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Selig: Weather can't shorten postseason games
There has never been a rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never will be. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that postseason games cannot be shortened because of bad weather.
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Winter weather hard to predict this year: NOAA
Winter will be warmer than normal for much of the central United States, but government forecasters said on Thursday this season's weather for the rest of the country will be particularly hard to predict.
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Some Weather Channel employees laid off
ATLANTA, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Weather Channel says it has been forced to lay off some employees because of the stormy state of the U.S. economy.
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Warmer weather for much of U.S. through February: NOAA
Much of the United States can anticipate a mild winter, with warmer-than-normal weather forecast from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachian Mountains through February, government forecasters said on Thursday.
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Warmer weather for central U.S. through February: NOAA
Warmer-than-normal weather conditions are forecast from the Rocky Mountains east to the Appalachian Mountains through February, government forecasters said on Thursday.
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Winter weather advisory, warnings in effect today
A winter weather advisory is in effect for Allegheny County and a winter storm warning is in effect for Fayette, Somerset and Westmoreland counties.
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Cold-Weather Shelter Expects Busy Season
Loudoun County's emergency cold-weather shelter will be unusually busy this year, serving people who have been turned away from year-round homeless shelters that are filled to capacity, social service officials say.
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Official warns of freezing weather in China quake zone
BEIJING -- Freezing weather would hit parts of earthquake-stricken areas in southwest China's Sichuan Province this winter, a high-ranking local official warned Friday, calling for more quilt donations to residents there.
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Were the World Mine (2008)
Tanner Cohen, left, and Nathaniel David Becker in “Were the World Mine,” inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Model Karolina Kurkova world's sexiest woman: report
Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has been voted the world's sexiest woman by E! entertainment television, beating sultry actresses Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson for the honor.
NATO ready to help Africa, but is not world's policeman: chief
NATO is ready to strengthen its ties with Africa, but Africa should come up with solutions to its problems and not expect NATO to police the world, its secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.
World stocks down amid fears of deep recession
World stocks fell sharply Thursday as fears of a deep global recession gripped markets and sent oil prices below $50 a barrel to levels not seen in more than three years.
World Bank Arm Backs Small Palm Growers on Climate (Update1)
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The International Finance Corp. , the World Bank's investment arm, said it will help lenders in Indonesia to finance small-scale palm oil growers to encourage so-called sustainable practices and forestall climate change.
Google to shut down virtual world Lively at year-end
The Internet giant, which launched the site less than five months ago, says it wants to focus on its core search business. Not all Google Inc. endeavors turn into gold. Lively, a virtual world the Internet giant launched less than five months ago, will be shut down at the end of the year so Google can focus on its bread-and-butter search business.
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