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U.S. storm's toll up to 6 dead as system heads east

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Dauphin Street at North Carlen Street in the Midtown section of Mobile, Ala. is impassable after a tornado touched down Tuesday.

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A winter storm system that blew through Christmas Day with Gulf Coast tornadoes and snow in the nation's midsection headed for the Northeast on Wednesday, spreading blizzard conditions that slowed holiday travel.The death toll rose to six with car accidents on snow and sleet-slickened highways in Arkansas and Oklahoma.