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PostHeaderIcon It’s been 1000 days since MSU lost to U-M in football, men’s hoops

Posted July 30, 2010 – 9:48 p.m. FREE PRESS STAFF Here’s something Sparty fans can tell their Wolverine friends: Friday marked 1,000 days since Michigan last beat Michigan State in football or men’s basketball. U-M’s last win was a 28-24 victory on Nov. 3, 2007, at Spartan Stadium. Remember, that was the game U-M running [...]

PostHeaderIcon Tiny chance you’ll see northern lights tonight

By Gary Robbins, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 6:19 p.m. Latest solar images from the GOES-14 satellite. There’s a tiny chance — and we mean tiny — that the aurora borealis will be briefly visible from the darkest areas of San Diego County late tonight. The sun produced a couple of large [...]

PostHeaderIcon Northern Lights may become visible over Idaho tonight

(Source: The Idaho Statesman, Boise)By David Staats, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Aug. 03–The night sky over Idaho may glow with colors tonight in a rare display of the Northern Lights. That’s because two minor solar storms flared Sunday, shooting tons of plasma directly at Earth, astronomers say. The plasma is expected to make Northern Lights [...]