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The Associated Press The deep freeze that broke records in hundreds of cities across the eastern half of the United States on Friday will last most of next week. Another widespread round of ice, snow or freez- ing rain is set to start fall- ing Saturday from Missouri to the mid-Atlantic and as far south as Alabama and Georgia. "Higher amounts over the next two days will probably be across southern Indiana and Illinois and eastward through Ohio into western Pennsylvania," said Bruce Sullivan, a senior meteo- rologist with the National Weather Service. "That's where it looks like the jack- pot will be." But even before the lat- est snowstorm, residents had to deal with school cancellations, power out- ages, road hazards and wa- ter main breaks from the punishing cold. Here's a look at the latest weather and the effect it is having around the country: "Polar vortex" is so last year. Forecasters are call- ing the record-setting bout of icy air the "Siberian Ex- press" because winds com- ing from Russia are travel- ing over the Arctic Circle and pushing into Canada and the United States. "We can almost show the trajectory from Siberia all the way to the U.S.," Sulli- van said, noting meteorolo- gists began using the term long ago. Despite being the buzz- word of winter 2014, polar vortex also has been used for decades in meteorology. It is a pocket of very cold air that typically swirls around the North Pole. "Sometimes little pieces break off," Sullivan said. That has also happened this week, meaning a frosty one- two punch. Schools in Alabama sent students home early and NASA shut down its Hunts- ville facility Friday as a storm began unloading ice, sleet and snow. The weather service said roads were impassable in at least seven counties. Dozens of school systems dismissed students early or canceled classes altogether. NASA closed early at its Marshall Space Flight Cen- ter because of deteriorating road conditions. Huntsville and the rest of the state's northeastern cor- ner is under a winter storm warning through early Sat- urday, and forecasters say much of northern Alabama and Georgia could get snow and sleet, including metro Atlanta. Bitter cold temperatures have shattered decades-old records from Cincinnati to Washington to New York. The National Weather Service said the low Fri- day got down to 6 degrees at Reagan National Airport, just across the Potomac River from Washington. At Baltimore's airport, the temperature dipped to a re- cord low 2 degrees. In western Pennsylvania, temperatures dipped to mi- nus 18 in New Castle, mi- nus 15 in Butler and 6 be- low zero in Pittsburgh — all records. Records also were set at Newark Liberty Interna- tional Airport in New Jer- sey (1 degree); Trenton, N.J. (zero degrees); New York's Central Park (2 degrees); and Cincinnati (12 degrees below zero). A Boston-bound com- muter ferry carrying more than 100 passengers had trouble steering in the ice and had to be towed to port. The ferry Massachu- setts departed Hingham at about 8:30 a.m. Friday right behind an ice breaker, said Alison Nolan, an offi- cial with Boston Harbor Cruises. After the ferry went off course, the ice breaker towed it to Boston, arriving about 45 minutes later than normal. No one was hurt and the boat was not damaged. Ferry service was can- celed elsewhere in the Northeast. WINTERBLAST 'Siberian Express' in eastern US continues By Ricardo Alonso- Zaldivar The Associated Press WASHINGTON In a new setback for the health care law and the people it's sup- posed to help, the govern- ment said Friday it made a tax-reporting error that's fouling up the filings of nearly a million Americans. After a successful sign- up season, the latest goof could signal new problems with the complex links be- tween President Barack Obama's health care over- haul and the nation's in- come tax system. Officials said the gov- ernment sent the wrong tax information to about 800,000 HealthCare.gov customers, and they're ask- ing those affected to delay filing their 2014 returns. The issue involves a new government form called a 1095-A, which is like a W-2 form for health care for people who got subsi- dized private coverage un- der Obama's law. People can find out whether they're affected by logging in to their accounts at HealthCare.gov, where they should find a message indicating whether they were affected or not. They also can check by phoning the federal customer ser- vice center at 800-318-2596. Separately, California announced earlier that it had sent out inaccurate tax forms affecting about 100,000 households. The state is not part of the fed- eral market but runs its own insurance exchange. HealthCare.gov said in a blog post that the federal mistake happened when information on this year's premiums was substituted for what should been 2014 numbers. The website had a technology meltdown when it was launched back in 2013, but seemed to have overcome its problems this enrollment season. "It's just another black mark on the adminis- tration's handling of the health care act," said Ro- berton Williams, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center in Wash- ington. "They were hoping for a clean season." "For many of these im- pacted taxpayers, the tax refund could be the sin- gle largest financial pay- out of the year," said Mark Ciaramitaro, H&R Block's vice president for health care. Many people due a refund file well before the April 15 deadline. "They are being told to wait," he added, "further delaying access to their tax refund." On another matter, the administration also an- nounced a special sign-up extension for uninsured people who would face the health care law's tax pen- alties for the first time this year. Several million house- holds could benefit from that grace period, which had been sought by Dem- ocratic lawmakers. Uninsured people who go to file their taxes and learn they're facing a penalty will have between March 15 and April 30 to sign up through HealthCare.gov. Otherwise, they would not have had an opportunity until the fall. Fines for being uninsured are going up significantly in 2015. The tax-document mis- take was a self-inflicted wound after what Obama had personally touted as a successful open-enrollment season, with about 11.4 mil- lion people signed up. On Capitol Hill, Demo- crats were frustrated, but they gave the administra- tion some credit for disclos- ing the error early instead of letting the problem com- pound as tax season ad- vances. At the Health and Hu- man Services department, Andy Slavitt, who oversees health insurance programs, said consumers affected by the problem will be noti- fied starting immediately via phone calls and emails. They represent about 1 of every 5 HealthCare.gov cus- tomers who got subsidies in 2014. ACA New woes for HealthCare.gov: Wrong tax info sent out MariahDamante Freshman Red Bluff High School The "Can Do Kid" NotonlydidsheplayHigh School Football and is on the Alpine High School Ski Team, She has main- tained a grade point average to be on the Honor Roll at school!AfterApline, she will be learning Jiu Jitsu and dabbling with MMA.You just never know what she will be doing, but it will be challenging. She believes she can do any- thing she sets her mind to, and is considered a great role model. YOURHOMEFURNISHINGSHEADQUARTERS! 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