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A vast storm system that spawned tornadoes and killed three people marched toward the East Coast on Friday, delivering spring snow and ice to New England and promising to drench some of the country’s most populous cities. On Thursday, storms tore through the Great Plains, Midwest and South.

Democrats are counting on their New England friends to help them pick up Republican-held Senate seats on Nov. 6 and construct a barrier against losses in Nebraska and elsewhere that could erase their majority.

Luigi “Louie” Manocchio, the 84-year-old former boss of the Mafia in New England, was sentenced today in federal court to 5½ years in prison for extorting protection payments from strip clubs.

Try New England, Colorado and New Mexico, where some resorts are seeing snowfall ranges of 40 inches to over 105 inches.

Parts of New England were expected to hit the low 50s Tuesday, which could be considered balmy to some who braved the freak October snowstorm that dropped more than 2 feet of snow in some places over the weekend.

At least 2.3 million people across the Northeast found themselves without electricity after an unusual autumn storm dumped record amounts of snow. More than 2.3 million customers from Pennsylvania through New England had no electricity, according to reports, as the region was lashed by surprisingly high winds and snowdrifts. In Manhattan, tree branches snapped under the weight of wet snow, piling up along 5th Avenue and toppling across and obstructing the walkways of Central Park.

Almost a dozen New England towns were rendered virtual islands Monday as floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Irene reshaped parts of Vermont and upstate New York, turning placid rivers into raging torrents and some streets into treacherous mud bogs.

A fierce storm is raking northern New England and upstate New York with heavy rain, coating other areas in ice and dumping as much on 30 inches of snow on the winter-weary region.

A snow storm of "historic proportions" will cover 3/4 of the United States this week, with snowfall hitting from New Mexico to New England, according to CNN.The snow, expected to start falling on Tuesday, will drop as much as a foot of snow in Missouri and Illinois.

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