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December 31

• Quiet Sun?
• Rosetta Launch Delayed After Ariane Failure
• Quake Stirs up Town
• Northern California Hit Again by Winter Storm
• Fate of Pacific Islanders Unknown After Cyclone
• Rain for Much of the Nation
• Putin Warns Russia of More Chechen Attacks

December 30 - Late Edition

• Volcano Starts Erupting Off Italy
• Japanese Government to Compile Tsunami Hazard Maps
• Little-Known Fault Could Cause Big Problems

December 30

• 2003 Will be Warmest Year
• Making Moons Slowly
• China Launches New Space Mission
• World Might End Not With Bang, But a Whirr
• 'Human Bomb' Call to Men of N Korea

December 29

• Destination: Comet
• Fog Causes 70-Car Pileup in Houston
• Moderate Earthquake Hits Afghanistan
• Winter Snow Relieves East Coast Drought

December 28

• Indonesia Floods Leave 11 Dead, 1 Missing
• Earth may once have been Dual Star System
• Fresh Debate over Human Origins
• Antarctic Lake's Secret Water
• Humans on Mars 'by 2025'
• First Cloned Baby Claimed, Experts Cast Doubt

December 27

• The Year’s Top 10 Space Mysteries
• European Robot to Probe Mars' Water Mystery
• Ashes Erupt From Asia's Highest Volcano in Russian Far East
• Floods Hit Northern Portugal
• Iran Earthquake Leaves Hundreds Homeless
• After 20 Years, Kilauea Volcano Still Going Strong

December 26 - Late Edition

• Snow, Rain and Sleet Make East a Mess
• Ash From Volcano in Mexico Covers Austin
• Meteorite 'Ready-Made Home' For Life
• Asteroid Will Miss Earth in 2019

December 26

• NASA Workers Admit Stealing Moon Rocks
• Mild Earthquake Shakes Upstate New York
• White Christmas for New Englanders
• Europe's Ascent on Mars
• Fresh Debate Over Human Origins
• North Korea Moving Fuel Rods Into Reactor

December 25

• Reindeer Climate Threat
• Santa's Revealing Home Photos Released by NASA
• Yes Virginia! There is a Santa Claus
• Web Site Tracks Santa's Sleigh Online
• When Jesus Comes to Bethlehem
• This Christmas, a New Probing in Prayers for Peace
• White Christmas in the South
• 'Thunderstorms' Spotted on Saturn Moon
• Volcano News

December 24

• Epic Drought in Near Future?
• Moderate Earthquake Rattles Pakistan's Remote Northwestern Region; No Injuries Reported
• Winter Storm Blows Across Southern Plains, Slowing Travel and Wrecking Texas Home
• Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano Spews Ash on Small Towns in Central Mexico
• World Population 5.8% of People Who Have Lived on Earth

December 23 - Late Edition

• Elusive Young Stars Can't Hide From 'Michelle'
• Snowy Day for Great Lakes, Rockies
• Record Snowfall Covers Beijing
• Black Crunch Jams Universal Cycle

December 23

• Calling All Santa's
• Storm Clouds on Titan
• ERS Data 'Breathes' Life into Etna
• Ibaraki Gets Quake Wake Up
• Getting the Silent Treatment
• Mudslide Kills 9 in Brazil, More Feared Dead
• Paris Clears Basements as River Seine Swells
• Bush Feeling 'Great' After Smallpox Vaccination

December 22

• Moon's 'Youngest' Crater Discovered
• Mysterious Trails Found on Mars
• Storms, Rain Cause Beirut Flooding, Docking of Egyptian Boat in Israeli Port and Cairo Airport Disruptions
• Lightning Kills 10 Women Rice Planters in Indonesia
• Tornado in China Leaves 2 Dead, 381 Injured and 25 Missing
• Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano Spews Vapor, Ash

December 21

• Pacific Storm Lashes Soggy Northern California
• Openings to the Underworld
• 2002 Confirmed as 2nd Warmest Year on Record
• Seeing Red: Revolutionary Probe Gears for Martian Exploration
• Star Cluster Puzzle Revealed by Chandra

December 20

• What's All This Fuss About El Nino?
• Mild Quake Shakes Northeastern Iran
• Tornado Hits Mississippi Wal-Mart; Dozens Injured
• Mercury in California Rainwater Traced to Industrial Emissions in Asia
• Seven-Foot Living 'Dinosaur' Llurks in Oregon
• New Guide To Geologic History of Tucson Mountains
• Missing: Four Tons of Nerve Gas, 8.5 Tons of Anthrax, and Assorted Nuclear Bomb Parts

