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Authorities in New York City say a man who tried to jump to his death from his ninth floor apartment was saved by a heap of trash bags that had gone uncollected since last week's blizzard.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a political independent whose reputation was built on competence, may have been defeated this time by a blizzard.

An East Coast blizzard that has shut down airports in New York and New England could leave passengers stranded for days.

A monster two-day blizzard barreled up the coast and invaded the New York region and the Northeast, disrupting air, rail and highway travel.

Airlines ground hundreds of flights along the Northeast corridor. New York's forecast calls for 11 to 16 inches of snow and strong winds.A band of frigid weather snaking its way up the East Coast on Sunday threatened to bring blizzards and a foot of snow to New York City and New England, while several states to the South made emergency declarations as the storm caused crashes on slick roads.

Much of the upper Midwest is battling blizzard conditions, with a combination of heavy snow, fierce winds and sub-zero temperatures.

Blizzard's VP of game design Frank Pearce has revealed that the only way to play Starcraft 2 in multiplayer will be through the company's Battle.net service online.This confirms that there will not only not be LAN capabilities within Starcraft 2, but that players are forced to play each other within their own regions.

A major nor'easter is expected to bring blizzard conditions to interior New England and heavy rain and near-hurricane-force wind gusts to Northeastern coastal areas Wednesday through Friday.

The second of back-to-back blizzards that smothered the East Coast and eclipsed seasonal snowfall records with more than a month of winter remaining had tapered off by Thursday, although governments and schools remained closed to contend with the aftermath.

In Washington, D.C., the federal government planned to be closed for a fourth straight day, while city agencies and schools in the hardest-hit regions also scored snow days. The nation's capital joined Philadelphia and Baltimore in logging their snowiest winters in history.

The cleanup begins for the Mid-Atlantic states struck by a heavy snowstorm....