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Tropical Storm Lorenzo forms in Atlantic, but no threat to land
ORLANDO, Fla. — The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season saw its 12th named storm form Monday with the arrival of Tropical ... Read More
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After weather woes, SpaceX back to try launch for competitor Amazon on Monday
ORLANDO, Fla. — After both onshore and offshore weather headaches in the past week, SpaceX is back on Monday to try and finish up its third of three contracted launches of competitor Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites....Read more
This Day in History, October 13
On October 13th, 1812, the Battle of Queenston Heights took place.
This Day in History, October 12
On October 12th, 1775, the United States Navy was formed.
Hurricane center tracks new Atlantic system while Tropical Storm Jerry falls apart
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began tracking a new potential system in the Atlantic that could develop while Tropical Storm Jerry fell apart as it moved farther away from the Caribbean.
As of...Read more
Today's Word "puerile"
puerile \PYOO-uhr-uhl; PYOOR-uhl\ (adjective) - Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; juvenile; childish.
Political argument is becoming a puerile cartoon about the moral . . . doing battle with the immoral." -- ...Read more
Blind Man's Bluff
A blind man drives up to a house, gets out of the car and goes up to the door with a package. The homeowner takes the package and gives the blind man a check. The blind man then drives away. What was in the package?
View full teaser and answerToday's Word "immure"
immure \ih-MYUR\ (verb) - 1 : To enclose within walls, or as if within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate. 2 : To build into a wall. 3 : To entomb in a wall.
"When I tried to think clearly about this, I...Read more
What You Need
What, when you need it you throw away,
but when you don't need it you take it back?
Storm expected to soak Southern California early next week
LOS ANGELES — An early season storm is expected to douse the Los Angeles region next week, with the peak occurring on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
In a post on X, the weather service predicted ...Read more
Smell that? Baltimore harbor health improves despite pistachio tide
BALTIMORE — Despite the pistachio-colored glow and sulfurous odor, the Baltimore harbor continues to improve in water quality year after year — even if swimming right now isn’t advisable.
Officials from the ...Read more
Hurricane center tracks new Atlantic system while Tropical Storm Jerry moves north
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began tracking a new potential system in the Atlantic that could develop while keeping tabs on Tropical Storm Jerry as it moves farther away from the Caribbean.
...Read more
Today's Word "capitulate"
capitulate \kuh-PICH-uh-layt\ (intransitive verb) - To surrender under agreed conditions.
"I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, 'Self-Reliance'
We say "capitulate" ...Read more
This Day in History, October 11
On October 11th, 1958, NASA launched the lunar probe Pioneer 1.
Three Left Turns
A man leaves home on foot one evening, makes three left turns and arrives back home to find two masked men waiting there. Who are they?
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La Niña is back. It could mean another dangerously dry winter for Southern California
LOS ANGELES — After months of slight temperature shifts in the Pacific Ocean, La Niña has officially returned — the climate pattern that typically drives drought in Southern California.
The National Oceanic and ...Read more
Tropical Storm Jerry douses Caribbean as NHC names new storm Karen
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Friday said Tropical Storm Jerry was dropping torrents of rain on the Caribbean’s northern Leeward Islands while the season’s 11th named storm came in the form of ...Read more
Today's Word "hauteur"
hauteur \haw-TUR; (h)oh-\ (noun) - Haughty manner, spirit, or bearing; haughtiness; arrogance.
"My silence, I hoped, would be taken as expressive of the hauteur of a man who was above it all -- a man with a mission, in ...Read more
This Day in History, October 10
On October 10th, 1938, the Blue Water Bridge opened.
Santa's Toys
Ole Santa's pack held thirty toys
Made by his elfin crew;
And though none made the same amount,
Each elf made more than two.
The elf named Cher made one more Christmas toy
Than the elf who dressed in reds,
But Cher made one less Christmas toy
Than the elf who made the sleds.
Spry Johnny Elf made racing cars;
Five toys were made by Jane.
The elf who dressed in yellow suits
Made ...
California physicist and Nobel laureate John Martinis won't quit on quantum computers
A California physicist and Nobel laureate who laid the foundation for quantum computing isn't done working.
For the last 40 years, John Martinis has worked — mostly within California — to create the fastest computers ...Read more
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