Groundhog day

Today is groundhog day

In the afterglow of early morning fireworks on Groundhog Day 2012, the Inner Circle of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania-human handlers of the word's most famous groundhog-took the stage at rural Gobbler's Knob to introduce what Vice President Mike Johnston called "the Great Oz of weather


"Using a chirp and a click and a wink of an eye," Johnston said, Punxsutawney Phil had just signaled to the Inner Circle that he'd seen his shadow-meaning, according to legend, six more weeks of winter.