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Every day is Groundhog Day for zookeeper Doug Schwartz. Schwartz has been working with animals for over 15 years, but his main charge is Staten Island Chuck, the 10-pound, two-year-old groundhog who serves as New York City's answer to Punxsutawney Phil. Chuck has a knack for accurate predictions, but he only gets trotted out once a year and doesn't even have a permanent display at the zoo. So what does he do the rest of the time? TIME talks to Schwartz about caring for Chuck and how the animal makes his Groundhog Day prediction...
...very successful in his predictions. I'm proud of my boy! Punxsutawney Phil is my main competitor, but he only has a 43% accuracy. You can flip a coin and come out basically the same predictions. But my boy is right 85% of the time. You can't argue with a good product. You want accurate readings, you go to Chuck...
...Brenner was 14th with 4:29.79.A trio of Harvard runners placed in the men’s 3K, with newcomer Michael Hoffman coming in fifth at 8:38.46, sophomore Ryan Neely placing seventh at 8:40.80, and junior Stephen Chester crossing the line ninth at 8:57.10.Freshmen Phil Ngo and Jacques Barjon finished back-to-back in the long jump with respective 6.53- and 6.52-meter bounds to place sixth and seventh.Junior Jack Brady launched the shot 15.36 meters to earn sixth, while senior Neville Irani and sophomores Ablorde Ashigbi and Eric Clayman all finished...
...Gingrey, Phil • well-deserved criticism of Rush Limbaugh is offered by • well-deserved criticism of Rush Limbaugh is quickly apologized...
...assume that your company is struggling. In many cases, like Playboy's, that's obviously true. But for firms like Octagon, perception does not match reality. The agency represents Michael Phelps and had the best year in its history. "We looked at the circumstances out there," says Octagon executive Phil de Picciotto, "and decided that being more understated would be more appropriate for these times." (See pictures of Michael Phelps winning eight gold Olympic medals...