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Record heat heavy snow and Lake Superior ice top the list of Michigan weather events on this day in history. From the National Weather Service archives here are the events that happened on March 16. 1897 – Muskegon records their lowest temperature ever for the month of March with a frigid -11°. Sault Ste. Marie sees a daily record low with -14°. 1941 - 20 people were stranded on ice on Lake Superior near Skanee near Point Abbaye when ice broke away from the shoreline with strong west winds. 2 men that were stranded when ice broke away near Point Abbaye in Lake Superior drifted 28 miles on to shore in Northern Baraga County from where they had been fishing in Lake Superior. 1997 - The big snowstorm wound down in the U.P. The storm produced a record snow depth of 63 inches at the Marquette County Airport which exceeded the previous record depth of 59 inches recorded on March 13, 1976. Other locations that exceeded 20 inches included Phoenix in Keweenaw County with 29 inches, Herman in B

A clipper system will pass just south of the region today, brushing some locations with a few flurries or snow showers this afternoon. High pressure will then build in for the second half of the weekend with chilly temperatures and breezy conditions continuing. A much larger storm system then looks to approach by late Monday into Tuesday with a mix of rain and snow, and some snow accumulations possible for most of the region. Here is the exclusive Capital Region forecast from the Albany Weather Examiner: View slideshow: March 16, 2013 Regional Forecast     The next 48 hours… Today – Partly sunny with increasing clouds and a slight chance of flurries or snow showers this afternoon. High 32-36. Winds northwest around 5 mph. Normal High/Low: 44° / 26° Tonight – Cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy after midnight. Low 17-21. Winds northwest around 5 mph. Sunday – Partly sunny and breezy. High 32-36. Winds northwest between 10 and 15 mph,

Two parents from Tucson were arrested and jailed Thursday on child abuse charges after they called authorities to report that one of their 18-month-old twins was not breathing. That couple, Kristepher Benavidez, 25, and Monique Gaxiola, 30, are now facing murder charges in the death of their infant daughter, KVOA in Tuscon reported on March 15. Emergency Medical Technicians from the Tucson Fire Department first went to the couple’s home on Wednesday after receiving the call that the baby girl wasn’t breathing. The EMTs transported the infant to the hospital and also contacted the Tucson Police Department.     Medical staff notified police that the child had non-accidental injuries. The baby girl died Friday as a result of her injuries. Police eventually found the infant’s twin and her 7-year-old sister staying with neighbors. Authorities determined that the other twin also had “non-accidental injuries.” Tucson Police Department Sgt. Chris Widmer said that both children endured severe

Kourtney Kardashian cries Scott really lets Kourtney know how he feels about her post-baby body on the Mar. 10 episode of ‘Kourtney & Kim Take Miami’ episode and he tells her he wishes she weighed 93 pounds! Kourtney Kardashian bursts into tears when her baby daddy Scott Disick tells her that “this is the biggest he’s ever seen her while not pregnant.” The Mar. 10 episode of Kourtney & Kim Take Miami really shows you Scott’s true colors and it ain’t pretty. Kourtney weighs herself in the bathroom and the scale reads 115 lbs. That’s amazing, especially considering she had just given birth to her second child, a little girl named Penelope! But Scott says that he remembers when he first met Kourtney and wishes she weighed 93 lbs. Wow, what a total jerk. Big sis Kim Kardashian is there to hear all of it and she is disgusted! Then later Kourtney and Scott discuss her weight some more and he tells her that he feels like she isn’t really trying to lose the weight. This causes K

After 13 were hurt in a D.C. shooting, police are looking for signs of a connection to another drive-by shooting in the same Northwest neighborhood last October.   Police say 13 people were hurt, one critically, when gunmen in a speeding car opened fire on a crowd standing outside an apartment building in northwest Washington, D.C. early Monday. The shooting occurred around 2:10 a.m. in the area of New York Avenue and North Capitol Street, police Chief Cathy Lanier said. Detectives were reviewing surveillance video showing gunshots being fired as two cars sped down the street in rapid succession, while a group of people on the sidewalk scattered and scrambled for cover. The police released the surveillance video to the public in hopes of gathering information on the gunmen. Police said shots came from at least one of the two cars. The seriously wounded victim was shot in the back and was in critical condition Monday afternoon, police said. None of the other injuries was believed to

