LILBURN, Ga. -- Georgia's groundhog, Gen. Beauregard Lee, reluctantly emerged from his mock-up antebellum mansion Thursday morning and spied no shadow, predicting an early spring. The Southern varmint's prediction differed, for the second year in a row, from that of his famous Northern colleague, Punxsutawney Phil, who did see his shadow, which portends six more weeks of winter. Under overcast skies and amid a brisk 39 degree temperature, Beau ambled out onto his front yard -- complete with shrubs, green yard and an American flag -- before a crowd of about 100 cheering fans. As his wake-up call, the fans...