In U.S. Midwest, 22F 'feels like spring' after days of brutal cold

By Michael Hirtzer and Gina Cherelus CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bone-chilling cold that paralysed a chunk of the United States this week and killed at least 18 people eased on Friday as an errant Arctic air mass retreated ahead of a warmer-than-normal weekend in areas of the Midwest and Northeast. In Chicago, where the mercury dipped as low as minus 22 Fahrenheit (minus 30 Celsius) this week, temperatures of 22F (minus 5.5C) by Friday afternoon felt balmy for some in the nation's third-largest city

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