Handler John Griffiths holds up Punxsutawney Phil before the groundhog saw his shadow on Thursday morning at Gobbler's Knob. According to lore, there will be six more weeks of winter because Phil "saw" his shadow. Amanda August
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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. —
More than 18,000 people descended on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney for the annual Groundhog Day celebration.
Despite what has been an unseasonably warm winter, Punxsutawney Phil seemed to disappoint most of the big crowd with his prediction of six more weeks of winter.
Boxford police Lt. James Riter with some of the wayward cows that made an appearance at a Boxford beer party Sunday.
BOXFORD — Six cows crashed a house party on Main Street and wound up drinking the beer left behind on a picnic table when the partygoers fled.
Police Lt. James Riter said he got a call about 9 p.m. Sunday for cows in the road on Main Street near Foster Street close to the town line with North Andover.
DANVERS — Essex Agricultural and Technical High School was on lockdown for nearly two hours yesterday afternoon as police chased a fugitive through the woods near the school.
Eventually, Jonathan Benoit, 24, of 22 School St. Wilmington, was arrested after a brief struggle with police and charged with being a fugitive from justice, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
MEXICO CITY — A spontaneous student movement is bringing attention to allegations that Mexico's media conglomerates offer biased and superficial election coverage, drawing a whiff of "Mexican spring" to a lackluster presidential campaign.
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