to 50 million Africans, in what Washington hopes will be its next major initiative for the continent. During a visit to Africa in June, President Barack Obama announced a US drive to improve power for the two thirds of Africans who lack a reliable supply. But legislation in Congress, which is more concrete and ambitious than Obama's initial statement, had been held up by a dispute on whether to support electrical plants that produce large amounts of carbon blamed for climate change. The bill, approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sets a goal of installing 20,000 megawatts of power in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020 and reaching at least 50 million people who do not have electricity. Full Story	Top

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