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Santa Monica Nativity displays: Church groups ponder next steps
L.A. NOWA coalition of church groups that has erected Nativity scenes in Santa Monica for more than 50 years is pondering its next steps after a federal judge ruled the city has the right to bar seasonal public displays.... -
Climatologist says Aberdeen's winter forecast not set in stone
Dennis Todey, state climatologist for South Dakota, recently answered several questions about what type of winter people in northeastern South Dakota can expect. Q. What does your office consider winter? A. Although winter doesn't officially begin...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, Weather Statistics
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Northern Michigan church briefs Sunday, Dec. 16
Petoskey First Presbyterian Church of Petoskey First Presbyterian Church, 501 E. Mitchell St., downtown Petoskey, will celebrate the third Sunday in Advent with special readings and music at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. All are invited. This is also...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Music, Reformed, Anglicanism, Religious Festivals
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12/12/12: It's Kayla's special day, but just a quirk in the calendar for others
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comBorn on Dec. 12, 2000, Hagerstown resident Kayla Bailey turns 12 wednesday, on 12/12/12. “It’s kind of cool that they’re all put together like that,” Bailey, a student at E. Russell Hicks Middle School said Tuesday. “My...Tags: Pick 4 Lottery, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries
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Evidence of climate change on a sun-splashed rock
Wally Vait has a good eye for such things, so I'm not surprised that during a hike Saturday on the North Central Railroad Trail in Freeland, he spotted an Eastern garter snake on a sun-splashed rock. The question: What was it doing there, after one of the...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Physiology, Global Change, Ecosystems, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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A cappella Christmas choral concert to be at art musuem
The Orlando Circle of Friends Chorus (OCOF) presents an eclectic evening of a capella music to celebrate the season with its annual "Carols by Candlelight. This year's performances are at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. The...
Tags: Arts, Orlando Museum of Art, Religious Festivals, Arts and Culture, Holidays
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Sunsets to start getting later again after Friday
We are still about two weeks away from the shortest day of the year, but after Friday night, the early winter sunsets will start shifting later again. The difference between sunset times from Dec. 2 through Dec. 11 is a matter of seconds, all at about...
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Maya 'doomsday' may actually be Sunday, archaeologist says
TULUM, Mexico – Hold on to your doomsday fever, folks, the Maya calendar date celebrated Friday as the “end of the world” might actually be off by two days – or a full year. The end of the 13th baktun cycle of the so-called...
Tags: Caribbean Sea, Arts and Culture, Archaeology, Mexico
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The inspiration of dark evenings
How the days and months seem to have melted away — melted away from dawns to darkest evenings that arrive earlier each day. We are now approaching "the darkest evening of the year," as one of our favorite American poets, Robert Frost, mentioned at...
Tags: Robert Frost
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Solstice concert takes Crooked Tree stage
The seventh annual Blissfest Winter Solstice Concert will celebrate renewal and the winter season at the Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23. Headlining the concert are Michigan natives Seth and May. Other musicians...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Music Industry
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Apocalypse when now? Doomsday enthusiasts are still holding out hope
Well, 12:01 a.m. came and went (even in Mayan Time, otherwise known as Central Time) and nothing really happened. Although Annapolis was plunged into darkness and bathed in an eerie blue light, BGE assures us it wasn't apocalypse-related. Pessimists are...
Tags: Social Media, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, MTV (tv network)
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Are you ready for the end of the world?
The world is slated to end. Again. In 1999, the world was going to end because computers would fail. In 2003, another planet was destined to crash into Earth. This time: A calendar created by the Mayans ends Dec. 21, 2012, and has been associated...
Tags: NASA
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