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Winter storm update: Massive nor'easter could drop 36 inches in spots

By Pete Spotts | 02/08/13

The latest winter storm update for the nor'easter barreling toward Boston shows 18 to 24 inches of snow, with some spots getting more. Winds could hit 65 m.p.h. with a storm surge of five feet.

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Hurricane Sandy is already setting records

By Pete Spotts | 10/29/12

Hurricane Sandy already has surpassed hurricane Lili in 1996 as the second largest Atlantic storm in 24 years of storm-size recordkeeping. The size of the storm and its path are intensifying deep concerns about coastal flooding from storm surge.

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Lab that made tainted steroid shots to get 'CSI' treatment

By Pete Spotts | 10/24/12

Investigators are trying to determine how fungus-tainted steroid shots, produced in a Massachusetts lab, have caused 23 deaths. The lab's safety record is under scrutiny.

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Now surge-tested, levees around New Orleans get post-Isaac inspections

By Pete Spotts | 09/04/12

Louisiana officials and residents protected by a new 133-mile federal levee system sing its praises for withstanding a storm surge and flooding from hurricane Isaac. Coastal areas outside the system didn't fare so well.

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Hurricane Isaac: New Orleans braces for test of its storm preparations

By Pete Spotts | 08/29/12

With maximum winds from Hurricane Isaac expected to be 80 miles an hour, the storm's main threat is posed by water. The new New Orleans surge barrier has been closed for the first time.

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Hey, is that Mars or the Mojave in NASA rover's photo?

By Pete Spotts | 08/09/12

One of the first images from the camera atop the rover Curiosity's mast shows a Mars landscape that scientists called remarkably Earth-like, as if NASA 'put a rover out in the Mojave Desert.'

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Will scientists announce discovery of Higgs boson? Buzz is building

By Pete Spotts | 07/03/12

Chatter suggesting that the Higgs boson – the theoretical source of all mass – has been found is mounting. But if that's true, the 'God particle' will raise questions of its own.

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Enormous forest fire in New Mexico sets state record for acres burned

By Pete Spotts | 05/31/12

Fire officials say the potential for the fire's growth remains high.

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SpaceX launch: private industry inspires new generation of rocketeers

By Pete Spotts, Christian Science Monitor | 05/23/12

when students with newly minted graduate degrees consider offers from NASA and private industry, 'New Space wins hands down.'

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Spring into summer: Unseasonable heat helps pave way for violent weather

By Pete Spotts, Christian Science Monitor | 03/20/12

With a major storm system moving through the central US, the conditions for violent weather, including tornadoes, are in place.