D.C. snowfall triggers memories of 1922 collapse of theater's roof - washingtonpost.com

When the last corpse was pulled from the ruins at the southwest corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road NW, 98 people were dead and 133 were seriously injured.

Now, 88 years later, with perhaps another record-breaking snowfall settling over the nation's capital, the Knickerbocker Blizzard remains both the area's greatest snowfall and one of the most deadly incidents in the city's history.

Dead iguanas may prove fatal to dogs, vets warn - Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com

A month after frigid temperatures killed reptiles all over South Florida, veterinarians are still treating dogs that may have contracted botulism by gnawing iguana carcasses.

The result: paralysis so severe that a few had to be euthanized.

Like other cold-blooded creatures, thousands of iguanas froze to death during the freeze. Some dogs mistaking them for chew toys have shown classic symptoms of a disease so rare that most vets don't see a case for a decade.

CentreRight: Al Gore and his followers are losing the climate change debate

Clearly the message is getting through to the public. They don't believe it. They won't pay for it. Memo to George Osborne and Greg Clark: green taxes are a vote-loser. Let's not go that route.

Anorak News » Blog Archive » Climate Change: Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri On How Masturbation Can Save The World

The Times of India (via Deceiver)

Pachauri is engagingly candid about his protagonist’s urges; Sanjay is always noticing breasts and masturbating (once into a red silk hanky purloined from a train co-passenger).