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This Day in History, January 20
On January 20th, 1265, the English Parliament met in the Palace of Westminster for the first time. Read More
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Colorado releases 15 wolves from Canada in second round of historic reintroduction
Colorado wildlife officials released 15 wolves from Canada into the central mountains over the last week as part of the second wave of the state’s historic, voter-mandated reintroduction of the native predator.
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Short on 3M settlement funds, Minnesota town hikes water rates to pay for PFAS treatment plants
Forever chemicals run through the water supply of Hastings, Minn., and city Public Works Director Ryan Stempski believes he knows why.
“I can throw a football over to 3M Cottage Grove,” he said.
That short distance �...Read more
This Day in History, January 19
On January 19th, 1419, Rouen surrendered to Henry V during the Hundred Years' War.
January chill: Las Vegas Valley to feel coldest temperatures in 2 years
LAS VEGAS — While it won’t be anywhere close to bone-chilling cold that is forcing Monday’s presidential inauguration indoors, Southern Nevadans will feel the coldest weather in more than two years early next week.
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Today's Word "tutelage"
tutelage \TOO-tuhl-ij; TYOO-\ (noun) - 1 : The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection. 2 : The state of being under a guardian or tutor. 3 : Instruction, especially individual instruction accompanied by ...Read more
Homonyms
This teaser features HOMONYMS, or words that are spelled differently, but sound alike. There are three blank spaces in each sentence below, and the answers are all homonyms.
See if you can solve the following homonym teasers.
I was only one ____ short to be able to buy the _____ I had been ____ to buy at the cosmetics store.
"Don't be disturbing the ____ that ___ the shade of the ____, down by the river" warned the farmer.
"I will show you...
View full teaser and answerToday's Word "succinct"
succinct \suhk-SINGKT\ (adjective) - Characterized by compressed precise expression with no wasted words; brief; concise.
"From the brilliant -- but succinct -- description my friend gave, I imagined a kind of illuminated...Read more
Singular Plural
Which word in the English language, beginning with "P" is singular until an "S" is added to the end and it becomes a plural, but reverts back to a singlular word if another letter "S" is added to the end?
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New York City to get blasted by snowstorm, arctic air
NEW YORK — After days of balmy weather, New York City is slated to get buried in snow and then hit with an arctic blast expected to unleash a potentially life-threatening chill.
With a frigid polar vortex set to grip ...Read more
New York City to get blasted by arctic air, snow this weekend
NEW YORK — After days of balmy weather, New York City is slated to get hit with snow and then blasted by frigid cold by weekend’s end.
Saturday morning started off cloudy and is set to turn soggy by the afternoon. ...Read more
Uranium fever collides with industry's dark past in Navajo country
A few miles south of the Grand Canyon, thousands of tons of uranium ore, reddish-gray, blue and radioactive, are piled up high in a clearing in the forest.
They’ve been there for months, stranded by a standoff between ...Read more
Today's Word "ineffectual"
ineffectual \in-ih-FEK-choo-uhl\ (adjective) - Not producing the proper effect; without effect; weak; useless; futile; unavailing.
"Surely we have enough on our plates with one badly burned, utterly ineffectual member ...Read more
This Day in History, January 18
On January 18th, 1919, the Paris Peace Conference opened in Versailles.
Making Eleven
How would you combine one-third of 12 and four-fifths of 7 to get 11?
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Wintry blast to unleash snow, test grids from Midwest to NYC
An extended run of bone-chilling cold is poised to send demand for power and natural gas surging across much of the United States this weekend, with snow expected in the Northeast by Sunday and a chance of snow or sleet ...Read more
New EPA rule means local governments must check more pipes for lead
ATLANTA — Metro Atlanta’s largest water utilities, in response to a federal deadline, reported this fall that there were no lead pipes in their drinking water systems that they knew of.
But thousands of pipes on ...Read more
Frigid Arctic air headed to metro Atlanta. But will it snow?
ATLANTA — Enjoy the next couple of days, because temperatures across metro Atlanta will plunge into the teens starting Sunday night.
What everyone wants to know, though, is whether the region will get another round of ...Read more
Reinventing the South Florida seawall to help marine life, buffer rising seas
MIAMI – In the back of a million-dollar mansion under construction in Miami Beach, contractors are installing what may be the future first line of coastal defense from erosion and climate-driven sea-rise.
It’s a ...Read more
Today's Word "pugilist"
pugilist \PYOO-juh-list\ (noun) - One who fights with the fists; especially, a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
"For his part, the pugilist merely smiled offensively and contemptuously at the word 'boxing', not ...Read more
This Day in History, January 17
On January 17th, 1873, the First Battle of the Stronghold took place.
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