Coldest Year On Record? White Valentine's Day?

With another extended cold snap forecast in the next few days, bookies William Hill have slashed the price of 2009 being the coldest on record in the UK from 12/1 to 8/1.
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"The cold snap has resulting in a record number of bets for 2009 being the coldest and we are looking forward to some sun." said William Hill's spokesman Rupert Adams.

A frosty Florida

The Crescent Communities saw nearly two weeks of freezing temperatures as an arctic blast came through, causing people to bring in their pets and cover plants and shrubbery with everything from plastic to bed sheets.
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And the cold weather is going to be back this week as another blast of arctic air arrives.

Frostbite: NJ Teen Abandoned in “cold Weather” Attack : Police Video News

A 19-year-old NJ woman who thought she was going to a party was allegedly abandoned by friends in frigid weather in what authorities are calling a planned attack Jan 29

Gore hails Obama's climate goals despite crisis

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore urged President Barack Obama and other world leaders to seal a quick deal to fight global warming despite the pervasive financial crisis.

Gore called Obama "the greenest person in the room" for making environmental funding a big chunk of the $819 billion economic stimulus bill passed by U.S. lawmakers this week.