Poll: 3 in 8 Americans Believe Global Warming A Hoax

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Weather.com - Nick Wiltgen, 4/03/13

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Roughly three of every eight registered voters in the U.S. believes that "global warming is a hoax," according to a national poll released Tuesday by the firm Public Policy Polling.

The automated telephone poll asked 1,247 American registered voters their beliefs on a wide range of topics broadly categorized as "conspiracy theories" in the firm's press release.

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Cold Temps Create Late Season for Chesapeake Crabs

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Weather.com - 4/03/13, Pamela Wood

A box full of Maryland blue crabs. Cold temperatures have created a late start to the traditional Chesapeake Bay crab season. Medford Taylor/Getty Images

ANNAPOLIS, Md.  — For months, there's been a countdown on the Maryland Seafood website, ticking down the months, days, hours, minutes and even seconds to the most anticipated seafood season of the year: crabbing season.


Monday marks the start of crabbing for both commercial watermen and recreational crabbers who seek the sweet meat of Maryland's blue crabs. But don't expect local crabs to be abundant at seafood markets, crab shacks and crab houses just yet.

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Deadly Flooding Kills Dozens in Argentina

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Weather.com - 4/03/13, AP

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A car shows signs of having spent time under water following floods in the neighborhood of Nunez in Buenos Aires.

LA PLATA, Argentina— At least 46 people were killed by flooding overnight in Argentina's Buenos Aires province, the governor said Wednesday, bringing the overall death toll from days of torrential rains to at least 52 and leaving large stretches of the provincial capital under water.

Gov. Daniel Scioli said many people drowned after trying to take shelter in their cars in Tolosa, an area of the provincial capital of La Plata. Heavy rains had killed at least six people in the nation's capital of Buenos Aires the day before.

NASA Spacecraft Snaps New Photo of Potential 'Comet of the Century'

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Space.com- 3/29/13, Tariq Malik

 

 

A NASA spacecraft scanning for the most powerful explosions in the universe has captured a photo of Comet ISON, an icy wanderer that could potentially dazzle stargazers when it swings close to the sun later this year.

 

NASA's Swift satellite, which is typically used to track intense gamma-ray bursts from distant stars, photographed Comet ISON on Jan. 30, with the space agency unveiling the photo today (March 29). By tracking the comet over the last two months, Swift has allowed astronomers to learn new details about how large the comet is and how fast it is spewing out gas and dust.

 

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