Daily News: Odd News - Same old Groundhog Day; Phil's forecast due in Pennsylvania

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Same old Groundhog Day; Phil's forecast due in Pennsylvania  Saturday, Feb 01, 2014 10:04 PM PST By Elizabeth Daley PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Punxsutawney Phil, a famed U.S. groundhog with an even more famous shadow, huddled in his burrow on Sunday as winter lovers and haters waited for him to emerge and signal how much longer frigid weather will last. The rotund rodent is scheduled to exit his subterranean residence at Gobblers Knob in the western Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney at 7:20 a.m. on Groundhog Day, according to groundhog.org. The annual event, made even more popular by the 1993 film comedy "Groundhog Day" starring Bill Murray, draws thousands of faithful followers from as far away as Australia and Russia. With a shadow powerful enough to lift spirits - or dash them - Phil has met with Pennsylvania governors and appeared on national television talk shows and New York City's Times Square JumboTron. Full Story

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