Posted 12:06 pm Friday, February 15, 2013
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MIDDAY UPDATE: Meteor rocks Russia, asteroid will come close to Earth
ASTEROID COMING CLOSE TO EARTH
At about 1:25 this afternoon – duck!
An asteroid weighing about 143,000 tons will zoom past earth around that time.
It won't be visible to the naked eye, and even if you watch with something like a telescope, you won't see much more than a bright streak, since it will be traveling around seventeen thousand four hundred miles per hour.
It is, however, a Near Earth Object, and it will pass by closer to the earth than some of our weather and navigation satellites.
That meteorite which exploded over Russia earlier and injured so many people was tiny by comparison – weighing in at only about ten tons.
An asteroid weighing about 143,000 tons will zoom past earth around that time.
It won't be visible to the naked eye, and even if you watch with something like a telescope, you won't see much more than a bright streak, since it will be traveling around seventeen thousand four hundred miles per hour.
It is, however, a Near Earth Object, and it will pass by closer to the earth than some of our weather and navigation satellites.
That meteorite which exploded over Russia earlier and injured so many people was tiny by comparison – weighing in at only about ten tons.
FEDERAL AGENT ARRESTED IN UNDERAGE SEX STING
State authorities say they've arrested a federal agent in Austin for using the Internet to arrange a sexual tryst with an underage girl.
The attorney general's office announced Friday that fifty-year-old Forrest William Johnson, who worked in law enforcement for U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, was charged with a felony count of online solicitation of a minor.
Authorities say Johnson posted an explicit online advertisement and was contacted by an undercover officer posing as a fifteen-year-old girl.
He was arrested Wednesday when he arrived for the encounter.
The attorney general's office announced Friday that fifty-year-old Forrest William Johnson, who worked in law enforcement for U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, was charged with a felony count of online solicitation of a minor.
Authorities say Johnson posted an explicit online advertisement and was contacted by an undercover officer posing as a fifteen-year-old girl.
He was arrested Wednesday when he arrived for the encounter.
UNDERDOG CREATOR DIES
William Watts Biggers, the co-creator of the cartoon "Underdog," the mild-mannered canine shoeshine boy who turned into a caped superhero to rescue his girlfriend, Sweet Polly Purebred, has died. He was eighty-five.
He worked for the New York City advertising firm D F S when he accepted an assignment from the agency's largest client, General Mills, to create television cartoons to promote its breakfast cereals.
The most famous was "Underdog," which debuted on NBC in nineteen sixty-four.
Upon hearing the cries of Sweet Polly Purebred, Underdog would rush into a telephone booth and transform into the hero.
He spoke in simple rhymes, his most famous probably "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here."
That's all for now – check back throughout the day for more updates.
He worked for the New York City advertising firm D F S when he accepted an assignment from the agency's largest client, General Mills, to create television cartoons to promote its breakfast cereals.
The most famous was "Underdog," which debuted on NBC in nineteen sixty-four.
Upon hearing the cries of Sweet Polly Purebred, Underdog would rush into a telephone booth and transform into the hero.
He spoke in simple rhymes, his most famous probably "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here."
That's all for now – check back throughout the day for more updates.
