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Spring storm socks Midwest, Deep South; 3 dead

By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A powerful spring storm unleashed tornadoes and winds strong enough to peel the roofs from homes in the Deep South and heaped snow and ice on the Midwest, killing three people and leaving thousands without power as it moved up the East Coast on

In snow-socked Northeast, spring seems far away

By JAY LINDSAYAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Snow and sleet blasted the Northeast on the last full day of winter Tuesday, closing schools and turning roads into a slick mess that got the Harlem Globetrotters' bus into a minor accident. Some places were looking at well over a foot of snow by the

NYC school bus drivers, matrons go on strike

By KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - More than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and matrons went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning, leaving some 152,000 students, many disabled, trying to find other ways to get to school. Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said the

Storm's high winds, snow, sleet lash Northeast

By DAN SEWELLAssociated Press A powerful winter storm system that pounded the nation's midsection, wrecking holiday travel plans and dumping a record snowfall in Arkansas, began lashing the Northeast on Wednesday with high winds, snow and sleet. The storm, which knocked out power to thousands