Battle over DVD formats looms Los Angeles Daily News - BY GREG HERNANDEZ, Staff Writer. When it comes to viewing movies at home, the VHS tape has all but disappeared, having been replaced in most US households by the easier-to-use and store DVD disc.

Earth's Wobbles Blamed for Mammals' Deaths Los Angeles Times - Wobbles or variations in the Earth's orbit and tilt are associated with extinctions of rodent and mammalian species, Dutch scientists reported Wednesday in the journal Nature.

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