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Venice Beach resident David Lomax enjoys the warm weather in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. With much of the Northeast gripped by snow and ice storms, the Southwest is riding a heat wave that is setting record high temperatures and sent people to beaches and golf courses in droves Friday.
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