Warm-up begins in Minnesota, bringing relief as well as home hassles

The thaw finally begins.

After spending most of the last few days in subzero temperatures, Minnesotans can finallly unwrap the woolen scarves from their faces and begin moving their fingers and toes again. The deep freeze that gripped the state sent dozens of people to hospitals with frostbite, closed schools, halted mail delivery for a day, froze waterlines, stalled cars and shut down the heat for about 150 Xcel Energy customers near Princeton.

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