CHICAGO: A deadly chill had much of the United States (US) and Canada     in its wintry grip on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), as a record-breaking cold snap brought temperatures lower than on the surface of Mars.

It was so cold in Chicago that the polar bear at the Lincoln Park zoo—who admittedly had not built up the winter fat stores of her wild cousins—was brought inside to warm up.

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