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One astronomer compared it to the fate of the faithful
dog in the movie "Old Yeller." On Thursday, astronomers will
discuss when and how NASA
should put down one of its and astronomy’s most [...]

Rare is the academic field in which colleagues on opposite sides of
a debate — people with international reputations — dismiss the very
foundations of one another’s work. One such field, according to Susan Clancy
of [...]

Army rebels have seized a prestigious shopping and
hotel complex in the Philippines capital, ringing it with what appear
to be explosives. They are protesting corruption within the government
of President Gloria Arroyo, and [...]

For centuries navigators have been searching for the legendary Northwest
Passage, a navigable connection between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Scientists have recently speculated that global warming may soon make
this possible.  Now [...]

Thank you all for a wonderful trip yesterday.  Some of the photos
Andres took are at the bottom of my "Virtual
Tour of Harvard Square"
web page, and you can see yourselves as well [...]

The state recorded its first vehicle fatality involving
a moose this week, when a car struck the animal along the Massachusetts
Turnpike in Warren. Amber Ronzoni, 24, of Webster, was driving east when
her [...]

Welcome to the Mental Health Hotline……
– If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly.
– If you are codependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you.
– If you have multiple personalities, press 3, 4, 5, and 6.
– If you are paranoid, we know who you are and what [...]