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Cold Blast Envelops US

Arctic air spreads from Montana to New York

By the Associated Press

Posted Jan 14, 2009 10:24 AM CST

(AP) – Arctic air extended its grip on the US today, with below-zero temperatures stretching from Montana to northern New England and frost nipping the Gulf Coast. It was so cold in northern Minnesota—38 below zero at International Falls, with the wind chill during the night... Read full story »

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