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After we introduced a name for that annoying email practice of strategically cc-ing a manager to gain an upper hand, you responded with an avalanche of email. Here's a sample of your thoughts.

Also: A major winter storm causes problems from the Plains to the Northeast; the White House will create "climate hubs" to help communities deal with climate change; Texas is scheduled to execute a woman; and a Tennessee judge who forced parents to change their child's name is fired.

Companies including PayPal and Apple are competing to convince merchants and consumers to use their swipe-and-go mobile payment systems. Credit card breaches may speed up the use of digital wallets.

The U.N.'s top court begins hearings Monday on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change.

Rain and storm surge from Hurricane Rita have sent water over and through breaches in patched levees around New Orleans. The lower Ninth Ward, which was completely flooded by Hurricane Katrina, is once again under water.

Also: Talks on Iran's nuclear program move to Geneva; Malian rebels suspend peace talks; two farmers are charged in the deadly U.S. listeria outbreak; and a Klan chapter will hold a rally at the Gettysburg National Park.

Also: House and Senate conferees open new budget talks; there's a strike against the Port of Baltimore; the Boston Red Sox are closer to the World Series; and a U.S nun who gave up wealth to help Mexican prisoners has died.

The new secretary-general hoped to make 2017 a year of peace. But in a speech yesterday, he said that the world had gone in the "reverse" direction.

The Atlantic Coast Conference decided to pull many post-season tournaments out of North Carolina this season due to a controversial state law. This move follows the NCAA decision to remove college championship games out of the state.

Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the Treasury Department has been secretly tracking suspicious international financial transactions. The program is known as the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program. Linda Wertheimer talks to Glenn Simpson, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, about the program.

Also: The website of the New York Times' is still out for many users; the Ft. Hood shooter has a last chance to offer a closing argument in the penalty phase of his trial; and the online Oxford English Dictionary adds 'twerking" and "selfie" to its word list.

At stake is control of the Washington state Senate, where the GOP holds a one-seat majority. It's currently the only Republican-held legislative chamber on the West Coast.