February 1

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Friday, February 1, 2013

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<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/groundhog-day-2013-punxsutawney-phil-shadow/story?id=18381290" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Groundhog Day 2013: Will 'Punxsutawney Phil' See His Shadow?</a>ABC NewsPunxsutawney, the Pennsylvania town that is home to one of the most famous weather-predicting groundhogs, Punxsutawney Phil, has been carrying on the tradition of Groundhog Day since the 1800s, according to The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.

<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/groundhog-day-2013-no-shadow-for-punxsutawney-phil-so-springsaround-the-corner/2013/02/02/34e6e620-6c9c-11e2-bd36-c0fe61a205f6_blog.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Groundhog Day 2013: No shadow for Punxsutawney Phil, so spring is around ...</a>Washington Post (blog)“Superstition has it that fair weather [at this midpoint] was seen as forbearance of a stormy and cold second half to winter,” NOAA writes in its summary of Groundhog Day background and folklore. Groundhog Day-like celebrations are held in several ...

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<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/groundhog-day-2013-punxsutawney-phil-shadow/story?id=18381290" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Groundhog Day 2013: Will 'Punxsutawney Phil' See His Shadow?</a>ABC NewsPunxsutawney, the Pennsylvania town that is home to one of the most famous weather-predicting groundhogs, Punxsutawney Phil, has been carrying on the tradition of Groundhog Day since the 1800s, according to The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.

<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/02/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-weather" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil predicts it won't stay cold much longer</a>The GuardianPunxsutawney Phil was made famous to the outside world via the classic comedy movie Groundhog Day in which a jaded newsman played by Bill Murray is trapped to repeat the same 24 hours over and over again after being forced to cover the event.

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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/opinion/nocera-the-ed-koch-show.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Ed Koch Show</a>New York TimesAs Ed Koch matter-of-factly uttered those words, early in the movie, the audience, full of former staff aides, political loyalists and New York movers-and-shakers, chuckled knowingly. Throughout his political life, Koch's ego had never been far from ...

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<a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118065566/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">'Warm Bodies' earns lively $8.1 mil</a>VarietyMuch like Universal's success with scarer "Mama," "Warm Bodies'" PG-13 rating is likely working in its favor this frame as many new releases for the last two months have been R rated. "Mama," in its third week in release, only dropped to fourth place ...

<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-warm-bodies-417605" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Box Office Report: 'Warm Bodies' Tops Friday With $8.1 Mil; Stallone's 'Bullet ...</a>Hollywood ReporterA supernatural twist on Romeo and Juliet, Warm Bodies stars Nicholas Hoult as a zombie who rescues a girl (Teresa Palmer) from imminent death at the hands of his fellow undead. An unlikely romance develops, setting off an unforeseen chain of events.

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<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bastard-machine/house-cards-netflix-viewing-conundrum-417442" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">'House of Cards' and the Netflix Viewing Conundrum</a>Hollywood ReporterNow that Netflix has entered the content-creator business in a huge way with the release of all 13 episodes of the acclaimed drama House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey and directed by David Fincher, the only question left is how viewers (and critics ...

<a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-netflix-house-of-cards-creates-social-media-buzz-binge-20130201,0,6133834.story" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Netflix's 'House of Cards' creates social media buzz-binge</a>Los Angeles TimesNetflix Inc.'s strategy of simultaneously releasing all 13 episodes of its new political drama "House of Cards" is generating social media buzz -- with well over 10,000 mentions since the show's debut just after midnight Friday. "House of Cards" is ...

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<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/sony-unveil-playstation-4-feb-20-article-1.1253333" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sony likely to unveil PlayStation 4 on Feb. 20</a>New York Daily NewsSony is poised to unveil the next PlayStation in New York City on Feb. 20. The Japanese electronics giant invited journalists to an evening press event. The company has not said what it plans to show off, but signs indicate that it'll be the PlayStation 4.

<a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/01/playstation-4-rumors-spread-following-sony-tease" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PlayStation 4 Rumors Spread Following Sony Tease</a>IGNFollowing yesterday's Future of PlayStation tease from Sony, new rumors suggest that the PlayStation 4 will be announced this mont

</embed> MyWikiBiz February 1 in history:

• 1979: The Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran from exile in France, receiving a tumultuous welcome.

• 1963: The Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat) was incorporated as a private U.S. company to establish, working with the telecommunications administrations of other countries, a commercial communications satellite system.

• 1960: Four African American students staged a sit-in at a whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina; by February 5, 300 students were participating, and a movement of sit-ins at public segregrated facilities was launched across the South.

• 1944: During World War II, after an effective preliminary bombardment, the first of 40,000 U.S. troops landed on the Marshall Island atoll of Kwajalein; within a week the atoll had been taken from the Japanese.

• 1896: La Bohème, the most enduringly popular of Giacomo Puccini's many operas, was first performed, at the Teatro Regio (Turin), under Arturo Toscanini.