RANTS

Hershey, citing energy and commodity costs, is raising the wholesale price of its products by 13 percent.

Nearly 500,000 people were stranded at a rail station in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou after winter blizzards slammed the country.

RAVES

Working with bipartisan speed, Congress and the White House have hammered out a plan to get tax rebates to taxpayers by the spring; the rebates range from $300-1,200, depending on your income level and family status.

A 27-year-old Massachusetts man was yanked out of an icy pond by firefighters Monday. The firefighters had to don survival suits and hack their way though the ice to get to the trapped man.