The time was set for 10:00 a.m. Thursday.

The stakes were high: Pizza for the winner's staff.

The place: Capitol East Lawn.

Two Senators met for a 'snowball duel.'

Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Jeff Flake of Arizona traded tosses on an open field Thursday morning as staffers looked on.

Booker ducked, rolled, bobbed and weaved, but in the end came up short. Flake, who was raised in (wait for it) Snowflake, Arizona, was victorious.

"I was set up," Booker mused to his Instagram followers about the irony of the situation.

In announcing the face-off, Booker harkened back to the legendary duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. The East Coast-native even took a jab at Flake's home state of Arizona, which he said "doesn't have much snow!"

"With so many fights on Capitol Hill, @CoryBooker and I are going literal," Flake playfully tweeted.

The duel sparked much reaction on social media and even became a Twitter moment that you can see below. 

After Toys R Us announced their closing, some gift card holders are questioning whether their cards will be honored. NBC10's Harry Hairston explains.

Villanova continues on in the NCAA tournament as they prepare to take on West Virginia on Friday. Now, fans from all over the country are preparing to cheer on the Wildcats,

Could drones be used during emergencies in Philadelphia? Maybe! Philadelphia officials are looking into all the different uses for drones, including emergency detection and package delivery.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is asking for a smaller property tax increase to better fund the city's schools.

The reason: properties across the city are worth more than last year.

Earlier this month, Kenney asked city council to increase property taxes by 6-percent to help erase a nearly $1 billion budget deficit at the School District of Philadelphia.

On Thursday, the mayor amended the proposal requesting only a 4.1-percent tax hike.

The mayor's office said real estate values in total increased by 11-percent in the past year. That's higher than expected and means the city can collect the money they need with less of a cost to individual property owners.

Under the original proposal, a homeowner whose home was valued at $113,000 (the past median value) would've paid $95 more a year.

Now, the median home value is $128,100. So, the current proposal would mean they pay an additional $73 a year, according to numbers provided by the city. Those with the Homestead Exemption would see larger reductions.

The revised proposal is sure to be more palatable to council members. The last property tax hike, in 2015, was 4.5-percent.

While kids continue to enjoy their snow days and sledding, one Delaware woman is searching for her engagement ring that she lost in the snow. Now, after one NBC10 reporter got involved, plenty of people have pitched in to help find the ring.

A police officer faced off with a runaway bull in a snowy impasse in the woods of New Jersey on Thursday.

The Howell Police officer was responding to “a loose bull on Oak Glen Road” when he found the beast wading through deep snow from Wednesday’s nor’easter.

“Howell officers are highly trained in a variety of complex tasks but every so often we are confronted with another challenge,” the department posted to Facebook, along with a couple of photos of the encounter.

The officer used a parachute cord from his go-bag to lasso the 500-pound bovine.

Stuck in a sort of stalemate, the officer used a utility pole as a barrier between him and the bull as he waited for help in getting the defiant creature under control.

“I think he quickly realized this idea was bull?$&@!” the department captioned a photo showing the officer peaking from behind the pole at the bull. 

Police said the bull was safety returned back to its caretaker. It’s unknown where it escaped from or how it escaped in the first place.

Wednesday’s nor’easter dumped 11 inches of snow on Howell at a rate of 2 inches per hour, according to the National Weather Service.

Crews work around the clock in South Jersey to restore power knocked out by the 4th March nor'easter.

Here are the top news stories you need to know to start your day from your friends at NBC10.

TODAY'S TOP STORY 

Man Killed in NJ Crash Involving Stolen Car, Snow Plow: Police say a stolen vehicle in New Jersey slammed into another car during March's fourth nor'easter to clobber the tri-state, killing one person. Cops say 32-year-old Nafis Majette was riding as a passenger when the driver of a stolen vehicle hit his car head-on Wednesday afternoon in Newark. A parked snow plow was also struck in the collision. Majette was transported to a local hospital after the crash where he was pronounced dead. Police have charged the driver of the stolen vehicle, 26-year-old Alan Aberden, with aggravated manslaughter and vehicular homicide. Aberden's 24-year-old passenger Quasim McRae has been charged with resisting arrest and receiving stolen property. Both men have been hospitalized for injuries they suffered in the crash. It is unclear if road conditions contributed to the collision.

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WHAT YOU MISSED YESTERDAY

Fall Killed St. Joe's Rugby Player in Bermuda: An accidental fall down a 35 foot high cliff killed Mark Dombroski, the St. Joseph's University men's rugby player found dead in Bermuda earlier this week, a forensic pathologist has determined. Speaking at a news conference in the British island territory Thursday afternoon, Dr. Christopher Milroy said the injuries the 19-year-old sustained were consistent with a fall from a high point. "I found no evidence of foul play in my postmortem examination," Milroy said. Milroy, an independent pathologist, was summoned from Canada by the Bermudan coroner to carry out the autopsy. Toxicology results are pending.

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YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST  

Friday and Saturday are expected to be partly sunny with temperatures in the 40s. Sunday is also expected to be partly sunny most of the day but there is a chance of a shower in the afternoon. Monday and Tuesday are expected to be partly sunny with temperatures nearing 50 degrees. Wednesday could see some rain but temperatures are expected to remain in the 50s.  Get your full NBC10 First Alert forecast here.

