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BINGHAMTON, NY--Some state workers are being told not to come to work because of the snow. But it's no "snowday" for them. They are losing a vacation day. According to Binghamton University's website, all non-essential employees are not allowed to come to work because of the state of emergency. But they'll have to use a vacation day.

Oh the weather in Copenhagen is insightful... But what being planned there is so frightful... And since that where they decided to go... Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! They don’t show signs of stoppin... And it causing my head to start a poppin... It’s a hoax and more and more know... Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! When they finally kiss goodnight... How they'll hate going out in the storm... Cause if they’d got things right... They know outside it should have been warm... Their power is slowly dying... Because their e-mails prove...

More central Ohio school districts plan to close Nov. 4 to safeguard students and accommodate voters, but elections officials are divided over whether that's a good idea. Today, the Franklin County Board of Elections is to weigh whether to ask the Columbus schools to cancel classes on Election Day. The 54,000-student district is nicknamed the "Big Domino," a spokesman said, because others generally follow when Columbus calls a snow day. Deputy Elections Director Matt Damschroder is counting on that to set the trend and clear out space for voters in schools countywide. "Schools are not built for voting," Damschroder said,...

OSKALOOSA, Iowa - Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson often schedules walking tours during stops in small Iowa towns, and he didn't let deep snow change his plans Friday. Wearing a cowboy hat and leather jacket, Thompson trudged through ankle-deep snow as he made his way around Oskaloosa's town square, chatting with people at a coffee shop and the county courthouse. "It looks like business goes on even in the snow," he told two people working at computers in the courthouse. "An inch of snow back home and we go to the house." Earlier at a stop in Pella, Thompson said...

(Sprague-WTNH) _ The bitter cold weather we're expecting tonight will give some students in Sprague an extended weekend, and students in Bridgeport and Ridgefield an extra hour to get ready for school. School officials in Sprague have canceled class on Friday. There's only one school in this district. It's the Sayles School at 25 Scotland Road in Baltic, a pre-K through 8th grade school. According to the Sprague superintendent's office, school was canceled because of the cold wind chill, and officials don't want children standing at the bus stop to be exposed to frost bite. St. Joseph's school in Baltic...

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"In many American cities, local politicians spend the winter months helping clear away snow. But Southern California is different. Here, elected officials, sometimes using taxpayer money, bring the white stuff in. Man-made snow has already come to Pacoima, Long Beach, downtown Los Angeles and many places in between this year. (A version of the stuff — hail — fell for free in Watts last month, but cost a bundle to clean up.) And in the coming weeks, it is scheduled for several other locales, including a patch in Exposition Park where a representative from Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn's...