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This Just In: Spitzer Declares a State of Emergency!

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In Oswego County, near the Canadian border. They had six feet of snow there. Jeez, people, what emergency did you think we were talking about?

Oswego County Is Buried Under Six Feet of Snow, and More Is Expected [NYT]
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