Giant storm pounds Midwest, barrels toward Northeast

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• NEW: Storm causes accidents, flight delays in New Jersey
  
• NEW: 12 inches of snow in Springfield, Illinois; schools close across Midwest
  
• NEW: 500 flights canceled at Chicago's O'Hare airport; traffic at a crawl on icy roads
  
• Blowing snow causes 40-car pileup in Texas; 4 deaths in region blamed on storm
  
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