PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL PREDICTS AN EARLY SPRING

PUNXSUTAWNEY,Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil has forecasted an early spring from the largest and bestknown Groundhog Day celebration in the United States at an overcast Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania. The annual event was held shortly after sunrise on Friday. It's a tonguein- cheek ritual in which Phil’s handlers reveal whether the groundhog has seen his shadow. This year, they say the rodent…