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YEAH, IT'S GOING TO SNOW A TON
Forget the milk and toilet paper. The winter storm predicted for Friday night and Saturday may deserve an all-out canned beans and creamed corn-type panic.
So stock up now, because rationing will begin soon.
OK, did that scare you enough? No? How about if NBC4 chief meteorologist Bob Ryan describes the impending storm as "crippling"? That ought to do the trick. (NBC Washington)
JACKS GETS 120 YEARS
A Washington, D.C., woman who was convicted of killing her four daughters has been sentenced to 120 years in prison.
Banita Jacks was found in her southeast Washington rowhouse in January 2008 with her children's decomposing bodies. (WTOP)
GOOGLE TO GOBBLE YELP
Google and Yelp are believed to have been in talks for a couple of months and, though no deal has been done, apparently a price has been named.
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Technology blog TechCrunch has said the acquisition price is more than $500m, however, The New York Times suggested that the price could be even higher. (The Telegraph)
TEACHER ON LEAVE AFTER TAKING CHOIR TO HOOTERS
An Arizona music teacher whose students performed at a presidential inauguration event is on administrative leave after taking 40 high school students to a Hooters restaurant.
Paradise Valley school district spokeswoman Judi Willis says choir director Mary Segall accompanied the students to a performance in downtown Phoenix last week, and during the outing, they ate lunch at Hooters. (MSNBC)
