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The winter storm Hercules dumped snow from Chicago to New England, causing travel days and snow days for millions of kids. See photos of the storm.

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Travelers leave the Back Bay train and subway station during a winter nor'easter snow storm in Boston on Friday. Nearly two feet of snow fell in parts of Massachusetts.

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A man clears snow from a sidewalk in Brooklyn following a snow storm that dumped up 8 inches of snow in parts of New York on Friday.

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A snow plow clears the road of snow along the New York State Thruway Interstate 87 in Tarrytown, New York on Friday.

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Cars cautiously move down a snow covered highway in Brooklyn following a snow storm that left up to 8 inches of snow on Friday in New York City.

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio shovels the sidewalk in front of his Brooklyn house on Friday.

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A woman walks up snow covered subway stairs in Brooklyn on Friday. Dangerously cold temperates are predicted for the day and evening hours.

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A woman walks down a snow covered street in Brooklyn on Friday.

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A man plows snow in a parking lot covered in snow on Friday in Jersey City, N.J. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie declared a state of emergency Thursday, urging residents to stay home. Schools were closed as temperatures reached below 20 degrees with wind-chills below zero in some places.

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A woman uses a shovel to dig her car out a snowbank on Friday in Queens, New York. The New York City Office of Emergency Management issued a hazardous travel advisory into Friday, warning that roads likely would be icy and snow would continue to drift.

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Heavy machinery clears the snow at New York's LaGuardia Airport, where nearly seven inches of snow accumulated.

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A couple takes an evening stroll through the snow on Thursday evening in Frederick, MD.

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A bicycle is buried by overnight snowfall on Friday in Queens, New York. New York City public schools were closed Friday after up to 7 inches of snow fell by morning in the first snowstorm of the winter.

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People walk on the snow covered hill of Leonard Gordon Park as snow falls over them on Thursday in Jersey City, N.J.

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A tourist catches snowflakes on her tongue during snow fall in Times Square, New York on Thursday.

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People walk through the snow in lower Manhattan on Thursday.

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Milo Bloom, 10, skis over a snowbank next to a parked car during the snowtorm Thursday in Portland, Maine.

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