Engagement Ring Lost in Winter Storm: While kids continue to enjoy their snow days and sledding, one Delaware woman is searching for her engagement ring that she lost in the snow. Now, after one NBC10 reporter got involved, plenty of people have pitched in to help find the ring.

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AROUND THE WORLD

Firefighter Dies in Blaze in NYC Set of Ed Norton Film: A massive fire that sent flames leaping from a New York City apartment building where a star-studded movie was being filmed has killed an FDNY firefighter, according to officials. Michael R. Davidson, 37, of Floral Park, died from his injuries while battling the fire on St. Nicholas Avenue and 149th Street in Harlem, the FDNY said at a press briefing around 3:30 Friday morning. Firefighter Davidson, a 15-year vet with the FDNY, is the 1,150th firefighter to die in the line of duty in FDNY 153-year history, according to Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro. He was cited for his bravery and life-saving actions four times during his career. Officials said two other firefighters suffered serious burns in the blaze that broke out Thursday in the basement of the building around 11 p.m., the FDNY said. Those injured firefighters are being treated at an area hospital's burn center. Three other civilians suffered minor injuries. Firefighter Davidson was the nozzleman of the first engine 69, the first to arrive at the fiery scene. They rushed to the basement, but the FDNY said once they got down there, the fire got worse, forcing them to retreat out of the building. Nigro said Davidson somehow got separated from his group and officials quickly began to search for him. When firefighters found him, he was unconscious, the FDNY said at the press conference. Davidson was unable to be revived and died.

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In a long-awaited move, SEPTA will discontinue token and TransPass sales at bus districts and Regional Rail once and for all by the end of April. Subway and bus token sales will be phased out at select Regional Rail stations beginning March 23, according to SEPTA.

"This represents the next major move toward implementation of the SEPTA Key," SEPTA said earlier in March.

The Key is a card that can be loaded and reloaded with the user's choice of SEPTA transit fare, including weekly/monthly TransPass, one-day passes or money that can be used toward single rides.

SEPTA will hold Key events at four bus districts: Allegheny, Callowhill, Germantown and Southern. At each event, customers will have the opportunity to purchase a SEPTA Key card.

The events will be held 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following dates:

• Allegheny District: March 26 and 30
• Callowhill District: March 25 and April 2
• Germantown District: March 24 and 31
• Southern District: March 23

March is Women's History Month. NBC10 is highlighting "TechGirlz", a non-profit that is grooming the next generation of great minds.

One person died in a Camden house fire where people jumped in to help rescue two others.

Flames broke out around midnight in a brownstone along Cooper Street, in the shadow of Rutgers University-Camden campus.

Camden County spokesman Dan Keashen said a 63-year-old man died on the third floor of the home. Witnesses say others inside were rescued thanks to people who ran into the home.

Across the street from the house is Rutgers-Camden student housing. Students inside saw what was happening and one student shot video of the flames shooting from the top of the burning three-story home.

The witnesses looked down and saw other people — possibly Rutgers-Camden students — running into the burning building to help.

“We saw a couple kids running outside, they broke down window to the door, they ran in there,” Rutgers-Camden student Samuel Tuero said. “They pulled two people, two elderly people out.”

Firefighters arrived a minute or two later, Tuero said.

One of the other fire victims was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, Keashen said.

No word yet on what caused the blaze.

Supporters are making a new push to bring back Cindy Mann, the fired principal of Padua Academy in Wilmington.

Friday marks the beginning of the end for toy seller Toys R Us as the toy retailer announced they will begin their liquidation sales on March 23rd at hundreds of stores around the country.

The going-out-of-business sales is the latest in a series of sad news for the 70-year-old company. On Thursday, Toys R Us founder, Charles Lazarus died at the age of 94. Lazurus, who began his retail career selling children's furniture, pioneered the creation of what was one of the nation's biggest superstore chains in 1948.

His death comes a week after the company announced it would be shuttering its U.S. operation after unsuccessfully reorganizing following a bankruptcy protection filing in September 2017.

It was also announced on the same day that Toys R Us had planned to start its liquidation sales. The sales were postponed due to "unforeseen circumstances," signs posted outside stores around the country and a person familar with company's liquidation plans said. 

The mass liquidation event at 740 stores will join the ongoing going-out-of-business sales at 182 stores that began last month. Those locations should be shuttered for good by mid-April.

Toys R Us promised "deep discounts and promotions." But workers at a Toys R Us in New York City's Times Square, where most merchandise had only been discounted 10 percent with a few items on sale at 30 percent off, said Friday that it could be a month before deep discounts come.

The company stated on its website that customers can continue to shop online for products "for a limited of time," but it was unclear when the retailer's online store would stop accepting orders. All online orders are expected to be fulfilled and customers should expect to receive them.

The retailer said customers can continue to use their Toys R Us credit cards through the end of the liquidation sales, and will honor Toys R Us gift cards until April 20. However, rewards or discounts associated with the card will no longer be accepted. It has also stopped accepting coupons, including from the Geoffrey Birthday Club, on March 22. 

