Astros-Cubs snowed out: Game to be rescheduled for later date (Carrie Muskat, MLB.com)
The Cubs and Houston Astros game Wednesday was postponed because of snow, and will be made up on a later date.
The field was covered in snow by 9:30 a.m. CT, and the forecast for the Chicago area called for more snow, turning to rain.
I caught a ridiculously cheap X fare a few weeks ago, and scheduled a morning flight to Chicago with
Car bomb hits Colombia police HQ (BBC News)
A large car bomb has exploded in front of police headquarters in Colombia’s south-west city of Cali, the first such attack in a major city for four years.
Officials said the blast, which killed one person and injured more than 30, was most likely the work of Farc, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
But drug traffickers, paramilitaries or common criminals have not been ruled out as suspects.
Hmm,
A couple of my friends from the (sadly) defunct Dead End Angels are playing with Austin Collins now.
He’s opening at the Firehouse tonight, so I’m planning on checking it out.
I haven’t ever seen the guy live, and have only heard a few tracks off his CD (well before the revamped rhythm section). I haven’t been seeing very many shows of late. I hope the smoke doesn’t kill us.
Electric cart smashes into glass wall at Bush airport (KHOU-11 News)
A glass partition along a moving walkway at Bush Intercontinental Airport had to be fixed after an electric cart smashed into it.
The 100-foot wall was smashed.
A viewer sent 11 News a picture of the aftermath of