Liz Bruner just informed us that the winter storm warning runs until "3 a.m. in the morning." And then she repeated that, just in case we missed it.

Fortunately, Dickie clarified that the warning only runs until "3 o'clock in the morning."

On the steps of City Hall, Chuck Turner is saying he can't talk about his criminal case on the advice of his lawyers. But he can talk about the press:

I am not being judged by jury of my peers. I am being judged by the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, Fox News, Channel 5, Channel 7, etc., etc., etc. News outlets that would not cover my work as a city councilor are now knocking at my door almost every hour, demanding that I speak to them as if I have some responsibility to their bosses. That is absurd! Their behavior has been so obtrusive, so offensive, so oppressing, that my wife and I yesterday had to call the police department to give us protection from the press! Channel 5, people, would not leave my porch even when the police came! ... Once the police were gone, they came again. They are criminals! Why aren't they being arrested? ...

I will not sit back silently and allow my reputation that I struggled to build for 45 years to be ripped to shreds by employees of rich media corporation owners who have one desire and that is to silence anybody who is willing to speak up about oppression in this city, in this state, in this country.

Also, Maureen Feeney is a meanie who is attempting to strip him of his constitutional rights by taking away his committee chairmanships:

How can she strip me of my power as a committee chair especially of education and human rights without saying I know you're guilty Councilor Turner? How does she know I'm guilty?

And then he looked at reporters:

If you can stand in front of my house 12 to 14 hours a day harrassing me and my wife ... then you have a responsibility to ask Councilor Feeney why she has determined that we are guilty.

Channel 5 reports the shocking news (to them, anyway) that Green Line and bus drivers often wave passengers on without bothering to see if they have passes or money. It was, at least, good to see Dan Grabauskas acknowledge that fare collection is, indeed, a priority at the T. Again.

Rachel spots the headline of the day on the Boston Channel.

Working at home today, I get to enjoy StormPanic 5 roughly every 90 seconds alerting us to the fact that Palmer or Springfield will be wiped off the face of the earth in 19 minutes. At one point, I swear Dick Albert said something like "If it gets really dark out there, better come inside."

Brian reports that instead of seeing the ending of "Eli Stone" last night, Channel 5 viewers got to listen to pre-newscast banter:

We caught Ed Harding and the weatherman making jokes, smalltalk and discussing a baseball game. The latter practiced his weather tease three times.

LUCKILY, and I do mean luckily, Harding and the rest of the news team seemingly kept the language clean, didn't criticize anybody or say anything incriminating. ...

Dave Alpert fondly remembers the days of Chet Curtis and Natalie Jacobson. Now, he writes, WCVB news sucks as much as any other local newscast, thanks in large part to sucky Ed Harding, but also just in general:

... This morning, I watched a reporter throw her clipboard on the ground and kick snow on it as a way to prove to the rest of us that there is actually snow on the ground. Do you people actually think we are really that retarded? Or is it that you are that retarded? Either way, shame on you Channel 5 Boston. ...

Exclusive pre- and post-game field access, plus some playoff tickets, to make up for the station's loss of what it had thought was exclusive rights to broadcast the Patriots game.