East Coast residents will be digging out and trying to return to normal in some places today after a blizzard on Friday and Saturday that dumped near-record amounts of snow from Washington, D.C., to New York City. According to CNN, at least 30 deaths were caused by the storm, due to car crashes, breathing carbon […]

First: Purging Crawfish: One thing to remember is they call crawfish mud-bugs. The cardinal rule is to purge and thoroughly wash the crawfish before boiling them. Pour the sack of live crawfish in a plastic children’s pool, large tub, or a large ice chest. Pour one (1) 26-ounce box salt over the top of the crawfish. […]

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According to the AP, a monstrous Hurricane Irene tightened its aim on the Eastern Seaboard, threatening 65 million people along a shore-hugging path from North Carolina to New England. One of the nation’s top experts called it his “nightmare” scenario. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/31834

via: cnn.com Animals at the National Zoo began to act differetnly prior to the East Coast earthquake. WJLA’s Lisa Fletcher reports. See More