At 1400 GMT, Cheshire Police said there were about 100 lorries waiting to get into the salt works, causing tailbacks in nearby towns.

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At around 6 p.m. on Nov. 15, Wei was sitting in his cell at the Nanpu New Life Salt Works Prison north of Beijing, when a prison official came in and ordered him to pack up immediately.

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"It's easier for me to pay the taxes now on the dollars I earned than in retirement when I don't have an income, " says Mr. Pope, who works at Albion Financial Group of Salt Lake City.

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And Mr. Menino said the city's public-works department was at the ready with 34, 000 tons of salt and more than 600 pieces of snow-removal equipment.

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