budget cuts and layoffs. union bosses told workers to take their time to plow the major streets to make the mayor look bad. the unions denied similar reports over the weekend, and as a reminder of what is at stake here an elderly woman and a newborn baby died in the wake of this storm after getting late responses from an overwhelmed 911 system, and in some cases situationess where the ambulances could not get to them on time in part because of unplowed roads. the point being, it's one thing to make a political point, it's quite another to do it when human life is very much at stake. and we will stay on that story. fox news alert, we are just getting what may be the best news of the week for a lot of tired and desperate people who would like to spend the new year at their homes and not at newark liberty international airport. several of the major airlines now say they have rebooked most