1.   Miller said the union would ask the National Mediation Board to allow it to strike early next year.

2.   Meanwhile, the Northeast braced for a winter storm that could strike early next week, thanks to a frigid air mass moving across the region.

3.   Swing bowler Andy Caddick removed the Australian openers in successive overs as England struck early in the rain delayed fourth Ashes cricket test at Headingley on Thursday.

4.   The Northeast braced for a winter storm that could strike early next week, thanks to a frigid air mass moving across the region.