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February 03, 2006

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La Niña in Southland Again
Los Angeles Daily News, Feb. 3-After near-record rainfall greened up Southern California in 2005, a La Niña effect will likely bring a much drier spring and summer this year, with a spike in fire danger, officials said Thursday. (Quote by Larry Riddle, a climatologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Stem Cells from Fat
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 3-Getting rid of that spare tire around your middle could help your heart in more ways than you might expect, according to a San Diego biotechnology company. (Quote by Dr. Judy Swain, UCSD's dean of translational medicine.) More