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A New York State trooper places flares along the Thruway entrance ramp from I-81 northbound where a tractor trailer was disabled on March 12, 2014 in Syracuse, N.Y. Bitter cold has returned to upstate New York on the heels of the blizzard that dumped 1½ feet of snow on western areas. The National Weather Service says high winds and temperatures in the teens and single digits will drive the wind chill well below zero Thursday, a day after a blizzard closed schools and highways in most of the western half of the upstate region. (AP Photo/The Syracuse Newspapers, Lauren Long) NO SALES
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Snow covers a street sign for Spring Road near Fullersburg Woods in Oak Brook, Ill. after a winter storm on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Daniel White) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, TV OUT
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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2014, file photo, former NFL safety Darren Sharper leaves a courthouse in Los Angeles. Former NFL All-Pro safety Darren Sharper returns to court Thursday March 13, 2014 for a hearing that will determine whether he’s released on bail amid new charges that he drugged and sexually assaulted two women last year in Arizona. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )
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This photo provided by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office shows Eric D. Bass. Bass, Michon A. Thomas, and Kristopher J. Hughes face sexual assault and armed robbery charges after police said they broke into a Madison home looking for money, found a man and his wife lying in bed and assaulted the woman, who was six months pregnant, after beating her husband. (AP Photo/Dane County Sheriff’s Office)
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This photo provided by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office shows Kristopher J. Hughes. Hughes, Michon A. Thomas and Eric D. Bass face sexual assault and armed robbery charges after police said they broke into a Madison home looking for money, found a man and his wife lying in bed and assaulted the woman, who was six months pregnant, after beating her husband. (AP Photo/Dane County Sheriff’s Office)
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This photo provided by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office shows Michon A. Thomas. Thomas, Eric D. Bass, and Kristopher J. Hughes face sexual assault and armed robbery charges after police said they broke into a Madison home looking for money, found a man and his wife lying in bed and assaulted the woman, who was six months pregnant, after beating her husband. (AP Photo/Dane County Sheriff’s Office)
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More than 300 homeless people lined on a recent weekend in Denver up for a free meal provided by Christ in the City.
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This undated photo provided by the Howard County Police Department shows Darion Marcus Aguilar posing with a shotgun. Aguilar killed two people at a Maryland mall on Jan. 25, 2014, before turning the gun on himself. Police said Wednesday, March 12, that he acted alone, had no connection with his victims and may have had a fixation with the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. (AP Photo/Howard County Police Department)
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This undated photo provided by the Howard County Police Department shows a journal entry written by Darion Marcus Aguilar, who killed two employees at a Maryland mall Jan. 25, 2014, before turning the gun on himself. Police said Wednesday, March 12, that Aguilar acted alone, had no connection with his victims and may have had a fixation with the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. (AP Photo/Howard County Police Department)
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In this Jan. 25, 2014, video surveillance photo provided by the Howard County Police Department, Darion Marcus Aguilar approaches a Zumiez skateboarding and snowboarding store in Columbia Mall in Columbia, Md. Aguilar killed two employees store before turning his gun on himself. Police said Wednesday, March 12, that he acted alone, had no connection with his victims and may have had a fixation with the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. (AP Photo/Howard County Police Department)