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Photos: Blizzard brings pain and joy to East Coast

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Snow is piled in front of the U.S. Capitol.
Snow is piled in front of the U.S. Capitol Sunday in Washington, DC. Monuments normally busy with tourists were largely deserted.
Alex Wong | Getty Images

A massive winter storm buried much of the U.S. East Coast in as much as 3 feet of snow in some places by Sunday, but travel bans were slowly lifting following overnight snow-clearing by emergency workers.

The storm stranded drivers on snowbound highways on Saturday and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. Still, some were lured out to play in the snow.

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Snow fort in Richmond, Va., street.
Tyler Ridge, left, Evan Oakes, and Stephen Biggs, relax in a snow fort in the median of Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., on Saturday.
Steve Helber | AP
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Snow is piled in front of the U.S. Capitol.
Snow is piled in front of the U.S. Capitol Sunday in Washington, DC. Monuments normally busy with tourists were largely deserted.
Alex Wong | Getty Images
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A man rides his snowboard in Times Square.
A man rides his snowboard down a pile of snow in Times Square Saturday in New York. Broadway shows were canceled, and Bruce Springsteen postponed a show set for Sunday at Madison Square Garden.
Don Emmert | AFP/Getty Images