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   According to the JMA Decs avg global temp was the 10th warmest   
   for the month on record bringing 2020 in as the 2nd-warmest year since 1891.   
      
   The top10 warmest years on the JMA record are now:   
      
   Year              avg glob temp   
   		 (deg C rel ~1990s avgs)   
    2016               0.443   
    2020               0.442   
    2019               0.421   
    2015               0.419   
    2017               0.372   
    2018               0.302   
    2014               0.269   
    1998               0.220   
    2013               0.195   
    2010               0.192   
      
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   Armed protests anticipated at Louisiana Capitol amid FBI warnings, state   
   leaders say   
   The Advocate, 14 Jan 2021 0:30Z   
   Gov. John Bel Edwards says he's hopeful a surge of protesters expected at   
   the state Capitol in the next week will stay peaceful, even as law   
   enforcement ...   
      
   California To Vaccinate Residents 65 Or Older Against COVID-19   
   NPR, 14 Jan 2021 0:30Z   
   California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wed that residents 65 and older   
   are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. He aims to administer an ...   
      
   Post-COVID lungs worse than the worst smokers' lungs, surgeon says   
   CBS News, 14 Jan 2021 14:37Z   
   TX trauma surgeon Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall says that means even   
   survivors could have long-term post-COVID problems.   
      
   Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover to Capture Sounds From the Red Planet   
   NASA, 13 Jan 2021 20:36Z   
   Audio gathered by the mission may not sound quite the same on Mars as it   
   would to our ears on Earth. A new interactive online experience lets you   
   sample the ...   
      
   More than 30 lawmakers call for investigation into `suspicious' access to   
   Capitol Complex ahead of breach   
   KTLA Los Angeles, 14 Jan 2021 08:32Z   
   More than 30 Democratic members of Congress are calling for an investigation   
   into what they believe were suspicious tours of the US Capitol, alleging   
   that the ...   
      
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   Trump Pondered `Person X' Parler Handle Before Site Shut-Down   
   Bloomberg, 14 Jan 2021 03:25Z   
   President Donald Trump considered signing onto the Twitter alternative   
   Parler, using the pseudonym "Person X," before it was shut down, according   
   to the ...   
      
   WHO arriving in China to investigate the origins of COVID-19 after delays   
   ABC News, 13 Jan 2021 19:39Z   
   While the WHO has publicly praised China's response to the virus,   
   there is growing evidence that Chinese authorities withheld vital   
   information ...   
   [ABC reports the 10 WHO scientists are being forced to Zoom their   
   research from a hotel. They are being "force fed" data gathered by   
   Chinese scientists. Meanwhile, the official China news organs have   
   been pouncing on any article that tends to cast doubt on the virus   
   originating in China. The govt has called on the WHO to send teams to   
   other countries like Italy which they claim could have seen the first   
   cases. Ironically ABC no longer has journalists in China to report on   
   this story after they were banned following the AUS govt backing the   
   formation of the WHO virus investigation].   
      
     China dismisses suggestions COVID-19 pandemic originated from bats or   
     pangolins   
     ABC News, 13 Jan 2021 16:43Z   
     WHO experts arriving in China for COVID-19 investigation. People wearing   
     face masks buy vegetables at a street market in Wuhan, Hubei ...   
      
   [Immunity!]   
   Congressional coronavirus cases show that one vaccine dose does not   
   immediately protect against infection   
   Seattle Times, 13 Jan 2021 21:38Z   
   Washington. Three members of Congress contracted the novel coronavirus after   
   sheltering in a crowded room as a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, ...   
      
   Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20 to 30 years, new study   
   finds   
   Phys.org, 13 Jan 2021 19:36Z   
   Earth's ability to absorb nearly a third of human-caused carbon emissions   
   through plants could be halved within the next 2 decades at the current   
   rate of ...   
      
   Tropical rainforests may begin pumping out carbon dioxide by 2050   
   New Scientist News, 13 Jan 2021 19:36Z   
   Rising temperatures over the next 30 years could cause Earth's tropical and   
   temperate forests to switch from being carbon sinks to carbon sources that   
   release ...   
      
   Mississippi runs out of COVID-19 vaccine. Timetable now 'impossible,' health   
   dept. says   
   NOLA.com, 13 Jan 2021 23:34Z   
   In an extraordinary news release, the Mississippi State Dept of Health   
   acknowledged Wed afternoon it has no COVID-19 vaccines to offer and is ...   
      
   Italy's Government Enters a Crisis in Middle of Pandemic   
   The New York Times, 13 Jan 2021 21:34Z   
   Rome. Italy's history of political instability resurfaced in particularly   
   unstable times on Wed as a govt crisis began in the midst of a   
   pandemic ...   
      
   Former Michigan Gov. Snyder charged in Flint water crisis   
   Politico, 14 Jan 2021 03:33Z   
   Lansing, Mich. Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder was charged Wed with   
   willful neglect of duty after an investigation of ruinous decisions that left   
   ...   
      
   Wind, solar to make up 70% of new US generation in 2021 while batteries gain   
   momentum: EIA   
   Utility Dive, 13 Jan 2021 15:31Z   
   Wind and solar will represent more than two-thirds of new energy production   
   to come online in 2021, while battery storage capacity is set to quadruple   
   over the ...   
      
   Cheney Faces GOP Move to Oust Her Over Trump Impeachment   
   Bloomberg, 13 Jan 2021 20:30Z   
   Representative Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, is facing calls to   
   resign from leadership after she said she would vote to impeach President   
   Donald ...   
      
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