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mask. "You just do your job no matter what. You get used to it."
• And there are eggs and mayonnaise that need to be unloaded at the McDonalds, for Tuesday morning's rush.
• "Yes, I am cold," says Lanier Petitie, unloading boxes from a truck, wearing a pair of knit chartreuse gloves.
• Knit chartreuse gloves? Petite looks at his hands and shrugs. "Dollar store. Last minute."
• A car thief could make out like a bandit in Coraopolis on this night - there are empty vehicles idling outside McDonalds, the Uni-Mart, the pizza shop, the Jailhouse Saloon. A giant gasoline tanker truck idles outside the petroleum depot gates while the driver inhales a cigarette and waits for a train to pass.
• Still, it's a slow night for Eric Fiedler, the police dispatcher. "Nothing's going on," he says.
• He walked the 20 minutes to work, unfazed by the thermometer.
• "If it was this temperature in Minnesota," he says, "nobody would say anything."
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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• 1. ARCTIC AIR EASES GRIP ON MUCH OF THE U.S.
• Winds are calmer and weather is warming up a day after record-cold temperatures blasted the Eastern Seaboard.
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• 2. WHO SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KIM
• Dennis Rodman serenaded the North Korean leader before leading a squad of former NBA stars onto the court at a Pyongyang stadium for an exhibition game.
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• 3. WHERE SCHUMACHER'S ACCIDENT OCCURRED
• Helmet camera footage shows the Formula One great was outside a groomed trail when he lost his balance and crashed.
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• 4. WHAT ROBERT GATES IS WRITING
• The former defense secretary's new memoir says Biden is often wrong and (Continued on page 34)
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