Mortgage rates on the average 30-year loan dropped below 6% today to 5.99%. Two GOP senators have been removed from their committee spots after challenging minority leader Mitch McConnell's leadership position. The northeast is expected to be slammed by an arctic blast bringing the coldest wind chill in decades. Groundhog, punk satani Phil made his annual prediction about whether or not the country will have an early spring or a long winter Thursday morning.