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Much of the nation gripped by freezing temps

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• Jan. 3: Icicles hang on a strawberry plant just after sunrise at a field in Dover, Fla., where temperatures in the area dipped into the low 20s forcing berry farmers to coat the fruit with water and a thin sheet of ice to help protect their crops.
• Jan. 3: Hope, left, and Hunter Epps pull icicles off a fence outside their grandfather's nursery just after sunrise in Dover, Fla.
• Jan. 3: Jambo, a Serval, carries a snowball in his mouth as he plays in the snow at the Cincinnati Zoo.
• Jan. 3: Icicles hang on a small shrub just after sunrise at a strawberry field in Dover, Fla.
• Jan. 3: A FairPoint Communication payphone is nearly buried in a snow bank on Main Street in Winthrop, Maine.
• Jan. 3: Ronny Richter points to the ice sculpture he made during the night with his water sprinkler as temperatures dropped into the low 20s in Hosford, Fla.
• Jan. 3: An Amish buggy heads for home during a light snowfall near May's Lick, Ky.
• Jan. 3: An ice-covered tree at Cleveland's Edgewater Park frames the lighthouse at the main harbor entrance near Cleveland.
• Jan. 3: Snow covers an array of shoes nailed to a tree in Bainbridge Twp., Ohio; the tree's owner said nailing of shoes to a tree represents an Irish tradition of good luck.
• Jan. 3: Icicles hang on a street sign just after sunrise in Plant City, Fla.
• Jan. 3: Oranges are seen in the aftermath of freezing temperatures in Balm, Fla.
• Jan. 3: Icicles hang on a mailbox just after sunrise in Dover, Fla.
• Jan. 3: Icicles hang on a strawberry plant just after sunrise at a field in Dover, Fla., where temperatures dipped into the low 20s forcing berry farmers to coat the fruit with water and a thin sheet of ice to help protect their crops.
• This NOAA satellite image taken at 2:15 a.m. EST shows the Northeast, Great Lakes and Upper Midwest under mostly cloudy skies, while clear skies prevailed across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.