The second production model F-35A Lightning II aircraft flies above the compass rose of Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California in this image distributed by the U.S. Air Force dated May 13, 2011. One of two F-35 fighter jets headed to a Nevada air base made an unscheduled landing in Lubbock, Texas on Monday after a caution light came on in the cockpit, according to a Pentagon spokesman and the plane's manufacturer, Lockheed Martin Corp. The next-generation stealth fighter was flying from the Lockheed plant in Fort Worth, Texas to Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas on Monday afternoon, when a caution warning light came on, requiring the pilot to land at the nearest airport, said Lockheed spokesman Michael Rein. He said the pilot landed safely. The second plane landed as planned at the Nevada air base, joining two other aircraft that arrived there last week, where they will be used for operational testing and evaluation of the new warplane. A

This undated publicity photo provided by the Switkes Family shows character actor, Willy Switkes, who had minor roles in “Tootsie,” “Taxi Driver,” and dozens of other films. His niece Ellen Switkes says he died of colon cancer on Thursday, March 7, 2013, at a hospice in Rockville, Md. He was 83. NEW YORK — A character actor who had minor roles in “Tootsie,” ‘’Taxi Driver” and dozens of other films has died. Willy Switkes (SWIT’-kehs) was 83. His niece Ellen Switkes says he died of colon cancer on Thursday at a hospice in Rockville, Md. Willy Switkes was a native of Washington, D.C., and a longtime New York City resident. He appeared in Broadway productions of “The Cherry Orchard” and “A Thousand Clowns” and was an understudy to Buster Keaton during a 1960 tour of “Once Upon a Mattress.” His other films include “The French Connection” and “Bananas.” His characters often were unidentified, such as his “man at cab” credit for “Tootsie,” in which he’s thrown from a ta

SEATTLE, March 11 (Reuters) - A military plane assigned to a Washington state Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island crashed on Monday morning, base spokesman Mike Welding said. Local media reports indicated that three people were feared dead. The plane, Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler, a twin-engine electronic warfare aircraft, went down sometime before 8:45 a.m. local time in Lincoln County in eastern Washington state, but specific details such as what caused the crash or the number of passengers on board were not immediately known, Welding said. "It was flying out there. I don't know exactly what it was doing," Welding said. "Everything is really preliminary at this point." The plane is manufactured by Northrop Grumman. He could not immediately say how many people were on board the crash or give any word on casualties. But the Spokane Spokesman-Review cited Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers as saying three people were on board and believed killed. Seattle's

Paris Jackson gets NFL offer Eagles' cheerleaders. Paris Jackson has already gotten an NFL offer to cheer for the Philadelphia Eagles football team. Michael Jackson’s daughter has reportedly sparked the interest of the team’s cheer director, OK Magazine reported on Mar. 11. According to the report, Paris, who currently cheers for her high school’s cheer leading squad, has great potential as a cheerleader, and is already receiving major NFL offers. While Paris Jackson may get her moves naturally from her father, the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, she’ll have to wait if she plans on become a professional cheerleader in the NFL. According to the report, although Paris Jackson has gotten the NFL offer from the Eagles, the team requires their cheerleaders to be at least 18-years-old, and have a high school diploma. This means that Paris would have to wait a few years before officially making the team. What are your thoughts on Paris Jackson’s NFL offer? Do you think she’ll be

