Phil dashes thoughts of early spring
John Griffiths, right, one of the handlers of Pennsylvania's famous weather-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, holds Phil as the weather guru's other handler, Ben Hughes, pats his head during annual Groundhog Day festivities early Saturday in the Jefferson County community. Phil had bad news for anyone hoping for a quick end to winter weather conditions. The weather prognosticator saw his shadow and decreed there would be six more weeks of winter.