1.   Early in the month, a snow storm blanketed much of the East Coast, forcing chains to shutter hundreds of stores, meaning potentially millions in lost sales.

2.   A major storm blanketed the Northeast with a foot or more of snow on Saturday, while lighter snow was scattered across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.

3.   A U.S. Airways jet skidded off the runway at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport on Saturday night as a winter storm blanketed the area with snow and freezing rain.

4.   An arriving U.S. Airways jet skidded off the runway at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport on Saturday as a storm blanketed the area with snow and freezing rain.

5.   Clinton announced the funds during his weekly radio address, as major storms blanketed the Midwest, penetrated the South and threatened the East Coast.