Minnesotans Coping With Lack of Snow
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From snowmobiling on alfalfa to strapping on cross-country skis with wheels, Minnesotans are finding ways of coping with a frustrating lack of snow.
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By Geri Parlin, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 5--We've made it through the shovel-and-shiver month of January, all 31 days of it. That means we've plowed through the worst. February is short.
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By Stan Finger and Brent Wistrom, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb. 13--Wichita will awaken to another dose of winter today, with snow and bitter cold accenting the day.   Forecasters are calling for 2 to 4 inches of snow with isolated heavier amounts possible.
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Frigid air and gusts of snow created below-zero wind chills and white-out conditions across much of the country.
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By Pete Grathoff, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 4--The daytime highs sometimes struggle to reach the teens in Missouri, and more than 2 feet of snow has hit parts of Kansas.
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By The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind.  Feb. 7--The bitter cold that has blanketed the Midwest has touched all areas of the city, causing problems on the roads, filling homeless shelters, bursting pipes and water mains, and delaying flights.
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Emergency workers in boats rescued people from cars and homes left stranded by rising water Wednesday as heavy rain doused southern Minnesota and caused flash flooding. The storm was blamed for at least one death.
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Temperatures plummeted across the eastern half of the nation Monday, approaching an all-time record in northern Minnesota and freezing the Gulf Coast as a river of Arctic air pushed southward.
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Sunny skies on Monday helped road crews deal with the remnants of a blustery snowstorm that blacked out thousands of homes and businesses and was blamed for at least 22 traffic deaths in the upper Midwest.
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Do-it-yourself with snow machines are taking the weather into their own hands.
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Baby, it's cold outside. So cold, one team has practiced with footballs straight out of the freezer. But not so frigid that many players say they will go sleeveless.
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A day after seeing rare snowfall, a frozen South was waiting to thaw Sunday. Elsewhere in the nation, football fans were preparing for NFL games that promised to be cold at best -- and downright bone-chilling at worst.
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Blizzards, wind and ice lash midwest states, bringing blackouts and traffic pile-ups
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A fierce snowstorm claims at least nine lives and leaves tens of thousands without electricity in the US Midwest.
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Despite having to deal with some of the nation&#39;s worst wintertime weather, Minnesota emerged as the nation&#39;s healthiest state, while far to the south, Louisiana is the least healthy, a ranking it has been unable to shake for 14 of the last 15 years
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By The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Dec. 8--State officials need the public's help to ensure that massive damage from last week's winter storm does not harm marine life or recreation at the Lake of the Ozarks.
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Unusual mild weather has led to a lack of snow in Europe, threatening tourism and trade, say two BBC reporters.