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SAVE ON ALL* JEWELLERY AND NATIONAL & DESIGNER BRAND WATCHES Reg. priced items only. event valentines the ILove ATLANTA - The second wintry storm in two weeks to hit the normally warm U. S. South encrusted the region in ice Wednesday, knocking out electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses. It then pushed towards the heavily populated Northeast. At least 11 deaths across the region were blamed on the treacherous weather, including three people who were killed when an ambulance careened off an icy Texas road and caught fire. Nearly 3,300 airline flights nationwide were cancelled. In a warning issued early Wednesday, the National Weather Service called the storm " catastrophic... crippling... paralyzing... choose your adjective." Forecasters warned of more than 2.5 centimetres of ice possible in places. Snow was forecast overnight, with up to eight cm possible in Atlanta and much higher amounts in the Carolinas. U. S. President Barack Obama declared a disaster in South Carolina and for parts of Georgia, opening the way for federal aid. In Myrtle Beach, S. C., palm trees were covered with a thick crust of ice. The storm didn't cause the widespread highway problems in Atlanta the last storm did, largely because people had learned their lesson. Streets and highways were largely deserted. The storm then moved northward, threatening to bring more than 30 cm of snow today to the mid- Atlantic and Northeast. Washington D. C. could get up to 20 cm of snow. New York City could see 15 cm. Ice combined with wind gusts up to 48 km/ h snapped tree limbs and power lines. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost electricity in Georgia, 130,000 in South Carolina and nearly 30,000 in Louisiana. Some people could be in the dark for days. - The Associated Press Look familiar? N EW YORK - The DNA of a baby boy who was buried in Montana 12,600 years ago has been recovered, and it provides new indications of the ancient roots of today's American Indians and other native peoples of the Americas. It's the oldest genome ever recovered from the New World. Artifacts found with the body show the boy was part of the Clovis culture, which existed in North America from about 13,000 years ago to about 12,600 years ago and is named for an archaeological site near Clovis, N. M. The boy's genome showed his people were direct ancestors of many of today's native peoples in the Americas, researchers said. He was more closely related to those in Central and South America than to those in Canada. The reason for that difference isn't clear, scientists said. The researchers said they had no Native American DNA from the United States available for comparison, but they assume the results would be same, with some native Americans being direct descendants and others also closely related. The DNA also indicates the boy's ancestors came from Asia, supporting the standard idea of ancient migration to the Americas by way of a land bridge that disappeared long ago. The burial site, northeast of Livingston, Mont., is the only burial known from the Clovis culture. The boy was between one year and 18 months old when he died of an unknown cause. He was buried with 125 artifacts, including spear points and elk antler tools. Some were evidently ritual objects or heirlooms. The artifacts and the skeleton were covered with powdered red ochre, a natural pigment, indicating a burial ceremony. The skeleton was discovered in 1968 next to a rock cliff, but it's only in recent years scientists have been able to recover and analyze complete genomes from such ancient samples. The DNA analysis was reported online Wednesday in the journal Nature by scientists including Eske Willerslev of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark , Michael Waters of Texas A& M University and Shane Doyle of Montana State University in Bozeman. The burial site lies on the property of the parents of another author, Sarah Anzick of Livingston. It is known as the Anzick site. Doyle, a member of the Crow tribe, said the indication of such ancient roots for American Indians fits with what many tribal people already believed. He also said plans are underway to rebury the boy's remains at the site after the winter. The boy " was not a chief or a great hunter," but his burial showed love and respect, Doyle said at the Montana Historical Society in Helena on Wednesday. Next will be a memorial at the site, he said, " Something small, so that the state of Montana, people around the world will know the importance of that place." Earlier this week the researchers said once they discovered the link between the boy and today's native Americans, they sought out American Indian groups to discuss the results. Willerslev, an expert in deciphering ancient DNA, called for scientists to work closely with native peoples on such research. On Wednesday, he noted there were native American groups who said their oral history showed they were descendants of the first people in the Americas. " Well, they turned out to be right," Willerslev said at the Montana museum, where artifacts from the site are on display. - The Associated Press DAVIE HINSHAW / THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Traffic crawls along a slick roadway in Charlotte, N. C., Wednesday. The Northeast is next. Storm attacks south U. S. again, leaving 360K without power DNA of ancient boy sheds light By Malcolm Ritter A_ 12_ Feb- 13- 14_ FP_ 01. indd A12 2/ 12/ 14 9: 38: 25 PM ;