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Sen. Ted Cruz's threat to filibuster the newly-passed clean debt deal sets off more drama for the Republican Party.

Currently, the economic development firm's project is in what is called a "discovery" phase.

The agreement with attorney Paul Harr will last for 13 months beginning this March and ending in March 2015, according to city documents.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has warned the UK is experiencing its worst flooding in decades as rain and and unusually strong winds continue to batter parts of Western Europe.

Alpha Natural Resources Chairman and CEO Kevin Crutchfield said it was a “pretty tough” year.

The coming hours will tell the story across the Southeast. But no one knows yet if the long-anticipated winter storm will live up to the hype.

Australia saw an unexpected drop in employment in January, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics reporting Thursday that the jobless rate rose to 6% from 5.8% the previous month.

Japanese stocks declined as trading started on Thursday, with the export-heavy market feeling the weight of the yen as it held to recent gains against the U.S. dollar around the �102.45

Charles Krauthammer said Wednesday on "Special Report with Bret Baier" that the president's signature health care law "doesn't even exist."

In the darkness before dawn, eight pricey cars plunged into a hole that opened up beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky.

The wild winter weather belting the South caused a chaotic, complete traffic standstill in North Carolina.Snow and ice halted drivers on the John Belk Freeway, Interstate 77, I-74 and Independence Boulevard in Charlotte, NBC affiliate WCNC reported.

Forecasters used words like "catastrophic" and "crippling" Tuesday night to describe an ice storm heading toward Georgia and the Carolinas, where power in some parts was expected to be knocked out for days.Almost a third of the U.S.

Comedy legend Sid Caesar has died at the age of 91. CNN looks back at the man who broke ground in TV sketch comedy.

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Chobani's quest to get its Greek yogurt to the Sochi Olympics is coming to an end.The company says it will donate a shipment of about 5,000 cups of yogurt it had hoped to send to U.S. athletes at the Winter Games.

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency in preparation for the massive snow storm hitting the area.

The European Central Bank is awaiting further information, particularly signs on whether the current easing of euro zone inflation is temporary, before it acts, Governing Council member Luc Coene said.

Join Greek Life for its Date Auction to be held at 7 pm tonight in the Rhododendron Room of the Slemp Student Center. Event to be immediately followed by a movie. For more information, contact Holly Crum (hdc3e@uvawise.edu) or Robert Menteer (rfm6x@uvawise.edu).