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Wintry storm brings winds, snow to East after blasting Midwest, leaving trail of bitter cold

Wintry storm blows east with high winds, snow

Fierce wind, heavy snowfall, icy roads snarl traffic and close schools in Midwest, New England

Heavy snowfall, wind pounding Midwest, New England

Jamming over spilled milk: Truck wreck causes hourslong delay on NY’s Long Island Expressway

Milk truck wreck causes traffic jam on NY’s LIE

Big storm sweeps out of West, bringing heavy snow and strong winds to Upper Midwest

Fierce winter storm hits Midwest with snow, wind

Police say wrong-way driver causes several crashes on downtown Indianapolis highways; 1 dead

Wrong-way driver causes crashes in Ind.; 1 dead

Cowboy motorist helps Mass. state troopers lasso 2 errant cows backing up interstate traffic

Cowboy motorist helps Mass. troopers lasso 2 cows

Rocky road ahead for traffic reporters as GPS technology grounds aircraft, silences mics

Signal fading on radio traffic reports

CORONA, Calif. — For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the “eye in the sky.” He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation’s worst traffic.

Black Friday in Connecticut brings bargain-basement prices, interstate traffic jam, near riot

Black Friday brings deals, lines, traffic to Conn.

Rainstorms snarl Islam’s annual hajj, soaking millions of pilgrims

Rains soak pilgrims at Islam’s hajj

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia — The heaviest rain to hit Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage in years soaked the faithful and flooded the road to Mecca, snarling traffic as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites. The downpours add an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu.

Tour bus rolls over off southern Minnesota interstate, killing 2 and injuring 21

Tour bus crashes off Minn. interstate, killing 2

Tour bus rolls over off southern Minnesota interstate; fatalities reported, number unclear

Tour bus crashes off southern Minnesota interstate

Tammy the wild turkey who played chicken with NJ turnpike traffic finally caught

Turkey that played chicken on NJ Turnpike caught

Tammy the wild turkey finally caught at NJ turnpike after motorists’ complaints intensify

Turkey that played chicken on NJ Turnpike caught

Police car checking NYC traffic ahead of Biden motorcade collides with taxi; vice president OK

NY police car in accident ahead of Biden motorcade

FAA splits low Hudson River airspace into 2 zones in response to mid-air crash

FAA splits Hudson River airspace into 2 low zones

FAA: Hudson airspace splitting into local and long distance zones after mid-air crash

FAA splitting Hudson airspace into local, distance

Driver pays: Dutch government will slash price of car taxes in favor of tax-per-mile

Dutch drivers to pay tax on road time, not on car

Atlantic coast deals with drenching rain, wind from Ida remnants; 5 deaths blamed on storm

Atlantic coast drenched from Ida remnants

NORFOLK, Va. — A drenching, wind-driven rain lashed much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, flooding streets, closing schools, roads and bridges and causing at least five deaths.

Va., other areas cope with floods as Ida’s remnants pelt Atlantic coast with rain, wind gusts

Ida’s torrents dump floods along Atlantic coast

Relentless rains prompt flood warnings from NC to Long Island as Ida remnants soak seaboard

Waning Ida’s downpours swamp Mid-Atlantic coast

Mom, stop the car, I have to go. Oops, the rest area is closed

No rest for the weary as rest areas close

NORLINA, N.C. — That old adage “No rest for the weary” could have been coined with Mark and Barbara Van Art in mind.

Bay Bridge reopens after nearly weeklong closure for emergency repairs

Bay Bridge reopens after nearly weeklong closure

No word yet on when San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will open to commuters

No word yet when Bay Bridge will be open again

In booming, motorizing China, an outing on a bicycle has become a perilous exercise

Cycling in Chinese city is anything but leisurely

Officials: SF Bay Bridge might open for Friday morning commute as emergency repairs continue

SF Bay Bridge might be open for morning commute

Officials say Bay Bridge won’t be open in time for the Friday morning commute

Bay Bridge won’t open for Friday morning commute

Bay Bridge closure enters 2nd day as engineers frantically work to repair damaged span

Traffic lighter as Bridge closure enters 2nd day