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...fifth of the workforce took a "duvet day" and businesses stayed shuttered. It also stopped Tube service, caused chaos at airports and closed schools. Thousands remained shut for 48 hours, suggesting that Londoners, even more than Washingtonians, lack the "flinty Chicago toughness" President Barack Obama missed when a cold snap in the U.S. capital suspended his daughters' school...
...include Mel Gibson and Russell Crowe, says he can't imagine one. "There aren't going to be any long-lens shots into the White House," says Nierob. "Hello! There's a Secret Service. It's not like the girls are going to be sitting in traffic while photographers snap away...
...February, and more than a dozen regional chains have filed for bankruptcy. "Any time people can trade down, they're doing that," says Britt Beemer, chairman of America's Research Group, which studies consumer behavior. "If you can't afford to eat at Chili's, you'll snap up McDonald's." (Third-quarter sales for Chili's dropped 3%.) (See pictures of the recession...
...written two books including the novel Beyond the Waves. He likes do-it-yourself projects and spent many weekends turning a deck off his house into a sunroom. He is also close with his pet rabbit, Whiskers, whom Litt has trained to hop into a cage at the snap of Litt's fingers. "Whiskers is an incredibly obedient rabbit," says a friend...
...Buzz Bites, but if you're the type who pops morsels out of habit and has a sensitive system - or just likes chocolaty, chewy things - these offer a solid buzz without being overwhelming. I chomped on three squares in a deadline pinch, and my neck did a 90-degree snap to the computer screen. (Nota bene: When I took Uber Cubes in the morn in place of coffee, they acted like caffeinated Ex-Lax, as did the Buzz Bites; also, both curb hunger well on an empty stomach.) The tubular packaging is also über-convenient - the plastic cylinders...