Posted: 3:08 PM The economy is growing even though harsh snowstorms crimped activity in some parts of the country.

Posted: 10:02 AM US Airways Group Inc. says severe winter storms in February caused $30 million in lost sales as the carrier had to cancel thousands of flights and suspend operations for six days at three major East Coast airports.

Posted: 8:27 AM The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile may have shortened the length of each Earth day.

Posted: 7:22 AM Snow is falling in the north Georgia mountains and as far south as the Atlanta area, while several Southeastern states are seeing flakes or under winter storm warnings.

Posted: 6:06 AM As winter headed for the home stretch in February, there was no let up to the cold conditions.

Posted: 5:58 AM The lights are back on for many of the million-plus customers in the Northeast affected by a storm last week that dealt the region snow, rain and hurricane-force winds.

Updated: 11:24 AM French President Nicolas Sarkozy is promising $4 million in emergency aid to his country's coastal areas devastated by yesterday's storm.

Updated: 9:25 AM Utility crews are working to restore power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses still in the dark in the Northeast after a winter storm last week.

Posted: 7:15 AM Millions of people around the world live in areas at risk for tsunamis, such as Hawaii, Alaska, the U.S. and Canadian coasts, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and India.

Updated: 11:19 AM France's interior minister says the death toll from a violent storm that lashed western France with hurricane-force winds has risen to 47. At least six people died in other countries.

Posted: 6:13 PM More than 200,000 homes and business are still without power in the Northeast as utility crews from as far away as Michigan and Maryland continue to help local crews remove trees that knocked down power lines and replace utility poles that snapped during last week's winter storm.

Posted: 11:28 AM More than 250,000 homes and business are still without power as restoration efforts continue days after a slow-moving storm battered the Northeast with heavy snow, rain and high winds.

Posted: 8:28 AM The Nobel Prize-winning international scientific panel studying global warming is seeking independent outside review for how it makes major reports.

Posted: 8:25 AM The storm-weary Northeast heard a new word this week as the latest storm bore down: "snowicane."

Updated: 9:18 AM Hundreds of plungers jumped in freezing cold water to raise money for the Special Olympics Nebraska.

Posted: 11:37 AM “If you don’t like the weather in Nebraska, just wait five minutes, it’ll change.”

Posted: 11:32 AM March is typically a transition month across Western and North Central Nebraska as winter comes to a close and spring begins.

Updated: 9:12 AM Utility crews are making headway as they try to restore power following a winter storm that pounded the Northeast with heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds.

Posted: 8:43 AM This has become the snowiest month ever in New York City.

Posted: 8:39 AM Three key senators are reportedly writing an alternative climate bill.

Updated: 8:35 AM The Northeast is trying to recover from a slow-moving winter storm that slammed the region, unleashing heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds.

Updated: 8:31 AM Two top House Democrats have introduced a measure aimed at blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating pollution-causing greenhouse gases.

Posted: 1:43 PM Gov. Dave Heineman was notified Thursday that his request for a federal disaster declaration for Nebraska was approved by President Barack Obama for winter storms in December and January.

Posted: 11:12 AM The winter storm that has had the Northeast on edge for more than a day has begun tapering off in southern parts of the region.

Posted: 10:58 AM About 200 homes in Los Angeles-area foothills have been ordered evacuated as another powerful winter storm heads toward Southern California.