WINTER

Not all pooches and pups can rely on their fur to keep them warm in winter.

While it might seem like a pain to lace up your running shoes when the mercury dips, with proper preparation, exercising in the cold can be a breeze.

After Winter Storms Draco and Euclid, a new system is forming that could dump even more snow on the U.S. from Ohio to Maine.

Winter Storm Euclid traveled across the United States this holiday week, disrupting thousands of Americans' travel plans. Next up: the Northeast.

People across the Northern Hemisphere can look forward to longer and longer days as we make the inexorable march towards spring.

Winter Storm Draco may bring a white end to 2012 for many, but it could also severely disrupt holiday travel across the United States.

Learn how to test Google's latest Easter egg trick by searching for "Festivus" in honor of "Seinfeld."

Shanelle Workman nude photos nearly hit the Web as the result of a dispute between her and her mother, according to reports.

Separate lawyers for Winter's mother and father are attempting to stop her sister, Shanelle Gray, from extending guardianship over the young actress.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and actor Kevin Spacey enjoyed an evening benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation on Nov. 10.

The Nagashima light show is open from Nov. 3 to March 31, 2013.

While the hockey world bashed its head against the wall Thursday with rumors of the NHL lockout coming to an end there were some major sponsors praying for a resolution for a different reason. Beer companies in Canada have reported low profits after the two-month hold up that has seen arenas, bars and grocery stores sell less alcohol to lubricate the game-watching experience.

Forecasters are reporting that a nor'easter is expected to could cause a tidal surge of 2 to 41/2 feet when it peaks Wednesday night. The heightened surge is said to be enough to cause fresh flooding.

Bulger, 83, is set to stand trial March 4 for his alleged involvement in 19 murders. His lawyers are trying to push the trial to November 2013.

The weather service AccuWeather predicts a snowy winter for the Eastern seaboard and near-drought conditions in the Northwest.

Dave Matthews Band will kick off its 2012 Winter Tour Nov. 30 at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J.

NASA released new photos of Thursday from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity with panoramic pictures showing the terrain at Greeley Haven over four months during the most recent Martian winter.

Russian authorities claimed Thursday that government intelligence agents foiled a terrorist plot targeting Sochi, host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, seizing caches of arms and ammunition in the Georgian breakaway territory of Abkhazia earlier this week.

Singer Whitney Houston’s official cause of death was announced on Thursday, over one month after the 48-year-old was found dead in the bath tub of a Beverly Hilton Hotel bathroom. The Los Angeles coroner stated that Houston died of accidental drowning, with contributing factors of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine in her system.

It may already feel like Spring for most resident in the U.S., aside from those in Arizona and New Mexico who are experiencing rare winter-like snowstorms, but when exactly does spring official start? The 2012 vernal equinox, or spring equinox, is Tuesday, marking the beginning of spring and end of winter. This year, it is particularly special, with the earliest date in over a century.

It's official, winter is technically over. And the stats show that the 2011-2012 season was the second warmest winter in New York on record. At an average temperature of 40.5 degrees, this season's winter broke most records except for the 2001-2002 season, according to the Gothamist. On the contrary, the coldest winter took place in 1934, during which temperatures averaged 19.9 degrees.