Northeast snow; Explorer exhaust - CBS News Brief, Feb. 13, 2017
Flood threat
Officials in Northern California warned almost 200,000 people that a wall of water 30 feet high could be unleashed with the breach of an emergency spillway in the country’s tallest dam. With the hasty draining of Oroville Lake, fears have eased, but there are still a lot of questions to answer after what was a stressful evening for thousands of people.
Ano’er Nor’easter
A major winter storm slammed into northern New York and New England on Sunday, just days after towns and cities across the northeast were walloped with heavy snow. More than a foot of new snow is expected, from New York to Maine, and some parts of New England could get double that amount.
Noxious exhaust
The Ford Explorer is the best-selling midsize SUV in the country, with around one million on the road. But hundreds of customers say the vehicles might be making them sick. They describe it as a sulfur or rotten egg smell, and it’s purportedly causing some dangerous incidents.
Free money
A Universal Basic Income (UBI) is the concept of giving people taxpayer dollars, either in lieu of or in addition to benefits they’re already receiving. Recipients would be allowed to do whatever they want with the money -- save it, spend it, even waste it. Finland is experimenting with this money-for-nothing approach, and Will Rahn argues it’s something President Trump might also consider.
Climate Diaries: Antarctica
A massive iceberg in Antarctica is poised to break away at a time of uncertainty over the U.S. government’s policy toward climate change. Mark Phillips is aboard the Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Explorer with scientists snapping photographs to monitor the changing environment.
Trump bump
Even as stocks hit new highs, some investment gurus are sounding a note of caution about financial markets, which have surged since Donald Trump’s election. Could the “Trump bump” in stock prices turn into a Trump slump? We explore what could puncture investor confidence in 2017.
Business is brisk
The early days of the Trump administration have been a boon for immigration lawyers. Attorneys who represent immigrants have reported a jump in business amid a White House crackdown on undocumented people and its controversial ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries.
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