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Winter storm forces Ford to shut North American plants

Freezing weather that interrupted gas supplies in the southern United States and Mexico was wreaking havoc on Thursday with car manufacturing plants on both sides of the border, with Ford saying several of its assembly plants have been shut.

Carolinas could see 1M power outages

Duke Energy Corporation predicted Wednesday that conditions from the latest winter storm could result in nearly one million power outages, with some lasting over a span of days.