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Blizzard Spreads Snowy Shroud Over Nearly Half of US

CHICAGO -- A fearsome storm spread a smothering shroud of white over nearly half the nation Wednesday, snarling transportation from Oklahoma to New England, burying parts of the Midwest under 2 feet of snow and laying down dangerously heavy ice in the Northeast that was too much for some buildings to bear. Tens of...

Groundhog Day 2011: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Early Spring

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. -- To the relief of the winter-weary, the world's most famous groundhog is predicting an early spring. Punxsutawney Phil emerged around dawn on Groundhog Day on Wednesday to make his 125th annual weather forecast in front of thousands who braved muddy, icy conditions to hear his handlers reveal that...

Groundhog Day 2011: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Quick End to Winter

Bummed out by this winter's weather? Well, the worst of it will be over soon -- at least according to a rodent in Pennsylvania. It's the one day of the year when we ignore Doppler radar, mute the weather guy and put our trust in a marmot instead of the weather widgets on our computer screens. Today is Groundhog Day, a...

Groundhog Day 2011 Pictures [PHOTOS]

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Punxsutawney Phil Groundhog Predictions [PHOTOS]

Every year on the morning of Feb. 2, winter-weary humans turn for hope to a groundhog in Punxsutawney, Pa. If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he's pulled from his burrow at daybreak, it means six more weeks of winter. At least, that's what Groundhog Day folklore says. But, really, how accurate is the furry...