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Crude prices stay at 9-month highs, close above $46 Dec. 11, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Crude prices remained at their highest levels since March, staying above the $46 level for the week. Oil’s rally stalled on the New York Mercantile Exchange, with West Texas Intermediate dipping 21 cents or 0.4 percent to close at $46.57 a barrel Friday. Prices still posted a gain from $45.76 at Monday’s close. The posted price closed the week at $43 per barrel. Natural gas prices also posted gains for the week, rising 4 cents to $2.59 per Mcf Friday, adding to Thursday’s 11 cent rise and Wednesday’...

Geminid meteor shower to peak Sunday The Japan News FacebookTwitterEmail The Geminid meteor shower is seen in this long-exposure photo taken in Fuji-Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, in 2018.Japan News-Yomiuri. TOKYO - One of the major annual meteor showers, the Geminids reaches its peak from Sunday night through early Monday morning. The viewing conditions are good as the new moon arrives Tuesday, so moonlight will have almost no influence on observations of the night sky, according to the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. The meteor shower appears to shoot out in all directions f...

Online or in person: Local learning formats vary As high school instruction remains remote for now, districts' K-8 formats vary Dec. 11, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Bullock Creek High School seniors Rita Gorsuch, left, Piper Rau, center, and Karlee Szafranski, right, carry boxes of books out to a vehicle for them to be donated to Windover High School, as the result of a book drive organized for the annual Creekers for a Cause effort, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 at Bullock Creek High School. (Katy Kildee/kkildee@mdn.net) Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Calvary Baptist Academy is pictured on West Wackerl...

Biden builds team with few fresh faces Matt Viser and Alex Horton, The Washington Post Dec. 10, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail President-elect Joe Biden exits the Queen in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 9, 2020.Washington Post photo by Demetrius Freeman President-elect Joe Biden added Denis McDonough and Susan Rice to his governing team Thursday, bolstering a strategy of turning to Obama-era figures and longtime allies while so far leaving little room at the top for fresh faces from the next generation of Democrats. Biden's choice of McDonough, former president Barack Obama's chief of staff, as his se...

Amazon's new health band is the most invasive tech we've ever tested Geoffrey A. Fowler and Heather Kelly, The Washington Post Dec. 10, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3The optional body feature in the Halo app asks you to take four photos of your body in underwear or skintight clothes, and the generates an estimate of your body fat composition and a 3-D model of your body.Amazon.Show MoreShow Less 2of3The Halo uses Amazon AI to analyze the tone of your voice, which it categorizes here with terms such as "disgusted," "irritated," and "angry."Washington Post photo by Geoffrey A. Fo...