In the meantime, "breakup, " or what locals refer to as the Alaskan Spring, is coming with bigger-than-usual headaches in this city of 292, 000.

WSJ: Winter Seems Eternal in Anchorage, Alaska

The depth of this plunge is the black swan few saw coming last spring.

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With the opening of spring training less than three weeks away, the winter of discontent for the New York Yankees is quickly coming to a close and no one is happier to see pitchers and catchers report to camp than Brian Cashman.

FORBES: Cashman's Future With Yanks Might Not Be As Nebulous As Some Think

The inventory is likely to rise in coming months, as more homeowners list their properties in time for the spring selling season.

WSJ: Energy Shares Drag on Dow

One name the Creatures did include was closer Mariano Rivera, who is coming back from a torn knee ligament and said during spring training he plans to retire at the end of the season.

WSJ: Lester, Red Sox shut down Yankees on opening day

Spring is traditionally the time for Wall Streeters to jump ship, coming a few weeks after annual bonuses are paid.

FORBES: Wall Street's Hiring Spree

In Ms Stowe's experience, there are seasonal variations in divorce - but the blips tend to come in the spring and early summer - when school exams are over and term is coming to an end.

BBC: Season of ill will?

The spring selling season is like Christmas for home-improvement retailers, and this year, Christmas is coming early.

WSJ: Mild Winter Could Help Home Depot Earnings

It was for them, as it is for us, difficult, in the dead of winter, to sometimes see spring coming.

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This spring Prestone is coming out with a hockey-puck-shaped hand- held wax applicator sponge called the Bullet Wax.

FORBES: Bleeding arm, but no bleeding heart