Soggy Saturday
There have been eight straight weekends in Boston with at least one drop of precipitation. This weekend will certainly be no exception. Although it is sunny during the daytime hours today, rain will be moving in later tonight. Not only will this possibly impact your Friday night plans, but due to the size of the precipitating region, this storm will also rain-in on your Saturday night activities as well.
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Responding to a wave of defective toys and other goods, the Senate approved a measure on Thursday that would overhaul the country’s consumer product laws and strengthen the beleaguered safety agency that oversees the marketplace.
Good News or Not, Companies in U.S. Are Saving Piles of Cash
At least someone knows how to fill a piggy bank.
Investors’ Flight to Oil Pushes Price to a Record
Capping a relentless rise in recent years, oil prices hit an all-time high during the day on Monday, then pulled back to close below the record.
Security Council Votes for New Sanctions Against Iran
The Security Council on Monday adopted its third resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its refusal to cease enriching uranium, an activity that the West suspects Iran may be using to create fuel for a nuclear weapon.
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American naval forces fired missiles into southern Somalia on Monday, aiming at what the Defense Department called terrorist targets.
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Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi stepped up his attacks Monday on Governor Deval Patrick’s proposal to license three resort casinos in Massachusetts, accusing the governor and his staff of failing to do their homework and calling Patrick’s prediction that it would generate 30,000 new construction jobs “absurd.”
Last-Minute Politicking Before Texas and Ohio
Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama battled over national security and trade in a frantic burst of last-minute campaigning on Monday as Clinton accused Obama of deception and new evidence of discord surfaced within her own camp.
Hamas Celebrates as Israeli Ground Forces Leave Gaza
As Israel withdrew its forces from the northern Gaza Strip on Monday after a two-day assault on Hamas militants, and as Palestinians emerged from their houses to inspect the damage, Hamas leaders seemed to be following the playbook of their Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, in its 2006 war with Israel.
Rain Tuesday and Wednesday
An intensifying low pressure system moving into our area from the Ohio Valley will bring numerous rain showers, possibly heavy at times, Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon. The storm center is predicted to track to our west, which means we will experience relatively warm air.
Recall Widens for Blood Drug Possibly Tied to More Deaths
Amid indications that more people may have died or been harmed after being given a brand of the blood thinner heparin, federal drug regulators said Thursday they had found “potential deficiencies” at a Chinese plant that supplied much of the active ingredient for the drug.
For Controversial Detroit Mayor, This Crime May Be Too Much to Forgive
This city has forgiven Kwame M. Kilpatrick, its towering, charismatic, next-generation mayor, before.
Kenyan Rival Leaders Reach A Power-Sharing Peace Deal
Kenya’s rival leaders broke their tense standoff on Thursday, agreeing to share power in a deal that may end the violence that has engulfed this nation but could mark the beginning of a long and difficult political relationship.
Republicans Investigate New Lines of Attack Against Obama
When Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton goes after Sen. Barack Obama these days, she presses him on the details of his health care plan, criticizes the wording of his campaign mailings and likens his promise of change to celestial choirs.
Facing Default, More Owners Are Walking Away From Their Homes
When Raymond Zulueta went into default on his mortgage last year, he did what a lot of people do. He worried.
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Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton both had a record-breaking month of fundraising in February, bringing in more than $80 million combined, but with Obama again raising significantly more than Clinton.
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Palestinian militants in Gaza fired at least eight imported, Katyusha-style rockets on Thursday at Ashkelon, on the Israeli coast, in what Israeli officials said was a serious broadening of the conflict.
February Deluge
Logan airport has recorded almost 8 inches (20 cm) of rain and melted snow this month, making it the wettest February on record in Boston. However, only a small portion of this precipitation was snow and ice, such that the accumulated frozen precipitation depth for the month is just 15 inches (38 cm). This brings our seasonal frozen precipitation total to 50 inches (127 cm), still above average due to the near-record snowfall total in December.
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YouTube was back up two hours after Pakistan, in an act of information provincialism, inadvertently made the video-sharing site inaccessible to users around the world Sunday afternoon.
Obama’s Expanding Coalition Picks Up Steam
In the past two months, Sen. Barack Obama has built a commanding coalition among Democratic voters, with especially strong support among men, and is now viewed by most Democrats as the candidate best able to beat Sen. John McCain, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll.