THE NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK
"I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself."
Ronald Reagan

Jeff Parker, Florida Today

Tom Eagan, Editorial Cartoonist

Rick McKee, The Augusta Chronicle

Mike Keefe

Dave Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star

Patrick Chappatte, Le Temps & International Herald Tribune

R.J. Matson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Chris Britt, Washington State Journal-Register

Steve Kelley, The Times Picayune

Jimmy Margulies, The Record of Hackensack, NJ

Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette

Michael Ramirez, Investors Business Daily

Jerry Holbert, The Boston Herald
WEATHER:
UPDATES:
Europe freeze claims more victims...over 200 dead...snow snarls travel
Storm dumps up to 2 feet of snow on High Plains
NOW THAT'S COLD!
62 below: Deep freeze grips much of Alaska
LONG-TERM FORECAST:
'Northern US to see colder-than-normal temps for 2nd half of winter
South will be warmer than normal.



(Weather graphics courtesy weather.com)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: More auto-updating weather maps, including current conditions, temperatures and current airport delays, can now be found on their own page)
LA NINA:
Forecast to last into spring of 2012
UN WEATHER AGENCY:
Concentrations of global warming gases are at record levels
INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE PANEL:
Warns world's leader to "Get ready for extreme weather"
STUDY:
Climate change blamed for rise in rainfall levels in world's largest river basins
CLIMATE SCIENTISTS:
More weather disasters ahead