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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." •
10 Things to Know for Today The Associated Press
• • Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: • • 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. • • 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. • • 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. • • 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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