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Stellar Meteor Shower Jan. 3 (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - For meteor observers, the presence of an almost-full Moon cast a bright pall on this month's performance of the Geminid Meteor Shower, normally one of the best meteor displays of the year.  But for a wild card, another very good meteor shower may be right around corner.  And for this one, the Moon will not play a factor at all.

Storm bringing wintry misery to Midwest (AP)

AP - A major winter storm cut a broad swath across the Midwest on Friday, snarling traffic and cutting power to thousands of households. Schools across the Northeast closed in anticipation as the storm lumbered...

The Perfect Mate: What We Really Want (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - For years, the evolutionary psychologists have been saying that men want young pretty women for their mates and women want older men with money. This party line was recently underscored when scientists from the University of Gothenburg and the University of Oxford analyzed 400 personal ads in newspapers and Web sites and found that, indeed, men want attractive young...

Daddy day-care: dinosaur fathers guarded the eggs (Reuters)

Reuters - You can call it dino daddy day-care. Scientists who examined the fossilized remains of three types of medium-sized dinosaurs found with large clutches of eggs have concluded that the males rather than the females seem to have guarded the nests and brooded the...

The Nation's Weather (AP)

AP - Heavy snow was forecast for the upper Great Lakes and the Northeast on Friday, while more snow was expected in the Northwest and a rainy day loomed for the...

Officers: Pierced 'gothic kittens' marketed on Web (AP)

AP - Humane officers say a Pennsylvania woman marketed "gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings over the Internet. Officers with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals removed three kittens and a cat Wednesday from a home outside Wilkes-Barre, about 20 miles southwest of Scranton.


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Officers: Pierced 'gothic kittens' marketed on Web (AP)

AP - Humane officers say a Pennsylvania woman marketed "gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings over the Internet. Officers with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals removed three kittens and a cat Wednesday from a home outside Wilkes-Barre, about 20 miles southwest of Scranton.

Search the Skies with Jill Tarter (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Astronomer Dr. Jill Tarter is Director of the Institute's Center for SETI Research and also holder of the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI. She is one of the few researchers to have devoted her career to hunting for signs of sentient beings elsewhere, and there are few aspects of this field that have not been affected by her work.