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    Punxsutawney Phil off the hook

    America's most famous groundhog is off the hook. A winter-weary Ohio prosecutor who filed a tongue-in-cheek indictment against the famous Pennsylvania groundhog over his "prediction" of an early spring dropped the charge on March 26. (AP)

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    1. Revelers crowd the hill at Gobblers Knob waiting for the weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, to make his seasonal prediction Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, in Punxsutawney, Pa. The Groundhog Clu
    2. Groundhog Club Co-handler John Griffiths, left, holds the weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, after he was taken from the stump before the club said Phil did not see his shadow and there
    3. Groundhog Club Co-handler John Griffiths holds the weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, after he was taken from the stump before the club said Phil did not see his shadow and there will b
    4. Groundhog Club Co-handler Ron Ploucha holds the weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, after the club said Phil did not see his shadow and there will be an early spring during the Groundhog
    5. Groundhog Club Co-handler John Griffiths holds the weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, as he is surrounded by photographers after the club said Phil did not see his shadow and there will
    6. Groundhog Club Co-handler John Griffiths, left, holds the weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, after he was taken from the stump before the club said Phil did not see his shadow and there
    7. Groundhog Club co-handler Ron Ploucha holds the weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, after the club said Phil did not see his shadow and there will be an early spring, on Groundhog Day, Sa

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