The Steven Tyler car was spotted driving around Hollywood this weekend. Steven Tyler's car is the fastest legal convertible, so when Tyler takes it out, it makes news -- his ride? Is pretty sweet. On March 11, The Inquisitr reported that Tyler's car was hand-built and purchased last year for $1.1 million. Wouldn't you be afraid to drive it? Imagine the insurance! Tyler and Joe Perry performed together at the Stuart House benefit in Hollywood on Sunday. After the show, Tyler got into his Hennessey Venom GT Spyder and went for a joy ride. Tyler looked like he was having a great time -- and who wouldn't have a great time in such a neat car? Steven Tyler's car can hit 200 mph is less than 16 seconds. While there are other Hennessey Venom GT Spyder's in the world, Tyler's is the only convertible in existence, hence the hefty price tag. The car is fast and pretty - and perfect for a music icon. Steven Tyler's car

Ex-NBA player Renaldo Balkman has been banned from playing basketball in the Philippines after choking his teammate during a game last week. On March 11, Yahoo! News reported that action has been taken against Balkman, who used to play for the Knicks and the Nuggest here in The States. As previously reported, Balkman got heated when a ref wouldn't hear him out on a play that he believed should have been a foul call. When his teammate Arwind Santos stepped in and tried to calm Balkman down, the two shoved each other a bit. Unexpectedly, Balkman put his two hands around Santos' throat and "choked" him. The ex-NBA player was banned and also fined $6,100 for his actions. Many people wondered if he would get a suspension and/or a fine, but no one really expected him to get banned from the league. He did apologize to Santos a couple of times on Twitter, but violence cannot be tolerated no matter how "heated" the moment may be. Balkman ch

TAMPA, Fla. -- In trying to think "out of the box" to patch together his injury-ridden lineup, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman first had conversations with the agents for former All-Star first baseman Derrek Lee and third baseman Scott Rolen. On Monday, he turned even more creative, asking reporters to put the word out on Twitter that he is interested in talking to Chipper Jones. Not Your 2012 Yankees A lineup that led the majors in home runs last season will have only one player who hit more than 20 in Robinson Cano. A look at the Yankees' lineups:       2012     2013 1B     Mark Teixeira     ??? 2B     Robinson Cano     Cano 3B     Alex Rodriguez     Kevin Youkilis SS     Derek Jeter     Jeter* LF     Brett Gardner     Gardner CF     Curtis Granderson     ??? RF     Nick Swisher     Ichiro Suzuki C     Russell Martin     ??? DH     Raul Ibanez     Travis Hafner * Expected to be ready for Opening Day "If Chipper wants to come back, I would love to

( Associated Press ) - File - In this Jan. 25, 2013 file photo, actor Ashton Kutcher, who portrays Apple’s Steve Jobs in the film “jOBS,” poses at its premiere during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah. Los Angeles prosecutors say a 12-year-old boy admitted Monday, March 11, 2013, to making prank 911 calls that drew a large police response to Kutcher’s home last year. The boy, who has not been publicly identified, will be sentenced at a later date. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, File) LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors say a 12-year-old boy has admitted making a prank 911 call that drew police to Ashton Kutcher’s home. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office says the boy admitted responsibility for making a false bomb threat and computer intrusion. He will be sentenced at a later dat Prosecutors say the boy is also accused of making false 911 calls involving Justin Bieber’s house and a bank. Those charges will likely be dismissed, but the district attorney’s offi

Of all the strange pseudo-celebrities to come and go in the world of high school athletics, few can boast a more unique “talent” than Svetlana Pankratova. The former Russian women’s basketball player is now an assistant coach at Falls Church (Va.) George Mason High, but she’ll never be known for his skill as a hoops coach. Svetlana Pankratova, the woman with the longest legs in history — Getty That’s because Pankratova has a much more distinct physical trait that dominates practically any and all conversations about her: She has the longest legs of any woman in history. As reported by the Washington Post’s The State of NoVa blog, as well as BuzzFeed and other outlets, Pankratova married a Falls Church resident, Jack Gosnell, and took a position as an assistant coach at George Mason High, one of the state’s top girls basketball programs. The George Mason Mustangs were recently eliminated from the state playoffs in the semifinals. If anything, being a girls basketball coach s