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Already buried under 3 feet of snow, Mid-Atlantic prepares for 2nd big storm; Midwest also hit

WASHINGTON (AP) — Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday and headed for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices have been closed since last week and utility workers struggled to restore power already knocked out by a weekend blizzard.

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