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1. Gov. Christie returns to snow-covered New Jersey and asks Obama for federal disaster aid
(N.J./State)

... Assistance Policy. The snowfall broke many of the historic records established and maintained by the National Weather Service and National Climatic Data Center, as described in an attachment to the governor's ...

2. 2010: A memorable year for New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... network employees. As Christmas arrived, a poll determined that 54% of New Jerseyans see Christie as Scrooge while 28% see him more as Santa Claus. And as 2010 wound to a close, the first major snowfall ...

3. Acting Gov. Sweeney directs Christie aides to apply for federal disaster aid
(N.J./State)

... mayors throughout the state, both during the storm and this morning. They report that the snowfall of nearly three feet in some areas, combined with wind gusts of more than 50 miles per hour, has resulted ...

4. Snow totals: N.J. digging out from blizzard
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Updated snowfall totals tell the story of the New Jersey blizzard of Dec. 26 and 27, 2010: Elizabeth and its suburbs claim 31.8 inches of snow. Edison reports ...

5. Snowfall totals
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... most snow by just after midnight today. The highest wind gust was recorded at Sandy Hook, at 52 mph at 2 a.m. today. Updated snowfall totals according to NJ.com: Middletown in Monmouth County 21 ...

6. Rutgers scientist says extreme heat, weather just a glimpse of the future
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Some like it hot, and those who do can stay put in New Jersey. Everyone else should expect more record heat, severe rains, heavy snowfalls, rising tides and damaging ...

7. Researchers: N.J. should expect more bad winters due to Arctic melt
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY STEPHEN LEAHY IPS NEWS AGENCY OSLO — Last winter's big snowfall and cold temperatures in the eastern United States and Europe were likely caused by the loss of Arctic sea ice, researchers concluded ...

8. Jersey shore gets perfect score on preseason test
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... that precipitation (both rain and snowfall) has increased by 5 percent over the last 30 years. New Jersey's monitoring program, in place since 1975, was the model for the EPA's national beach program, ...

9. Natural silence is a rare experience in New Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY MICHELE S. BYERS THE STATE WE'RE IN With winter's snow behind us, it's easy to be nostalgic about a very special aspect of a fresh snowfall: silence. If "silence is golden," a book by acoustic ...

10. Sugarloaf in Maine: It’s ‘sweet’ skiing at its best
(Sports/Professional)

... to forces it cannot control — most notably the weather. One season of poor snowfall can take a big toll in the account books. And you can be sure that many an owner of a ski resort is wondering if climate ...

11. Sex and Consequences: The giant condom and the SI swimsuit issue
(Life/Style)

BY SUSIE WILSON NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM SEX MATTERS Here it is, some days after one of the largest snowfalls in New Jersey, and I'm thinking: summer. I imagine I'm on a beach that edges Monmouth or ...

12. Extreme winter weather sparks heated debate on global warming
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... he says could explain the record snowfall that crippled the U.S. capital and surrounding areas over the past two weeks. Climatologists like Romm say that as the effects of climate change strengthen over ...

13. Ten great movies for a snowy day
(Entertainment/Movies)

... fixing whatever needs fixing – what movies would I watch? Thanks to the big snowfall, I enjoyed such a delicious day last week. A good time to regress. That's why, on snowy, no-work days, I tend watch ...

14. Snowmageddon batters eastern U.S.
(U.S./Nation)

... to the weight of the snow. Hundreds of schools have also been shut down in the Washington area since last week due to the unprecedented snowfall. In New York City, the mayor announced school shutdowns. ...

15. AAA expecting over 80,000 calls from stranded motorists by week's end
(N.J./State)

... and 15 percent happen during snowfall or sleet. Over 1,300 people are killed and more than 116,800 people are injured in vehicle crashes on snowy, slushy or icy pavement annually. Every year, nearly ...

16. East recovers from record-setting snowfall
(U.S./Nation)

... cars to volunteer to drive doctors and nurses to work. The snowfall started early Friday and subsided by night, but winds and the snowfall picked up early Saturday, and temperatures dropped, with snow ...

17. N.J. storm headquarters: Another snow job for the ages
(Life/Style)

... of snow in the area. Oops. Pardon me, but I was referring to average snowfall forecasts of three to six inches. Once again we are looking at around two feet of snow. I'm sorry, but this is just wrong. ...

18. Winter Olympic Games will spotlight the world's top snowsports athletes
(Sports/Professional)

... the Games. WHISTLER'S READY: As finishing touches are being applied to the Olympic venues, Whistler Blackcomb is celebrating a record 32 feet of snowfall to date this season (it's more as of this writing). ...

19. Scientist shoots back at global warming skeptics
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... reduces the accumulation by altering snowfall according to rainfall. In contrast, ‘winter-accumulation type' glaciers receive their main accumulation at lower temperatures and are thus less sensitive to ...

20. Technology on the slopes: the iPhone is turning snowsports enthusiasts into iSkiers
(Sports/Professional)

... England snow country. The next generation dialed a snow phone, which later morphed into going online to check snowfall figures. Now, Nathan Rafferty begins his day by grabbing his smartphone, which doubles ...