And that might mean something as simple as mowing the lawn for a family in your community or shoveling the snow.

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An 11-year-old boy died of carbon monoxide poisoning after being overcome as he sat in a running car to keep warm, while his father was shoveling snow to get the car out of a snow bank in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood.

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Men were responsible for the majority of the spike, which "might be explained by snow shoveling, " the researchers noted.

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It can be said that I was completely and totally inexperienced in the art of shoveling snow.

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Boyle, though, probably has more gloves than he knows what to do with and never suffers the indignity of shoveling snow with mismatched mittens.

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Imagine if the state provided snow shoveling services for all sidewalks.

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In the dark, Simon Alcarac was shoveling snow, trying to meet Milwaukee's 11 p.m. deadline to move his car to a nearby elementary school parking lot or face a hefty tow bill from the city.

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Also, a longtime member of the Worcester Fire Department suffered a heart attack after shoveling snow at his Webster home Saturday and died at a hospital.

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Nearby, Rick Steiner said he is faced with having to shovel up to 10 feet of snow away from the sides of his three-bedroom home that he amassed from shoveling his roof all winter.

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