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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Eastern half of the U.S swamped with snow

A man steps over a large pile of snow in Grosse Pointe, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Residents awoke to at least a foot of snow and drifts as much as 3 to 5 feet in parts of southwest Michigan Wednesday, while the southeastern part of the state escaped the brunt of the storm barreling across much of the country.