Northeast braces for winter storm

A worker spreads salt on snowy sidewalks at Military Park in downtown Newark, N.J.  (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)

A group walks past a sculpture in downtown Pittsburgh as snow starts to fall.  (Gene J. Puskar / Associated Press)

Waves crash on the breakwall at the 39th Street beach in Chicago.  (Heather Charles / Chicago Tribune)

Heading toward Indiana University’s Sample Gates, Yasukiko Aoliki, left, walks his bike home after trekking downtown for a haircut only to find the business closed in Bloomington, Ind.  (Jeremy Hogan / Associated Press)

A worker uses a snow blower to remove snow as a motorist passes in downtown Indianapolis.  (Darron Cummings / Associated Press)

Rescuers work to move a driver injured in a wreck on a slick, snow-covered street in Columbus, Ind.  (Joe Harpring / Associated Press)

A snow plows moves along Jonathan Moore Pike in Columbus, Ind.  (Joe Harpring / Associated Press)

Bartholomew County Jail employee Rick Thompson battles the wind as he clears walkways of snow at the facility in Columbus, Ind.  (Joe Harpring / Associated Press)