Rants and Raves
December 1, 2006
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[HTML_REMOVED] Researchers in China have concluded that specialized wrinkles on bats' faces enhance their navigational skills by focusing sonar. The finding may prove applicable in sonar and radar technology.
[HTML_REMOVED] Goodbye, November. You were the wettest and arguably the dreariest month our city has ever seen. With all its various holidays, a three-week vacation and a drier forecast, we're betting on a better December.
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[HTML_REMOVED] Insult to injury: After losing (badly) to the Huskies Wednesday, Idaho's basketball team was stranded on Snoqualmie Pass when the team bus broke down. The 17 players were eventually taken to a North Bend hotel by State Patrol officers before continuing home Thursday morning.
[HTML_REMOVED] One in every 32 adult Americans is either in prison or on probation or parole, according to a new report by the Associated Press. We're glad it's not two, but that's a lot of convicts however you twist it.
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