Thanks to telecommuting, snow days are no longer fun - USATODAY.com

WASHINGTON — Faster computers, broadband connections and free public Wi-Fi are taking the fun out of snow days.

The federal government was shut down for the second day in a row Tuesday and many offices were empty in the nation's snowbound capital, but work continued — in homes across the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia region. It showed just how seamlessly well-equipped workers can soldier on even through disruptions such as heavy snowstorms...