Make sure you wear your rubbers. Which is always a good idea, except this time I'm talking about the thunderstorms (maybe?) and the big ol' blustery winds about to visit the metropolitan area. You'll thank me when your tootsies aren't cold and wet.

And then there's the GOP shit-storm about to hit Washington, DC. The president remains in oratorical overdrive, hoping to rescue Democrats. But the House, if not the Senate, appears lost, according to one analysis. So it's time to search for silver linings. As in, maybe it's good to have a foil?

Will businesses use the health care overhaul to justify dropping their health plans? Among several concerns, some officials and economists insist businesses will find it cheaper to dump employees onto public insurance markets and pay a penalty than to pay for the newly expanded coverage themselves.

Afghanistan is just like Chicago. Much like a developer looking for an alderman's blessing on a dubious zoning adjustment, Iran has been handing giant bags of Euros to one of President Hamid Karzai's top aides. The goal? Currying favor and driving a deeper wedge between Karzai and the West.

Plot each and every death of an Iraqi on a map and this is what Iraq looks like. It's another look at the revelation, in the WikiLeaks document dump, that thousands more Iraqis died in the war and occupation than previously acknowledged.

Whoever you think killed Jack Kennedy, they (or he or she) almost didn't get the chance. Because Jackie Kennedy, John-John, and Caroline decided to accompany the then-president-elect to Sunday Mass on December 11, 1960, retired postal clerk Richard Pavlick, 73, lost his nerve and decided to wait until Jack was alone before ramming his TNT-packed car into the Kennedy limo.. He was arrested four days later near the Palm Beach compound where the Kennedys were wintering.

The Walkman era ended long ago, but now it's official. After 30 years, Sony will no longer produce portable cassette players. The last shipment will go out this spring. This will not immediately affect, however, the availability of Chinese knockoffs.