The Sunrise News Sampler

Tuscaloosa City and County School systems have implemented 2-hour delays today, as have Fayette, Pickens, and Walker County Schools, a result of the National Weather Service's hard freeze watch. Our high is expected to be in the low 30's, and many cities in the state have temperatures in the teens.

Tomorrow was supposed to be "Ready Alabama Preparedness Day," focusing on preparing for extreme weather, but those plans have been canceled because of the winter weather threat.

President Obama's top economists say modest wage gains are far from making up for decades of paycheck stagnation for middle-class workers, but the White House says the U.S. has managed to kick-start a lasting and growing economic recovery. However, slowdowns abroad still pose dangers to the U.S. economy.

According to ET, as of now, Bobbi Kristina Brown's family has no plans to take her off life support. She is said to be making improvements, her vital signs are said to be stable and her organs are not failing, according to a source.

President Obama says the U.S. has one thing going for it that Europe doesn't in the fight against violent extremism: a long tradition of warmly embracing immigrants, including Muslims. He says extremists and terrorists don't want people to know that Muslims are "succeeding and thriving in America."

The FDA is warning people with peanut allergies to avoid cumin and products that contain cumin as traces of peanut were found in the spice. Hundreds of products are being recalled.

Jason Phillip Burd, of Northport, was arrested yesterday at the Tuscaloosa Police Department, charged with 1 count of electronic solicitation of a child and 1 count of school employee having sexual contact with a student under the age of 19. The 35-year-old is said to have asked a 12-year-old student for nude photographs and sent an obscene picture to her phone. He was placed in the Tuscaloosa County Jail pending a $36,000 bond.

A Georgia judge is considering a request by prosecutors that would prevent agencies from releasing information about the death of Cooper Harris, who was left in a hot vehicle. His father, Justin Ross Harris, has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges.