Prosecutor drops plan to execute Punxsutawney Phil (Photo: NBC News) Punxsutawney Phil is innocent beyond a shadow of a doubt. That is the legal opinion of an Ohio prosecutor who on Tuesday abandoned his plan to seek the death penalty against the furry forecaster for blowing it by calling for an early spring. Read the complete story.
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Prosecutor drops plan to execute Punxsutawney Phil

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Punxsutawney Phil is innocent beyond a shadow of a doubt.

That is the legal opinion of an Ohio prosecutor who on Tuesday abandoned his plan to seek the death penalty against the furry forecaster for blowing it by calling for an early spring.

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How deep is it? Show us your snow photos #NBCNewsPics (Photo: Brian Kersey / Getty Images) As the latest snow storm moves across the Midwest to the east coast, share your snow photos with us. Please add the hashtag #NBCNewsPics to your photos on Instagram and Twitter. See our collection of photos across the country and upload your own here.
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How deep is it? Show us your snow photos #NBCNewsPics

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As the latest snow storm moves across the Midwest to the east coast, share your snow photos with us. Please add the hashtag #NBCNewsPics to your photos on Instagram and Twitter.

See our collection of photos across the country and upload your own here.

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#NBCNewsPics: Share your blizzard photos (Photos: @ruthspiro, @shamrock604, @shankilpatrick and @trayce1999 on Twitter) A crippling and potentially historic winter storm is barreling toward the Northeast this weekend, threatening tens of millions of people with 2 feet of snow. How is the blizzard affecting your area? Show us with the hashtag #NBCNewsPics on Instagram, Twitter, or upload your pictures directly to NBCNews.com on the link below. See blizzard photos.
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#NBCNewsPics: Share your blizzard photos

(Photos: @ruthspiro, @shamrock604, @shankilpatrick and @trayce1999 on Twitter)

A crippling and potentially historic winter storm is barreling toward the Northeast this weekend, threatening tens of millions of people with 2 feet of snow. How is the blizzard affecting your area? Show us with the hashtag #NBCNewsPics on Instagram, Twitter, or upload your pictures directly to NBCNews.com on the link below.

See blizzard photos.

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Frigid temperatures continue to blast Northeast, Midwest; ice hits the South (Photo: Timothy A. Clary / AFP - Getty Images) Capping off a brutal week of frigid conditions and subzero wind chills, residents across much of the country on Friday were still experiencing some of the coldest temperatures in years — with southern states getting a rare icy blast. Read the complete story.
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Frigid temperatures continue to blast Northeast, Midwest; ice hits the South

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Capping off a brutal week of frigid conditions and subzero wind chills, residents across much of the country on Friday were still experiencing some of the coldest temperatures in years — with southern states getting a rare icy blast.

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Family in Sandy-damaged home suffers in deep freeze: ‘This is being exposed outdoors’ (Photo: NBC Nightly News) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Dee and Scott McGrath were huddled under two blankets, both wearing hooded sweatshirts and pants, with an electric heater by their bed. Dee heard her daughter coughing through the night from the room next door and feared she was getting sick. Read the complete story.
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Family in Sandy-damaged home suffers in deep freeze: ‘This is being exposed outdoors’

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Dee and Scott McGrath were huddled under two blankets, both wearing hooded sweatshirts and pants, with an electric heater by their bed. Dee heard her daughter coughing through the night from the room next door and feared she was getting sick.

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Ice forms as firefighters battle Chicago’s worst blaze ‘in many years’ (Photo: NBC News) A massive fire ripped through a warehouse in Chicago’s South Side Tuesday night, as firefighters were hampered by bone-chilling temperatures so low that water froze on their uniforms. Photos taken at the scene showed flames towering above the abandoned warehouse as icicles formed on a fire hose.  One photo showed a firefighter with his jacket, hat and gloves caked in chunks of ice. Read the complete story.
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Ice forms as firefighters battle Chicago’s worst blaze ‘in many years’

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A massive fire ripped through a warehouse in Chicago’s South Side Tuesday night, as firefighters were hampered by bone-chilling temperatures so low that water froze on their uniforms.

