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Five Things to Know Today, March 7

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Welcome to Wednesday.  Two more days until the weekend!  Here are some things to know today, March 7.  

The weather:  Today will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 63.  The low will be around 47, with no chance of rain.  

Gas prices: Down two cents from yesterday.  Late night reports conclude that the average price was around $3.67 per gallon, with a low of $3.65 at Phillips 86 (on Lawrenceville Hwy. near Hood Road).  This ends the 27 straight days of price increases nationwide.  The price of oil fell to its lowest in two weeks, according to a CBS report late Tuesday night. 

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An iPad event:  Rumors run rampant concerning what exactly the big announcement may be, but the Huffington Post projects that Apple will unveil the iPad 3 today.  Except it won't be called an iPad 3... it will be the iPad HD.  Or not.  We won't know until they make the announcement.  Whatever the case, Apple fans will have much to discuss.  

To infinity and beyond:  The Kepler Space Observatory was launched on this day in 2009.  This observatory was designed to discover Earth-like planets.  Among other cool things, the project invites armchair astronomers to participate in planet finding.  Planethunters.org allows you to sift through data and find anamolies that algorithms may have missed.  So far, two amateurs have been successful.  Will you be the next?  (If so, tell us before you tell anyone else!)

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Reading Railroad, please:  Monopoly was trademarked on this day in 1933 by Charles Darrow.  According to Hasbro, Monopoly's parent company, the longest game of Monopoly in history lasted for 70 straight days.  Many editions exist of this popular game, including Lord of the Rings, the Simpsons, and localized versions.  

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