Storm cuts power, brings wintry misery to Midwest
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081219/capt.1859f23d548d4bfbae515ff77689669a.aptopix_winter_weather_wiapp101.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=RldhEJ662PzI4q0ZqnsQQw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="John Notebaart is coated in snow and ice while snow blowing his driveway, Friday, Dec. 19, in Appleton, Wis. Hundreds of school districts canceled classes Friday, including the state's largest Milwaukee Public Schools and its 85,000 students. (AP Photo/Post-Crescent, Dan Powers)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081219/ap_on_re_us/wintry_weather)AP - A major winter storm cut power to tens of thousands of customers Friday, canceled hundreds of airline flights and gave schoolchildren from Iowa to New England an early start on their holiday break. "I'm going to leave town as soon as I'm able. I can't continue to do winter in Chicago," said Patricia Singleton, whose commute downtown from a Chicago suburb took three times as long as it normally does.</p><br clear="all"/>
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