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5:17am

Tue February 12, 2013
Around the Nation

Montana TV Station Warns Of Attacking Zombies

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Good morning, I'm Renee Montagne.

KRTV viewers in Great Falls, Montana were interrupted by a bizarre emergency message yesterday: Zombies On The Attack.

(SOUNDBITE OF EMERGENCY MESSAGE)

UNIDENTIFIED MAN: The bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living...

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8:11am

Sat February 9, 2013
The Two-Way

The Blizzard 'Nemo' Highlights The Hype Cycle Of Storms

Originally published on Sat February 9, 2013 11:53 am

Credit AFP / AFP/Getty Images

If you've wondered why the blizzard dumping snow on the Northeast has a name, look no further than The Weather Channel. At the start of this storm season, the 24-hour-weather network announced, much to the chagrin of The National Weather Service, that it would give names to winter storms.

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1:14pm

Fri February 8, 2013
The Two-Way

Would A Storm By Any Other Name Be So Scary?

Originally published on Fri February 8, 2013 2:32 pm

Can you really be afraid of a storm with the same name as a cartoon fish with a bum fin?

Variations of that joke are all over social media, even as the storm called Nemo is dumping rain and snow throughout the Northeastern U.S. Albert Brooks, the voice of one clownfish in the movie Finding Nemo, quipped on Twitter: "They have named this new Nor'easter Nemo. I am not looking for it."

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