December 19 - Late Edition

• U.S. Military Medics Vaccinated for Smallpox
• Drought-Racked Australia Sees Hottest Year Ever
• Astronomers Spot Clouds Over Saturn Moon
• Tornadoes Hit Arkansas After Slamming Missouri
• FEMA Director to Resign
• Tiny Atomic Battery Could Run for Decades
• A Tiny Galaxy is Born

December 19

• Creepy Crawlers May Unravel Web of Planetary Mysteries
• Sunspot Watch
• Million Moved by Chinese Dam
• Raging North County Flood Kills Three
• Etna Lava Flow Causes Explosion, 32 Injured
• Unusual Band of Dec. T-storms Spawns Tornadoes in SW Missouri
• Report of Observaton - Rain of Meteors "Gemids"
• Iraq Ready to Use Scorched-Earth Tactics in War

December 18 - Late Edition

• Rubble-Pile Moon
• Message from the Future Regarding Climate Change
• Melting Snow of Kilimanjaro
• Integral's First Look at the Gamma-Ray Universe
• 2 Die As Tornadoes Touch Down in Missouri
• Real Lord of the Rings Shines
• New Theory Accounts for Binaries in Kuiper Belt

December 18

• First Wave For Smallpox Vaccine
• Technologies on the Road to Mars
• Summary of World Weather Events in 2002
• UK 'Close to Record Warmth'
• Galileo Millennium Mission Status
• N. Korea to Reactivate Nuclear Facilities

December 17 - Late Edition

• Smallpox Vaccine Results Are In
• Scientists: '02 Second Hottest as Warming Speeds
• Wicked West Coast Storm Kills at Least 9
• Scientists Say New Evidence Supports Theory of Life Beginning in Space
• Buried Lake Could Test Life's Limits

December 17

• NASA Launches New Satellite To Assist The New Super-Duper Doppler Weatherman
• Etna Lava Flow Causes Explosion, 15 Injured
• 2,800-Year-Old Frozen Microbes Found
• Universe Accelerating Outwards
• Genetic Variation

December 16 - Late Edition

• Launch Gives Weather Forecasters Twin Wind Watchers
• Was Ancient Mars Sometimes a Sauna?
• Saturn Presents a Glorious Face
• Hubble Watches Galactic Dance

December 16

• New Comet In Hercules
• Strong Earthquake Shakes Northwest China
• Rain Spreads Along Parts of West Coast
• Bush, Blair Warned of Bin Laden Nukes

December 15

• Satellite Will Measure Thickness of Icecaps
• Scientists Question Climate Change, Malaria Link
• Global Warming Blamed for Heat
• Three More Dead in Brazil Mudslides - Total is 37
• Afghan Refugees Freeze to Death
• Tiahuanacu, Ancient Seaport 12,500 Feet Above Sea Level

December 14

• El Nino Continues to Grow
• A Breathtaking Encounter with Saturn
• Earth's Volcanism Linked to Meteorite Impacts
• Japan Rocket with First Foreign Payload Lifts Off

December 13

• Winter Outlook: Experts Look Ahead
• Recent Storms May Be Just A Taste
• Increase in Rainfall Variability Related to Global Climate Change
• Can Global Warming Cause A New Ice Age?
• Thundering Mud Kills 22 in Indonesian Resort
• Powerful Earthquake Hits Papua New Guinea
• Study Published in Science Finds Progressive Increase in Arctic River Discharge
• U.S. Has Photos of Secret Iran Nuclear Sites

December 12 - Late Edition

• Carolinas: Thousands Still Without Power
• Climate Science Shows Need for Kyoto
• Arianespace Releases Initial Information on Flight 157
• NOAA: El Nino to Bring Warmer Winter to Northern US
• Side-Effects of Smallpox Jabs Alarm Volunteers

December 12

• MSG-1 First Image Unveiled
• Researchers Control Love-Hate Relationship Between Atoms
• Jason Mission Status
• High Temps in Minnesota Set Records
• It's Raining Fish in Greece
• Minor Quake Shakes Taiwan; No Injuries or Damage Reported
• Ice Storm Hits Mid-Atlantic Region Again, Icing Highways and Closing Schools

December 11 - Late Edition

• This Week On ECTV

December 11

• Roving the Red Planet: Current and Future Missions
• Robots to Scrutinise Mars' Rocks
• Mystery Trains
• Forest Stress Linked to Climate Phenomenon
• December 11 - New Liftoff Date for the 10-tonne Ariane 5
• Jupiter Moon 'Full of Holes'
• Bolivian Glaciers Shrinking Fast
• Ship With N. Korea Missiles Intercepted

