Officials with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the agency was deploying additional staff and is assembling snow-fighting equipment for area's airports, bridges and tunnels, and the PATH train system.

WSJ: Blizzard Barrels Toward Area

While Mr Rumsfeld is fighting for his job, Mr Snow can crow that America's economy over the past nine months has grown at its fastest pace in almost two decades.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

With the maple leaves already fluttering to the ground, and the snow spreading down the mountainsides, there will be no more fighting before April.

ECONOMIST: Saddam��s sleep of the unjust