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August 22, 2012
When I was a salesman who had to see accounts in person, I was allowed to claim expenses from my first stop to my last. Nobody could claim the mileage expenses of getting to work, or getting home. For 10 years, getting to work in Northern Virginia would have added $61 a day, $305 a week, or in total $15,250 a year, not counting the miles from doing my work. Had I been able to use the method City Councilwoman Rochelle "Rikki" Spector employs, I would have been driving a Mercedes instead of a Saturn.
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By Scott Dance | July 23, 2012
The waxing crescent moon can help sky-watchers find Saturn and Mars in the sky the next few nights . Look to the southwest soon after dark, and the two planets will be to the left of the moon . Tuesday, the moon will rise between the two planets, and Wednesday, they will both be to its right. You may be able to discern Saturn's golden color and Mars' reddish tint ; the star Spica will nearby shine bright blue-white, according to EarthSky.org.
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By Peter Hermann, The Baltimore Sun | May 5, 2012
The driver of a Saturn sedan who had stopped in an eastbound lane of the Baltimore Beltway early Saturday was killed when a Ford pickup truck slammed into the vehicle, according to Maryland State Police. David Wilt, 33, of Pasadena, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Authorities said the crash occurred in the Anne Arundel County section of the highway, near Md. Route 2 in Glen Burnie. The eastbound lanes of the four-lane highway were closed for about five hours, until about 7:45 a.m. The accident occurred about 2:45 a.m. State police said Wilt either stopped or parked in the high-speed lane.
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By Scott Dance | April 12, 2012
April and May are the best time of year for the northern hemisphere to see Saturn in the night sky , and Sunday night is the best night of all. That's because the ringed planet is at what astronomers call opposition, with Earth directly between it and the sun. That means the planet is at its brightest . Telescope users can get a particularly nice view of Saturn's rings. It will appear at nightfall in the eastern sky, and can be found by following the curve in the handle of the Big Dipper.
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December 19, 2010
In 1977, NASA flung a message in a bottle toward the stars. After a 10 billion-mile journey that traversed the paths of Jupiter and Saturn, the hardy little Voyager I spacecraft approached the edge of the solar system last week, poised to carry humanity's greetings to the universe beyond. During its 33-year flight, Voyager I and its sister ship, Voyager II, captured the imagination of millions of Earthlings with the first detailed pictures of Jupiter and Saturn, along with stunning images of their mysterious moons and intricate rings.
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By Frank Roylance and Sun Reporter // Weather Blogger | March 21, 2010
S aturn reaches opposition at 8 p.m., rising in the east as the sun sets "opposite" in the west. Saturn is "only" about 790 million miles away, making it as big and bright as it gets this year. Look for a steady, pale yellow "star" in the southeast after 9 p.m. Better still, find a telescope. You will never forget your first view of Saturn's rings with your own eyes. NASA's Cassini spacecraft, launched in 1997, has been orbiting Saturn since 2004, sending back spectacular photos of the planet and its moons.