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Maine

Skiing gets an early start in chilly Maine, Vermont

New England ski areas opened to the public Monday, with Maine's Sunday River resort and Vermont's Killington both taking advantage of cold weather to coat some of their slopes with machine-made snow. Sunday River, in Bethel, had top-to-bottom trails open for the day, the third-earliest opening

NASA

Pluto conditions: hazy with flowing ice

Written by Marcia Dunn, AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Pluto is hazier than scientists expected and appears to be covered with flowing ice.