The great snowmelt of 2015 is underway ... sort of

For people living east of the Rocky Mountains, the winter of 2014-15 has been interminable. Week after week of bone-chilling, teeth-chattering and even hair-freezing cold has slid down from the Arctic

The cold fronts this season weren't ordinary fronts. They seemed to be seeking revenge for some insult that happened long ago, blasting cities from Chicago to New York with dangerously cold wind chills and setting the stage for snowstorm after snowstorm

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Feet of snow piled up in cities like Boston — which is nearing its all-time seasonal snowfall record — as well as Chicago and Portland, Maine. Read more...

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