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In winter, Greenland is dark for months and this year the first, brief sunrise was expected on January 13. Instead, the sun rose at 12:56 PM on January 11. The precise reason for this remains unknown. There is no apparent astronomical cause, as the constellations, the moon and the sun appear to be in their usual positions in relation to earth. One possibility is that the horizon has changed due to accelerated ice melt in Greenland. Unlike lower latitudes, Greenland has experienced an unusually warm winter, and the ice pack to the north may have contracted so much that the sun is appearing earlier than usual.
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New information has surfaced about late author Ken Kesey, who died a decade ago. Kesey wrote "One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest," and these newly-discovered writings reveal that he saw UFOs flying over his property. In fact, he thought that one of his neighbors may have been an ET.
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When I heard Sarah Palin’s reaction to shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on BBC America News, which we watch every night, I didn’t know what the phrase "blood libel" meant. The announcers on the show evinced surprise at Palin’s statement and one commentator said, "Does she know what it means?" Since I didn’t either, I thought I’d better find out.
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