Mar 5th, 2010 · The Labor Department said employers cut 36,000 jobs in February, below analysts' expectations of 50,000. The department said the recent severe snowstorms that hammered the East Coast may have affected job losses, but it wouldn't quantify the impact.
Feb 10th, 2010 · While the East Coast is getting socked with another winter storm, for those in sunnier climates, it's hard to imagine what it's like. Melissa Block and Michele Norris sample some works of literature from Robert Frost to Richard Wright.
Jan 8th, 2010 · Basalt formations off the East Coast of the U.S. could suck up a billion tons of carbon dioxide, according to a new study. Paleontologist Paul Olsen, of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, explains how to get the CO2 into the rocks, and why scientists believe it won't leak out.
Jan 1st, 2010 · Fox and Time Warner Cable extended their contract for a few hours, avoiding a threatened blackout of several stations from the cable provider while the two sides tried early Friday to resolve a disagreement over fees. Time Warner Cable Inc. made the announcement as the clock rolled past midnight Thursday on the East Coast.
Dec 21st, 2009 · Millions of East Coast commuters returned to work Monday after a weekend winter storm walloped states from the mid-Atlantic to New England, causing delayed or canceled flights, power outages and treacherous driving conditions. The weather was blamed for at least six deaths.
Dec 20th, 2009 · The snowstorm that blanketed the East Coast, closing malls and snowing in shoppers, spelled trouble for retailers, but elsewhere in the country stores saw a strong turnout on the last weekend before Christmas.
Dec 20th, 2009 · "Super Saturday" is the nickname retailers have given the Saturday before Christmas. Along with Black Friday, it may be the most important shopping day of the year. But this "Super Saturday" was a super-mess thanks to a massive storm that churned up the Eastern Seaboard — an area that accounts for almost a third of the country's retail sales. As the East Coast starts to dig out today, host Guy Raz talks with "weather economist" Scott Bernhardt about just how crippling the storm was for stores — and whether shoppers have enough time to make up the lost ground.
Dec 20th, 2009 · A slow-moving storm that blanketed swaths of the mid-Atlantic with nearly 2 feet of snow reached southern New England on Sunday in a weekend assault along the East Coast that caused at least five deaths, crippled travel and left empty stores normally crammed with holiday shoppers.