According to WaPo, 400,000-450,000 Sunday newspapers were delivered throughout the day yesterday. In anticipation of the storm, nearly every pre-print advertising packet was delivered to subscribers with their Friday newspaper, and for those 7-day subscribers who could not be reached Saturday, the Saturday paper was included in the Sunday delivery. The delivery of weekend papers continued today with 80% or more expected to arrive by tonight. WaPo says that they expect Monday papers to be delivered to subscribers if the roads along their route are plowed.

During the storm, WaPo.com experienced a daily average of 16.4 million page views this weekend, more than double a typical weekend. Local weekend page views were up 182% compared with recent weekend traffic, from 2.2 million to 6.2 million. The mobile site, meanwhile, had over 500,000 page views on Saturday.

Due to current weather conditions, Rupert Murdoch will not be appearing with Marvin Kalb for the Kalb Report this week. The event is being rescheduled for later in the semester. Note from Kalb after the jump.

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Each day, Ashley Estill surfs your sites for the most popular stories of the day. Here are the top headlines for February 8, 2010:

Washington Post: John Murtha dead at 77; longtime Pennsylvania congressman

Washington Times: LAMBRO: Bayh a tough sell in Indiana

Washington Examiner: RFK, Jr. 15 months ago: Global warming means no snow or cold in DC

USA Today: Favorite colors test shows CEOs are different; take the test

CQ Politics: Ex-Shadegg Aide Passes on Run

The Hill: Sen. Kaufman: Palin backers 'don't follow what's really happening' in U.S.

Politico: President Obama the scold

ABC News: Saints vs. Colts Super Bowl Scores Title of Most Watched Telecast Ever

CBS News: Palin Hand Crib Notes Attract Scrutiny

Fox News: Planned Parenthood Pushes Intensive Sex Education for Kids as Young as 10

MSNBC News: Michael Jackson's doctor taken into custody

CNN: Kim Kardashian: Reggie waited his entire life to win Super Bowl

Wall Street Journal: Prosecutor, Charge Thyself

NPR: Expectations Low For Obama's Health Care Summit

Roll Call: Murtha Dies at 77

National Journal: Senate Still Looking For Right Combo On Jobs Measure

Bloomberg News: U.S. Stocks Retreat on Concern Europe Finances to Hurt Recovery

Gallup.Com: Economic Confidence: Wyoming, Michigan Most Negative

Talking Points Memo: Top Republicans Don't Dispute They Were Told Xmas Bomber Was Held By FBI

Politics Daily: Tea Party Supported by a Third of Iowans

Reuters: Study links sugary soft drinks to pancreas cancer

Politico's Aime Parnes on MTP's Betsy Fischer in New Orleans:

Spotted: "Meet the Press" executive producer Betsy Fischer in New Orleans. Fischer, who flew out to the Big Easy for her sister's wedding, also got to experience a Saints win in Who Dat nation.

Snowmageddon 2010 has snuffed out another event.
This time, it's the Washington Press Club Foundation Congressional Dinner that was going to take place Wednesday night.

This note just went out to the foundation board, sponsors and those organizing the purchase of tables.

The statement is from Jim Kuhnhenn, the foundation president and scribe from the AP Washington Bureau.

"Sadly, we have been forced by impending weather to reschedule Wednesday's Washington Press Club Foundation Congressional Dinner. Many members are still stranded in their home states and the threat of another massive snowfall has made it necessary to hold the dinner on another date. We are discussing alternative dates with our key participants and will advise as soon as possible.

"We regret having to make this decision, as we were all looking forward to hosting a convivial evening this week for members of Congress and the press; unfortunately, that won't be possible on Feb. 10. We thank all the organizations that have purchased tables and the sponsors that are supporting us. Though postponed, the show will go on.

"We appreciate your patience as we reschedule the festivities."

Former V.P. hopeful and FNC contributor Sarah Palin told "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace that if she didn't run for president she'd do the best "darn good job" as a reporter.

Well it turns out that Palin, with all her dang, darn, heck, hell no, bull-stuff and you betcha's earned Wallace his best show ratings ever this past Sunday in his six years hosting the show. She explained the e-mail "issue" involving her husband, Todd, whom she referred to as "Alaska's first dude," she re-issued her call for White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to resign for using the phrase "f--king retarded" and analyzed the GOP presidential field, which included herself.

Wallace interviewed Palin in Nashville, where she was keynoting the National Tea Party Convention.

