Mud slide destroys Ore. house, roofs collapse under weight of mounting snow in Wash., Idaho (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

PORTLAND, Ore. - A mud slide destroyed a home Friday, briefly trapping its occupants, and flooding, mud and deep snow blocked roads as the latest winter storm pummeled the Northwest.

Top stories of 2008 (Schaumburg Review)

From Sept. 12-14, rainstorms dropped more than 8 inches on Schaumburg, swamping several neighborhoods, especially near Campanelli and Terada parks. Other flooded areas were Lexington Drive and Tower Road/National Parkway. A flood report stated village departments received 498 calls for assistance during the weekend downpour that included vehicles stalled in flooded intersections.

Snow, ice, records melt as weather waxes warm (The Toledo Blade)

The biting wind, the bitter cold, yes, even the ice, seemed so last week on a day when a man could rake his yard or wash his sport utility vehicle or a girl in bare feet could run alongside her dog or a father and his toddler son could throw snowballs without fear of turning into one themselves. "It was too cold to play in the snow last week," said Jeff Kryspin, 31, of Whitehouse. He and his ...

Record-Courier Year in Review (The Record-Courier)

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Oh, the memories (Las Vegas Sun)

I have a friend who insists there were at least a dozen movies made in the 1960s starring Elvis Presley as a race car driver named Rick.