Snow day in Chicago a mix of joy, hardship
APTOPIX Winter Weather
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A tow truck is seen on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago where hundreds of cars are stranded Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
