41.   Rain drenched much of the nation Thursday and snow blanketed some northern and western states, with dry weather in parts of the South and West.

42.   Rain lashed the Deep South Sunday, while early spring snows blanketed the Great Lakes.

43.   Severe thunderstorms accompanied by gusting winds were forecast to sweep through the Deep South Tuesday while snow blanketed parts of the Midwest and fair weather dominated the West.

44.   Schoolgirls in black chadors, the loose sheets that many Iranian women wear, resembled phantoms as they were blanketed by snow.

45.   Schoolgirls in black chadors, the loose sheets that many Iranian women wear, resembled white phantoms as they were blanketed by snow.

46.   Thunderstorms and tornados meanwhile hit Texas and Arizona in the southwest, while snow blanketed eastern Idaho, northern Utah, and northern Colorado.