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Pennsylvania.
• Groundhog Day is Saturday, and the community is holding its welcome-back bash for the famous winter-weather prognosticator -- the so-called seer of seers and sage of sages.
• Legend has it that if the groundhog sees his shadow on Feb. 2, winter will last six more weeks. No shadow means an early spring.
• Phil's got company. Groundhogs in Atlanta, New York, and Ontario also make predictions.
• But Punxsutawney partisans say Phil is the original and the best. The 1993 movie "Groundhog Day" starring Bill Murray brought the Pennsylvania rodent even more notoriety.
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• NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A knowing grin spread across Sean Tuohy's face as he considered the uncanny connections between the hit film that changed his family's life and the fact that Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Michael Oher will play in his first Super Bowl in the Big Easy.
• New Orleans is where Tuohy grew up and went to high school with author Michael Lewis, who wrote "The Blind Side."
• The book led to the movie, which depicted the Tuohys' rewarding experience as Oher's adoptive family. Actress Sandra Bullock, who starred as Sean Tuohy's wife, Leigh Anne, owns a home in New Orleans.
• "And there are people that think that's a coincidence," Sean Tuohy said. "How stupid is that?
• "We've got a huge sign in our garage that says: 'We believe in miracles,'" he continued. "For other people, it may be hard to understand that. For us, it's easy."
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