Nielsen reports show Wallace's high ratings with 132,000 viewers and a 4.2 Household rating - record-breaking numbers for the show in D.C. In the demographic (25-54), "Fox News Sunday" had 58,000 viewers, beating all three shows -- NBC's "Meet the Press", CBS's "Face the Nation" and ABC's "This Week".

Watch the video here.

WH.Gov brings us the blandest view possible of what it's like to be part of a White House advance team. In this video, presidential advance woman Carrie Devine takes us to the exciting metropolis of Elyria, Ohio to prepare for a presidential "Main Street" trip.

Hang on tight.

"It's funny all the things you notice when you doing advance work, Devine says. "Bike rack. VFW Post. Museums."

The most exciting part is when she lays down the law: "Just keep it as quiet as you can. Don't talk to the press about it," Devine says, warning an employee at an Elyria Manufacturing Corp. to not dish on the event before she gives the word. She does this a stern 'I'll injure you' look in her eyes.

Even the advance team seems utterly bored by what they're doing, as evidenced by a meeting in which a guy's head bobs repeatedly and a young woman profoundly slouches all over the table.

Nothing against Devine -- she seems like an amiable, hard-working woman. But this video needs to be shelved for a day when you've watched absolutely everything else there is to watch, including "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" and "Glitter". And even then you might want to prepare yourself by taking a long nap before you watch it.

"I think some people think the life of an advance team is glamorous, but it's a bit of a grind," says Devine.

Good: The Podesta Group, a friendly bunch, is hosting a "hacks and flacks" happy hour later this week. Questionable: The locale is the "Scheiss Haus," which, if you add an "e" to the tale end of the word (which is written as such on the bar's website) means sh-t in German. This makes the event's official location: the "Sh-t House."

"I'm sure it was intended as a joke," said a Pour House manager who answered the phone this afternoon, pretty foggy on how the downstairs bar got its name.

Now we'll get mature: The Scheiss Haus is located in the downstairs level of the Pour House on Pennsylvania Avenue.

The book party for Secrets of Powerful Women that was scheduled for Tuesday night at the W Hotel has been canceled. The book's forward is by Andrea Wong, president and CEO of Lifetime; the intro is by Rosario Dawson, co-founder of Voto Latino.

The letter from the network's senior V.P. is after the jump...

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We hear the party UrbanDaddy is hosting this Thursday on the rooftop of the W Hotel will be "Over. The. Top". Meaning: UrbanDaddy is bringing in a "huge band" from Austin and DJs from New York. CEO Lance Broumand will come to town to attend. So far, this is the only launch event they've thrown with the exception of New York because this has been their biggest draw in subscriber numbers anywhere in the country.

The party is strictly invitation-only.
And so far, party organizers have no plans to let snowmageddon get in its way.

Note: To the journo who doesn't believe UrbanDaddy is a site worthy of press coverage you can write in to "tell on me" and you can kiss my a-- in the process.

ABC's "This Week" tryouts for "American Idol" continue. Last week we had Barbara Walters. This past Sunday was Jake Tapper. And this coming Sunday is Jonathan Karl, as reported in Politico's Playbook. Also still in the mix is Terry Moran, who has hosted the show in recent weeks.

Who will ultimately hit that high note and who will be voted off remains to be seen.

CNN's Candy Crowley has dropped five dress sizes. It was evident in her debut appearance Sunday of the show she now hosts, "State of the Union." And people around town are noticing.

"Girlfriend totally looks like a different person," said a source who occasionally runs into her doing errands.

As reported by our sister site TVNewser: Crowley won't disclose how many pounds she's lost, but says she's down five dress sizes. She doesn't own a scale. Exercise, diet and transcendental meditation led to the transformation, she says, which she embarked on to feel better, not to be an anchor.

Sunday's show had girly touches on set, such as pink and yellow tulips in the background. There was also more estrogen on the whole - her first guest being Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a panel in which two of the three guests were women - CNN's Dana Bash (wife of former "State of the Union" host CNN's John King) and The New Yorker's Jane Mayer. The third guest on the panel was WaPo's Chris Cillizza, who said he didn't feel outnumbered by the female-dominated show.

"It was an honor to be on Candy's maiden voyage," Cillizza wrote FishbowlDC by e-mail. "To be alongside Jane and Dana made it all the better. I really couldn't be more thrilled for Candy -- a great newswoman an even greater person."

And Candymania continues...