Winter storm dumped at least a foot of snow across 25 states

Schools and businesses across much of the Northeast were shuttered Tuesday and travel plans were snarled as the season's first major winter storm pounded the region with more than a foot of snow, ice and high winds.
Parts of Maine could see up to 2 feet of snow before the storm finally eases late Tuesday, forecasters said. The angry weather marked the last days of a storm that began a slow, crippling march across the nation a week ago.