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- PUBLIC EYE
Actors Gyllenhaal, Sarsgaard are engaged
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard are engaged and expecting a baby, her publicist said yesterday.
- Eureka!
- SCIENCE BRIEFS
Walrus pups at risk
Melting Arctic ice may be putting walrus pups in peril, researchers say.
- Questions answered
QUESTION: Please explain why the sun and moon appear larger when they are near the horizon than when they are overhead. This appears to be an optical illusion since they subtend the same angle regardless of position.
- STARGAZER DENNIS MAMMANA
The celestial 'song' has remained much the same over our history
Wouldn't it be great to have a time machine?
Just imagine all the cool things we could do. We could travel back into time to straighten out everything we goofed up in our past, or speed forward to preview the future. We could even see the same starry heavens pondered by such luminaries as Aristotle, Copernicus and Galileo.
- A SCIENCE ALMANAC
Extracurricular
Help San Diego defend its national title as Birdiest City (2002) and Birdiest County (2004) by taking your binoculars into the field April 28 to 30.
- BIOLOGY
Hairy legs are just the start; deep-sea crab a puzzlement
Things can get pretty hairy down at the bottom of the sea.
- MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Plotting evolution's molecular advance
By reconstructing ancient genes from long-extinct animals, scientists have for the first time demonstrated the step-by-step progression of how evolution created a new piece of molecular machinery by reusing and modifying existing parts.
- BROADCAST BRIEFS
Matt Lauer gets new contract
While the world was paying attention to Meredith Vieira's selection as Katie Couric's successor on the “Today” last week, Matt Lauer agreed to a contract extension to keep him on the show until 2011.
- SHOW & TELL
The chopping block looms for some endangered shows
In about a month, the networks will unveil their plans for the fall 2006 TV season. Consequently, if there's a show on the schedule right now that you really like, and it's in danger of disappearing, there's no time like the present to support those series – and to watch them.
- LOWDOWN | LLOYD GROVE
Right-winger, wife in caught in divorce battle
Billionaire right-wing godfather Richard Mellon Scaife – who famously funded an investigation of Bill Clinton's sex life that resulted in a presidential impeachment – is having female troubles of his own.
- GETTING ORGANIZED STEPHANIE DENTON
Preparing your home for spring
QUESTION: I'm in the process of making a reference notebook that details the weekly, monthly and yearly maintenance chores that are required to maintain my home.
- HINTS FROM HELOISE
An uncluttered home sells faster
D EAR READERS: Are you thinking about selling your home? The upcoming months are a great time to list your home for sale, and here's a checklist that will make it more appealing to buyers.
- DEAR ABBY
Brother-in-law's hideous behavior toward niece must not be tolerated
D EAR ABBY: Last night I saw my brother-in-law hit my 1-year-old niece. It was horrible. I confronted him, and he and my sister are going to get counseling. He says he “made a mistake,” but that he also believes it is “OK to swat a child.”
- Conference to present works, views of controversial muralist
If Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros were alive, he would certainly be at the forefront of the massive protests that have taken place over the past few weeks in the United States in support of undocumented workers' rights.
- It's the soldiers' rap: straight outta Iraq
Some American soldiers relieve wartime stress in the weight room. Some unwind over meals. Others immerse themselves in letters from loved ones.
- Underwood, Urban win big at CMTs
Keith Urban won video of the year and Carrie Underwood of “American Idol” was the only double winner at the Country Music Television awards show Monday.
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