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Snow was to fall in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes on Sunday morning.

Southern Wisconsin, Michigan, and parts of the Ohio Valley were to get a mixture of rain, snow, and freezing rain.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms were expected in the Southeast. The precipitation was to gradually creep into the Appalachian Mountains as the day progressed.

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PASADENA, Calif. – Five years after the NASA rover Spirit landed on Mars, the six-wheel robotic geologist and its twin Opportunity are still on the job.

Expectations were far lower when Spirit made a bouncing landing in a cocoon of air bags on Jan. 3, 2004, followed 21 days later by Opportunity: The goal was to try to operate each solar-powered rover for at least three months.

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When it comes to Mars missions, NASA's twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity seem to be the robots that never quit.

The two plucky probes were each built for a 90-day romp across the Martian surface, a mission that began when Spirit bounced to a stop on the planet's expansive Gusev Crater five years ago today. Opportunity touched down on the other side of Mars a few weeks later and now - after half a decade - both rovers are still exploring the red planet after surviving more than 20 times their planned lifetime.

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Hardline anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said it has been forced to temporarily abandon its pursuit of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic while its ship refuels.

Paul Watson, the founder of the U.S. based group, said in a statement posted on the group's website (www.seashepherd.org) its ship the Steve Irwin would refuel at the nearest available port and then return to the pursuit.