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Today's Features: Gayle & David
Q: Where in the World are they?
A: Gayle and David were in Los Angeles.
BARRE – You can add an airborne iPhone to Thomas Lauzon's lengthy list of mayoral accomplishments.
This week, Barre's often unpredictable mayor put a proverbial checkmark in that improbable box when City Manager John Craig's phone started vibrating a few inches from his left hand.
Without hesitation Lauzon plucked up Craig's iPhone and tossed it into a nearby corner while the manager was down the hall retrieving information for the council's consideration.
Seems Craig's wife, who was casually watching Tuesday's meeting on television, mistakenly thought the council had adjourned for the night when she saw her husband get up and leave the room. She called so the kids could say goodnight to their dad. Of course he didn't answer.
Neither, technically, did Lauzon, though it appeared for the briefest of moments that he might. Instead, the mayor turned the manager's phone into a Frisbee, calmly explaining its absence upon Craig's return.
"Your phone was vibrating so I took care of it for you," he said without elaborating.
Councilor Steven Mackenzie took it from there. "How good is your warranty?" he asked.
The company operates a plant in the Gunston Commerce Center industrial park in Lorton, Va., in suburban Washington. In May, Fairfax County sued Krispy Kreme, alleging that it had damaged the sewer system -- specifically, clogging it with doughnut sludge...in much the same way as it damages human arteries. The county sought $2 million in damages, plus $18 million in civil penalties. But Krispy Kreme managed to settle the whole thing for $750,000.Full article...
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Imagine the Milky Way Galaxy as a frisbee. The nearest spiral galaxy, Andromeda, would be another frisbee across the room, and NGC 7331 would be a frisbee in the house across the street. The other four galaxies in the Deer Lick Group group would be frisbees in the next block. All of this is just our own little corner of the universe. The most distant galaxies we photograph would be frisbees in the next town. And don't forget the hundreds of billions of other frisbees scattered all over the place.
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National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Service Advisory that will be effect from Noon to 11PM today. Rain will develop during the early morning then mix with snow this afternoon. Moderate snow will fall during late afternoon. Snow accumulations could reach 1 to 3 inches and temperatures could fall into the lower 30's tonight.REMINDER: Let it Snow scheduled for tomorrow.