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Groundhog Day: Phil Predicts Early Spring

Punxsutawney Phil doesn't see his shadow

By the Associated Press

Posted Feb 2, 2013 7:21 AM CST

(AP) – It's Groundhog Day, and Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring. The Pennsylvanian did not see his shadow in Gobbler's Knob this morning, according to the "Inner Circle" that runs the ceremony. No word yet from rivals Staten Island Chuck in New York, General Beauregard Lee in Atlanta, or Wiarton Willie in Wiarton, Ontario.

Is that a wink?
Is that a wink?   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Revelers crowd the hill at Gobbler's Knob.
Revelers crowd the hill at Gobbler's Knob.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
The Groundhog Club 'Inner Circle,' wearing top hats, is led through the crowd by Pennsylvania state troopers.
The Groundhog Club 'Inner Circle,' wearing top hats, is led through the crowd by Pennsylvania state troopers.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil up to the crowd.
John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil up to the crowd.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring.
Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
John Griffiths holds the groundhog celeb.
John Griffiths holds the groundhog celeb.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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JimW
Feb 2, 2013 4:21 PM CST
My Birthday. It just keeps happening over and over and over.......
Mad
Feb 2, 2013 12:26 PM CST
Staten Island Chuck in New York, General Beauregard Lee in Atlanta, or Wiarton Willie in Wiarton, Ontario -- Punxsutawney Phil Posers. 
joymars
Feb 2, 2013 10:26 AM CST
As long as they don't give him a mirror...

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