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The winter storm disrupted work and life in the Washington, D.C., area. John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management, says closing the federal government on Monday has an opportunity cost of $100 million. Greg Teneick, spokesman for Safeway grocery stores, says his stores were busy on Thursday and Friday, but the challenge was getting them open once the snow hit.

Israel confirmed Wednesday that a cease-fire with Hamas will begin Thursday. Hamas, a militant group, currently rules the Gaza Strip. The truce was brokered by Egyptian officials.

Hedge fund manager James Altucher says that the way to make money with minimal stress is to invest in lasting demographic trends like identity theft, chocolate and women's legs. He discusses his new book, The Forever Portfolio, and offers his top 10 stock picks.

Pumpkin is an autumn staple suited for far more than its traditional Halloween and Thanksgiving roles. In soup, stew or cake, or just roasted in long slices, pumpkin is appropriate for any chilly evening, whatever you happen to be celebrating.

It's surprisingly hard to calculate how much water is held in the Rocky Mountain snowpack. Water managers along the Colorado river are trying to figure it out with the help of scientists.

Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a "vast wasteland," died on Saturday.

An early heat wave took hold Saturday in parts of the Pacific Northwest, with temperatures nearing or breaking records in some areas and heat advisories in place through Monday.

Florida wants to start taking mountains of waste material from phosphate mining to use in road construction. The hitch: It's mildly radioactive, and environmental groups say it poses a health risk.

Rumors that some of the nation's biggest banks might have to be nationalized pushed the Dow Jones industrial average down. The market bounced back a bit after White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the administration strongly believed in a privately held bank system.

In Arizona Wednesday, President Obama outlines a plan to help homeowners who are struggling to pay their mortgages. He's promised to devote at least $50 billion to the effort to stem the rising tide of foreclosures. This is the second piece of the president's economic recovery strategy. The first piece became law Tuesday when he signed the massive economic stimulus bill.