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Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore was covering a winter storm in South Carolina Tuesday night when he found himself fighting off a video bomber. He was giving an update from the campus of the College of Charleston when an apparent college student came running at him, yelling. With barely a reaction, Cantore pivoted right, lifted a knee and dealt the man a blow to his groin. Then Cantore just kept talking.

(CNSNews.com) – Meterologist Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel predicted that the world will see more extremes in weather, a possible side effect of so-called climate change. During a Newsmaker Luncheon at the National Press Club on Wednesday, Cantore was asked how relevant the issue of climate change is to his “day-to-day duties” and whether it changes “the business of forecasting on a short-term basis.” “If you look at today’s dollars and you go back to the 1980s, we averaged about $1 billion disaster a year. In the 2000s, we’ve averaged almost five, and in the last two years, we’ve...