Oct 29th, 2008 · Election Law experts last week worked on a mock Supreme Court case involving a contested presidential election: McCain versus Obama. The scenario: There's a severe Election Day snowstorm in Denver. The Democratic election director extends voting an extra two hours. The Republican secretary of state says that violates state law. The outcome of the presidential race rests on whether votes cast during the extended hours are counted. Tuesday, the bipartisan panel in the moot court case ruled unanimously for Obama.
Keywords: Republicans · director · Democrats · presidential · law · bipartisan · scenarios · Snowstorm · Supreme Court · McCain · secretary · Denver
Jan 29th, 2008 · Severe snowstorms have affected millions of Chinese this month. Shuttered airports and railways have left many migrant workers in southern China stranded as their New Year's holiday approaches, and dozens of people have been reported killed. It's the worst winter weather to hit the country in more than a quarter-century.
Keywords: country · China · Snowstorm · airports · Weather · workers · holiday · New Year · migrants · Shutter · railway
Jan 3rd, 2008 · Growing up in central New York, writer Diana Abu-Jaber spent many snowstorms curled up indoors with a book. She says Anton Chekhov's short stories reassured her that warmth can be found even in the coldest, darkest places.
Keywords: New York · Snowstorm · Writer · comfort · Diana Abu Jaber · chekhov · Anton Chekhov · warmth
Dec 24th, 2007 · At least 11 people are dead, after a massive snowstorm in the upper Midwest knocked out power to thousands of homes and caused multi-car crashes on major highways in the Plains.
Keywords: Snowstorm · Midwest · Highway · Plains
Apr 11th, 2007 · The Cleveland Indians move their "home" opener in Milwaukee after a snowstorm blankets Cleveland. A crowd of 13,000 turned out at Miller Park to see the Tribe beat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 7-6.
Keywords: Snowstorm · Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim · tribes · indian · Cleveland’s · blankets · Milwaukee · Cleveland Indians · Miller Park
Feb 20th, 2007 · The airline JetBlue faces mounting criticism for mishandling a snowstorm last week in the Northeast. The company will announce its own customers' bill of rights, after it canceled hundreds of flights, leaving customers stranded.
Keywords: critic · company · Snowstorm · recovering · Airlines · customer · mishandling · JetBlue · Bill
Dec 21st, 2006 · How are people dealing with the Colorado blizzard? Some are grumpy, some resigned. Cree Bol of Fort Collins, Colo., sees the blizzard as an opportunity to teach her son to build a snow cave.
Keywords: Snowstorm · Colorado · Colo · Christmas · Blizzard · grumpy · Cree Bol of Fort Collins
Oct 13th, 2006 · More than 200,000 people lost power overnight as a lake-effect snowstorm dropped more than 21 inches of snow on Buffalo, N.Y. Never before has so much snow hit the city this early in the year. The previous record for this date is seven inches. Some residents were woken up by the cracking of trees overnight.
Keywords: city · Snowstorm · residents · N.Y · outages · Buffalo · lake
