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Congressman Tim Walz came to Austin Friday, talking with businesses about jobs, energy, and financial services. But the hot topic was health care reform. Super Fresh in Austin was of many stops for Congressman Walz as he checks in with local businesses. "To get a feel for are people felling optimist are we doing the right things, moving in the right direction so it's just to make sure I’m very, very familiar and in tune with what's going on out here," said Congressman Tim Walz. Walz recently voted for the health care reform bill, a big topic with local businesses....

NEW YORK – A massive late winter snowstorm pummeled the Northeast on Monday, grounding hundreds of flights, causing spinouts on highways, delaying trains and buses and closing school for over a million children from South Carolina to Maine. The same storm hammered the Southeast on Sunday as it made its way north, blanketing Civil War statues and canceling hundreds of church services around the region. By Monday, the storm was dumping snow on Maine, and most areas in the storm's wake expected to see at least 8 to 12 inches of accumulation. The blizzard-like snow — together with sleet, freezing...