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Second Arctic Outbreak Hits US; Why Is It So Cold?

(Dec. 13) -- The second outbreak of Arctic cold in two weeks has hit the U.S., and residents in much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation will shiver again this week: Temperatures Tuesday morning will range from close to 30 below zero in International Falls, Minn., to near freezing in Miami. While weather extremes are...

Arctic Blast to Send Temps Even Lower Next Week

(Dec. 9) -- If you think it's been cold this week, then just wait until next week. Much of the central and eastern parts of the U.S., which have been shivering through an early-season cold snap this week, will be hit with a new blast of arctic air next week that will send temperatures 5 to perhaps 15 degrees lower than...

Chilly in Chile: South America Hit by Cold Snap

(Aug. 6) -- The U.S. might be experiencing a hot, hot summer, but south of the border, things couldn't be more different. Latin America's southernmost regions are shivering through the coldest winter in decades, which has left vast swaths of Argentina and Brazil with snow, and caused millions of freshwater fish to freeze...

How Banks Are Poised to Cash In on the Cold Snap

(Jan. 8) – The cold snap that has large swaths of the United States in a deep freeze may mean higher heating bills for millions of consumers, but the frigid air is good news for top banks. Or, to put it in the language of the perhaps inevitable political talking point: As Main Street shivers, Wall Street is poised...