Photos taken at the scene showed flames towering above the abandoned warehouse as icicles formed on a fire hose.  One photo showed a firefighter with his jacket, hat and gloves caked in chunks of ice.

Read the complete story.

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Hot colors light up frozen sculptures at the Harbin ice festival (Photo: Diego Azubel / EPA) People slide down an ice slide at the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China, on Jan. 6. The annual festival features hundreds of activities related to snow and ice. Picture made available Jan. 7. See more photos.
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Hot colors light up frozen sculptures at the Harbin ice festival

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People slide down an ice slide at the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China, on Jan. 6. The annual festival features hundreds of activities related to snow and ice. Picture made available Jan. 7.

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Snow, rain and winds hit Northeast as deadly winter storm continues (Photo: David Guralnick / AP) A winter storm that has caused destruction and holiday travel disruption across the central United States swept into the Northeast early Thursday, where it was expected to bring up to 2 feet of snow, drenching rain and possible flooding. Read the complete story.
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Snow, rain and winds hit Northeast as deadly winter storm continues

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A winter storm that has caused destruction and holiday travel disruption across the central United States swept into the Northeast early Thursday, where it was expected to bring up to 2 feet of snow, drenching rain and possible flooding.

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Storm pummels Upper Midwest , Northern Plains with heavy snow, wind; travelers urged to stay off roads (Photo: Andy King / AP) A potent winter storm pounded the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains on Sunday with heavy snow and strong winds, making traveling treacherous and prompting airlines to cancel scores of flights. Read the complete story.
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Storm pummels Upper Midwest , Northern Plains with heavy snow, wind; travelers urged to stay off roads

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A potent winter storm pounded the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains on Sunday with heavy snow and strong winds, making traveling treacherous and prompting airlines to cancel scores of flights.

Read the complete story.

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Snow, cold missing across much of the US (Photo: The Weather Channel) If you like your early Decembers mild and with just a touch of snow, this one’s for you: Not only have temperatures been warm in many parts, just 7 percent of the continental U.S. is currently covered with snow — a much smaller footprint than the 32 percent this time last year. Read the complete story.
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Snow, cold missing across much of the US

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If you like your early Decembers mild and with just a touch of snow, this one’s for you: Not only have temperatures been warm in many parts, just 7 percent of the continental U.S. is currently covered with snow — a much smaller footprint than the 32 percent this time last year.

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Ice hotel takes shape in Lapland (Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP - Getty Images) Work goes on at the construction site of the new Ice Hotel in the village of Jukkasjarvi in Swedish Lapland. The Ice Hotel, which gets a new design and is reconstructed every year, is dependent upon constant sub-freezing temperatures during construction and operation.  See more photos.
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Ice hotel takes shape in Lapland

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Work goes on at the construction site of the new Ice Hotel in the village of Jukkasjarvi in Swedish Lapland. The Ice Hotel, which gets a new design and is reconstructed every year, is dependent upon constant sub-freezing temperatures during construction and operation. 

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Summer’s over: Canada blasts down arctic chill (Photo: Nightly News) It will be a cold week for millions as arctic blasts continue to move in from Canada. Expect record lows, stormy weather and perhaps even some snow from the Northern Plains to the Great Lakes. NBC’s Michelle Franzen and The Weather Channel’s Julie Martin report. Watch the report.
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Summer’s over: Canada blasts down arctic chill

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It will be a cold week for millions as arctic blasts continue to move in from Canada. Expect record lows, stormy weather and perhaps even some snow from the Northern Plains to the Great Lakes. NBC’s Michelle Franzen and The Weather Channel’s Julie Martin report.

Watch the report.

Source: MSN

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