For millions of children, a snow day. The European Union moving closer to imposing more sanctions on russia. And escalation infighting in ukraine. Latvias president says the eu is likely to expand the list of those facing asset freezes and visa bans. Vladimir putin says ukraine is responsible for the violence. European finance ministers willing to work with greeces new government if the new Prime Minister drops his demands for the countrys debt to be written off. Europe may extend the deadline for greece to qualify for its next aid package. Word of another government intelligence Gathering Program aimed at drivers in the u. S. The Justice Department has built a database to track vehicles in real. And intelligence Gathering Program that involves storing hundreds of records about motorists. The goal is to fight drug tracking drug trafficking. In pro football, robert kraft, new England Patriots owner, says his team may be owed an apology. He says if the nfl fines the patriots did nothing
Politicians and pundits might delight in aiming their blame-throwers at their rivals over the U.S. credit rating downgrade. For markets and the economy, however, it does not matter.