The Associated Press: [It's not the knife in the chest; it's the cold weather that really bugs me]

WARREN, Mich. — A man who walked into a Michigan diner with a 5-inch knife stuck in his chest ordered a coffee and complained only about the cold weather.

Financial impropriety charges: Pachauri rejoinder to British daily

In his rejoinder to the newspaper, Pachauri said: “IPCC makes no policy recommendations, and all its reports are in the public domain, widely distributed and disseminated across the world. There is nothing in this report that could have any proprietary benefit.”

[Note that the Internet is absolutely chock-full of examples of Pachauri's policy recommendations]

According to Pachauri, the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol — the current treaty to tackle climate change — are sacrosanct for countries like India, and even if the new agreement goes by another name, the essential features of the Kyoto Protocol must be preserved.

2009 a deadly year for Florida's manatees | Reuters

Cold-related deaths, at 55, were more than twice last year's total.

Weather Takes Further Toll on Europe - WSJ.com

...the effects are being felt from Scandinavia to Italy. A homeless organization in France said 12 people have died in the severe cold this month.

USDA: Climate [swindle] bill would slash cropland | Zanesville Times Recorder

WASHINGTON -- More than 20 million acres of cropland in Corn Belt states would likely be converted to forests under a congressional plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to an Agriculture Department analysis released Friday.

[Try not to have a medical emergency on top of a hill: In an attempt to prevent bad weather in 2100, let's put today's paramedics on bicycles] | guardian.co.uk

...if the city happens to be hilly Sheffield, how do you get to the emergency as quickly as possible on your 40kg white, green and yellow bike?

The answer, according to Jonathan Alexander from the Yorkshire ambulance service's cycle response unit (CRU), is for units to start their day uphill from the city centre, letting them travel to the majority of calls with gravity on their side.