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5 Things to Know About Obama's $3.99T Budget (Newser Nine at Nine)

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5 Things to Know About Obama's $3.99T Budget

(Newser) - President Obama has unveiled his fiscal 2016 budget, and it's not likely to receive a warm welcome from Republicans, Reuters reports. The $3.99 trillion plan for the budget year that begins Oct. 1 is founded on higher taxes both for the wealthy and corporations; some money will come... More »

Chicago's 5th-Largest Storm Now Gunning for Northeast

(Newser) - Canceled flights, school and court closings, and a treacherous morning commute are the results so far of the Chicago area's first blizzard of the winter, ranked by the National Weather Service as the fifth-largest multiday snowstorm there, the Chicago Tribune reports. Up to 19 inches have fallen in the... More »

Depressing Ad Was Super Bowl's Most Talked-About

(Newser) - Viewers who watched the Super Bowl mainly for the ads may have found this year a more somber affair than usual, with multiple advertisers stressing serious themes. But a Nationwide ad on preventable childhood death may have gone too far, if the backlash on Twitter is anything to go by,... More »

Rejoice, Winter: Groundhog Sees Shadow

(Newser) - Like last year , Punxsutawney Phil rose early this morning, looked around, and doomed us all to six more weeks of winter, reports the AP . The official proclamation: "Forecasts abound on the Internet, but I, Punxsutawney Phil, am still your best bet. Yes, a shadow I see, you can... More »

US Oil Workers Launch Biggest Strike Since 1980

(Newser) - Oil workers across America started walking off the job at midnight yesterday in their first nationwide strike since Jimmy Carter was president. United Steelworkers union members are striking at nine refineries, accounting for more than 10% of US capacity, after rejecting five proposals for a new three-year contract, the BBC... More »

Detroit Man's Commute Is 21 Miles— on Foot

(Newser) - At 8am, it's time for James Robertson, 56, to leave for work—for a job that starts at 2pm. That's because he makes much of the 23-mile journey on foot, resulting in a 21-mile round-trip walk every day, the Detroit Free Press reports. His car broke down about... More »

New Pan-Arab News Channel Lasts a Few Hours

(Newser) - A new Pan-Arab news channel backed by a billionaire Saudi prince stopped broadcasting from its base in Bahrain today, just hours after it went on the air and carried an interview with a prominent opposition activist. The Alarab television station said on its official Twitter feed that it halted coverage... More »

Houston's Daughter 'Fighting for Life'

(Newser) - Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, is still in an Atlanta hospital after being found unresponsive in a bathtub Saturday morning—but while father Bobby Brown has issued a statement asking for privacy, and his lawyer says "no additional information will be forthcoming," there seem to be... More »

Magic Hobbit Ring Leads to 9-Year-Old's Suspension

(Newser) - Did a Texas school go a little too far over a boy's magical threat? Kermit Elementary School suspended 9-year-old Aiden Steward for making "terroristic threats" when, soon after seeing The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, he told a classmate last week that he could make him... More »