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...foolish to think their knavery would go undetected. A day after the pairs final, a French judge admitted she had been pressured to favor the Russians' klutzy turn over the Canadians' sublime skate. The ensuing uproar, which resulted in the awarding of gold medals to both teams, cast a pall on the International Skating Union and the high-strung community of ice divas. But until now, who imagined...
Scientists are pretty sure by now that an asteroid or comet ended the 135 million-year reign of the dinosaurs. A huge chunk of space debris slammed into the earth 65 million years ago, blasting a pall of dust into the air. With the sun blocked, temperatures plunged and light-starved plants at the bottom of the food chain died. Bad news for the dinos, good news for the rodent-like beasts that suddenly had breathing room to begin evolving into...
...Scientists are pretty sure that an asteroid or comet ended the 135-million-year reign of the dinosaurs. A huge chunk of space debris slammed into the earth 65 million years ago, blasting a pall of dust into the air. With the sun blocked, temperatures plunged and light-starved plants at the bottom of the food chain died. Bad news for the dinos, good news for the rodent-like beasts that suddenly had breathing room to begin evolving into...
...issued an alert carefully hedged with disclaimers about the sources' credibility and lack of specifics. The alert level remained at yellow. Nonetheless, the warning, issued Friday, cast a pall over the stock market in afternoon trading and provoked complaints about vague alerts...
...struck. The FBI would issue an alert carefully hedged with disclaimers about the sources' credibility and lack of specific targets and timing. The color of the alert level would stay where it was, at "yellow." Despite these precautions, the warning, issued about 1:30 p.m. Friday, cast a pall over the stock market during afternoon trading and provoked more complaints about vague, useless security warnings...