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Storms Clobber Western US

Rescuers search for three missing snowmobilers in Colorado

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 29, 2008 1:55 PM CST

(Newser) – Fresh from inundating California with rain, a big storm system is dumping massive amounts of snow on the Western US. Three snowmobilers are missing in Colorado, the Navajo Nation has declared a state of emergency, and northern Idaho is staggering under about 20 inches of... Read full story »

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