UPDATE: Snow in Midwest leads to fatal 25-vehicle pileup

Thursday, December 20, 2012 | 2:26 p.m. CST; updated 5:13 p.m. CST, Thursday, December 20, 2012

DES MOINES, Iowa — The first widespread snowstorm of the season crawled across the Midwest on Thursday, with whiteout conditions stranding holiday travelers and sending drivers sliding over slick roads — including into a fatal 25-vehicle pileup in Iowa.

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