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Renewing the Spirit
by Anna Mirocha Before this continent was colonized by calendar-toting Europeans, the people here celebrated the new year in many different ways. Some tribes marked the new year at the vern...
Tucson Weekly, Wed Dec 23 13:36:51 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
BEN column - Easy, Frank; Garth Patterson; furloughs the way to go, co...
Good morning! This snow may not be gone by the new year.
Bridgeton News, Tue Dec 22 21:22:59 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
The solstice (in a two-sphere cosmos). [Adventures in Ethics and Scien...
Here in the Northern Hemisphere (of Earth), today marks the Winter Solstice. Most people have some understanding that this means today is the day of minimum sunlight, or the longest night o...
ScienceBlogs, Mon Dec 21 20:52:42 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Winter Starts Monday, Shortest Day Of Year
Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
Local 6 Orlando, Mon Dec 21 10:53:19 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Winter solstice 2009 is at 12:47 p.m. today
Winter officially began in the Chattahoochee Valley at 12:47 EST today.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Mon Dec 21 09:08:27 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Winter Starts Monday, Shortest Day Of Year
A cold, snowy storm causing travel headaches along the East Coast came at just the right time, as Monday marks the official start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
WJXT Jacksonville, Mon Dec 21 08:29:25 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
The significance of the solstice: Lights brighten dark skies of winter
The pale winter sun sank beneath the horizon at 4:21 p.m. yesterday. Fifteen hours of darkness ensued, making it the longest night of the year. It was a special night, the eve of the winter...
Daily Herald, Sun Dec 20 22:03:20 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Monday will be shortest winter day
Monday is the shortest day of winter. A solstice is an astronomical event which happens twice each year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, caus...
rediff.com, Sun Dec 20 05:03:30 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Shortest day of winter tomorrow
Monday will be the shortest day of winter.It is a day when the Earth
Hindustan Times, Sun Dec 20 00:24:31 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Shortest day of winter tomorrow
It is a day when the Earth's axis tilts the farthest from the Sun and is called winter solstice, a term derived from Latin words 'sol' (sun) and 'sistere' (to stand still).
The Times of India, Sun Dec 20 00:33:01 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
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