10 things you need to know today: February 13, 2014

Ice storm heads north after hammering the South, Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable, and more

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1. Winter storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power

A rare, massive winter storm knocked out power to 550,000 homes and businesses on Wednesday and forced the cancellation of 3,000 airline flights. The harsh weather was blamed for 11 deaths. The storm paralyzed traffic across the South, from Atlanta to Raleigh, N.C. Streets and highways were essentially empty. The federal government ordered offices closed in Washington, D.C., on Thursday as the storm moved up the East Coast. [The Associated Press, Bloomberg]

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.