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FILE - This Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 file photo shows Groundhog Club Co-handler Ron Ploucha holding 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 Day ceremony in Punxsutawney, Pa. Authorities in still-frigid Ohio have issued an "indictment" of the furry rodent, who predicted an early spring. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Death penalty sought for indicted Punxsutawney Phil

Last updated Friday, March 22, 2013 - 11:56am

CINCINNATI -- Famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil might want to go back into hibernation.

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Groundhog Club handler Ron Ploucha holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Phil 'predicts' 6 more weeks of winter

Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 10:02am

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. -- Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair to "see" his shadow on Thursday, in the process predicting six more weeks of winter.

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Buckeye Chuck looks out during Groundhog Day, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 in Marion, Ohio. Chuck predicts an early spring this year. (AP Photo/The Marion Star, Bill Sinden)

Some groundhogs are more accurate than others

Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 11:36am

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Every Feb. 2, a slew of weather-predicting rodents lift their noses in the air to test winter's strength, offering groundhog-hole predictions from Punxsutawney, Pa., down to Lilburn, Ga.

But among all fur-covered meteorologists, the best-guesser's crown belongs to a 5-year-old critter who lives indoors and doesn't even hibernate: Mortimer, the pride of Garner, N.C.

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