Stores will accept returns on products purchased before the liquidation for the next 30 days. All purchases made after liquidation sales begin are final, which means they cannot be returned or exchanged.

At Babies R Us stores, no new registrants will be accepted, but existing registrants can still continue to access their registries while the online store is still open. They encourage shoppers to save or write down products on their registries as soon as possible to list what they want before the option is turned off. 

The company has been posting job openings recently for temporary positions to help during the liquidation process. But the store closings mean that around 31,000 employees will ultimately be laid off.

For additional questions about products, warranties or rewards, customers in the U.S. can contact the Customer Service Department at 1(800) TOYSRUS or 1 (800) 869-7787 between the hours of 8 AM and 11 PM ET. The company also shared customer FAQ information here. 

A ship passing in the night is causing the brief closure of a major Philadelphia area bridge this weekend in what's expected to be a close encounter.

The Delaware River and Bay Authority is closing the Delaware Memorial Bridge early Saturday morning so that the Zhen Hua 16 can navigate under the spans connecting New Jersey and Delaware.

"As a precaution and to eliminate driver distraction, the Delaware Memorial Bridge, both northbound and southbound, will be temporarily closed to all traffic for a period of approximately 30 minutes while the ship travels north to Philadelphia," the DRBA said in a news release. "This temporary closure may take place sometime between 12:30 a.m. and 1:30 a.m."

Drivers are warned of delays and urged to use detours.

The reason for the precaution is that the distance from the water to the top of the Zhen Hua 16’s cranes is 188 feet, 5 inches. The ship will need to cross under the bridge at low tide to ensure it doesn’t strike the bridge.

The clearance for passage will only be between 4 to 9 feet, DRBA spokesman Jim Salmon told NBC10. 

Once the boat passes, traffic on the bridge will resume. The boat is destined for Philadelphia’s Packer Avenue Marine Terminal where the two new super-post-Panamax cranes will be dropped off, the DRBA said.

Public health officials are looking for anyone who attended a February dance party in Delaware because they may have been exposed to mumps.

The Delaware Division of Public Health has confirmed that at least three people who went to a social dance in Wilmington Feb. 10 called “Baile Mexicano” or “Mexican Dance” came down with mumps. The event took place at the Chase Center on the Riverfront.

The health officials want anyone who went to the dance, whether they show symptoms or not, to visit a doctor to check for mumps infection and to be vaccinated.

Mumps is a viral infection that spreads through saliva or mucus from the mouth, nose, or throat. An infected person can spread the virus by coughing, sneezing, talking, and through shared items, including utensils.

Some of the symptoms of the virus are a few days of fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, and loss of appetite, followed by swollen salivary glands, which results in puffy cheeks and a swollen jaw.

The symptoms of this virus start to appear within 16 to 18 days after been infected.

There is no specific treatment for mumps, only management of its symptoms. However, the disease can have serious complications, including infertility in men, inflammation of the brain or spinal cord and deafness.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noted an increase in the number of mumps outbreaks cases occurring in the United States since late 2015.

“We can prevent further spread of the disease through vaccination," said DPH Director Dr. Karyl Rattay. He said anyone who is concerned or who lives with someone who has mumps should visit a doctor.

If you attended the “Baile Mexicano” event, or live with someone who attended and subsequently developed mumps, and you don't have health insurance, contact a local clinic. You can also contact a clinic for a vaccination.

• In New Castle County, call the Hudson State Service Center Immunization Clinic at 302-283-7587, (and select option #2)
• In Kent County, call DPH’s Kent County Immunization Clinic at 302-857-5140
• In Sussex County, call DPH’s Georgetown Immunization Clinic at 302-515-3220

It took 16 years, but the FBI in New Jersey has finally nabbed an international fugitive wanted for defrauding more than a dozen small businesses in a multi-million dollar computer scheme. 

Steven Nacim, a 50-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, had fled to his native Morocco after a federal arrest warrant was issued in 2002 charging him in an alleged widespread conspiracy to commit financial fraud. 

Federal authorities say Nacim and others bought millions in computer equipment from local mom and pop stores with checks that bounced. The store owners lost everything. 

Nacim has been wanted on an international warrant ever since. His group was also allegedly involved in the cashing of a fraudulent check and then wire transferring the proceeds through multiple other accounts. The total amount of the fraud is about $2.8 million, investigators say. 

Nacim was arrested in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday and is due in court later in the day. Attorney information for him wasn't immediately available. 

FBI special agent Ed Koby told the I-Team he never gave up searching. 

"If you’re a victim, you would like to think the FBI and other law enforcement would continue the case until it’s over,” Koby said.

“We just don’t move onto the next case just because someone flees or runs and leave you hanging. And I think it’s important for criminals to know that if you commit one of these crimes, that 16 years later, we may come knocking on your door." 

Acting Special Agent in Charge Bradley Cohen thanked the agents like Koby who had been working the case for more than a decade. 

“Their unwaning efforts and dedication led to the arrest of Mr. Nacim which will now allow for the criminal justice process to continue in this case,” Cohen said.