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A roundup of trending news:

* Polar vortex: Because meteorically it doesn’t exist unless it has a catchy phrase, today’s brutally cold front sweeping across the midwest and New England is being labelled a “polar vortex.” Temperatures in my hometown, Madison, Wisc. started at negative – as in your face freezes in 30 seconds – 21.

* Gay news: In a one-step forward, one-step backward dance around same-sex marriage issues, today LIz Cheney stepped out of her bid for Senator of Wyoming, citing “health problems,” which most likely translates to: It was a rough Christmas after her gay sister told the candidate that her anti-gay stances made her feel like a second class citizen. Meanwhile, the dreamy news that Utah was allowing same-sex marriage took a splash of cold water and reality in the face when the US Supreme Court halted the practice in that state until federal courts resolved underlying issues.

This article appears in Jan 2-8, 2014.

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What in the World?

by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 6, 2014

<h1>What in the World?</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 6, 2014</p> <p>A roundup of trending news:</p> <p>* <strong>Polar vortex</strong>: Because meteorically it doesn't exist unless it has a catchy phrase, today's brutally cold front sweeping across the midwest and New England is being labelled a "<a href="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/polar-vortex-brings-coldest-temperatures-in-decades/?hp&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">polar vortex</a>." Temperatures in my hometown, Madison, Wisc. started at negative - as in your face freezes in 30 seconds - 21. </p> <p>* <strong>Gay news</strong>: In a one-step forward, one-step backward dance around same-sex marriage issues, today LIz Cheney stepped out of her bid for Senator of Wyoming, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/06/260126354/reports-liz-cheney-drops-senate-bid-family-health-issues" target="_blank">citing "health problems,"</a> which most likely translates to: It was a rough Christmas after her gay sister told the candidate that her anti-gay stances made her feel like a second class citizen. Meanwhile, the dreamy news that Utah was allowing same-sex marriage took a splash of cold water and reality in the face when the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/us/justices-block-gay-marriage-in-utah-pending-appeal.html?hp" target="_blank">US Supreme Court halted the practice</a> in that state until federal courts resolved underlying issues.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/what-in-the-world-2307282/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=25739&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/what-in-the-world-2307282/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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