December 10 - Late Edition

• European Satellite Plunges Into Ocean
• Eighth Time Cruise Ship Sick
• Meteor Alert
• Guam in Emergency After Direct Typhoon Hit; 3 Dead
• Dark Streaks on Martian Slopes May Signal Active Water
• UA Researcher Uses Forensic Seismology to 'Fingerprint' Mysterious Explosions
• A Weak Ursids Outburst Possible in 2002

December 10

• NASA: Water, Water Everywhere on Mars
• Ridge Catches Sunset, Lava Spreads in Io Views from Galileo
• NASA Twins Plan Martian Ramble
• Featherweight Jupiter Moon Is Likely a Jumble of Pieces
• Brazil Mudslides Kill Dozens
• Bethlehem Braces for Christmas Strife

December 9 - Late Edition

• Exoplanet's Mass Pinned Down
• Waves in the Atmosphere Batter South Pole, Shrink 2002 Ozone Hole
• Bay of Bengal Islanders Unique Relics, Study Finds
• Rain Eases Sydney's Bushfire Crisis, for Now

December 9

• Scientists: Data Suggest Arctic Warming
• NASA's Revealing Odyssey
• So The Weather Has Been A Bit Trifle
• Quake Shakes New Zealand's Capital
• Greece Lashed by Violent Storms
• Typhoons Foster Life Beneath the Ocean's Surface
• Typhoon Pongsona Crashes into Guam at 117 mph
• Al-Qaeda Threatens More Mombasa-Style Attacks in New Web Claim

December 8

• Warming May Be Making the Earth Flatter
• Australian Fires Blacken 250,000 Acres
• U.S. Plans 5-Year Global Warming Study
• Europe Plans World's Biggest Telescope

December 7

• City-swallowing Sand Dunes
• Dry Northwest Weather Sparks Concern About Water Supplies, Salmon
• While East Coast Shivers, Alaska Thaws
• Earthquake Shakes Central Colombia
• Earthquake Unleashed Major Landslide On Isolated Vanuatu Island
• Storm Leaves 22 Dead, Millions in Dark
• 2003 Hurricane Forecast's a Doozy: 12 Named Storms
• UA's Phoenix Mission May Fly to Mars in 2007

December 6

• Hubble Makes Precise Measure of Extrasolar World's True Mass
• Three European Astronauts to Fly to the ISS in 2003
• When More Data Can Mean More Fun

December 5 - Late Edition

• Playing Just a Little Too Hard
• More Than a Million Without Electricity in NC
• 46 Percent of Earth is Still Wilderness, Researchers Report
• Kuiper Prize Going to JPL Pioneer in Radar Study of Asteroids

December 5

• Ice, Snow Storm Sweeps Eastward

• Etna's Fires Bring Destruction Now, New Life Later

• Fires Break Out Around Sydney
• Total Solar Eclipse Across Continents
• Eclipse Brings Claim of Medieval African Observatory
• Climate Change Will Affect Carbon Sequestration in Oceans, Scientists Say
• US Urges 'Aggressive' Iraq Inspections

December 4

• Etna Still Threatening Surrounding Towns
• World Population Headed for 9.2 Billion by 2050
• Program Aims to Improve Climate Research
• Fossil Hints at India's Mythical River
• U.S.-Russian Rift Brewing Over Iraq

December 3 Late Edition

• Southern Africa Plans Total Eclipse Extravaganza
• Greek Quake Causes Wreck
• Meteor Likely Exploded Near Gunnison

December 3

• El Nino Gives Yukon Record Breaking November
• Heavy Snow Buries Western New York State
• Endeavour Undocks From Space Station
• Next Generation Cars
• Arctic Sea Ice May Vanish This Century
• Salvador Quake Shakes up Athletes at Centam Games
• New Saddam Torture Dossier Unveiled

December 2 - Late Edition

• Winter Cold to Chill Northern Plains
• Russians Warned of Hazards as Temperatures Plunge
• Fifteenth-Century Ostrich Egg Found
• Total Eclipse to Sweep Parts of Africa, Australia
• Venus and Mars: Quite a Couple
• FEMA Offers Guide to Personal Emergency Preparedness
• Researcher Examines Plant Fossils

December 2

• Endeavour Prepares to Depart Space Station
• Astronaut Was Awe-Struck During Spacewalk
• The Earthquaking Decoration
• New Submarine Discoveries Spark Interest in Submerged Cities
• The New Realities of Terror

December 1

• Planets Converge
• Moderate Earthquake Rattles Bucharest, Eastern Romania
• NASA's Ready to Study Cool Ice, Hot Plasma and Ocean Winds
• Sun About to be Eclipsed
• Update on Current Volcanic Activity