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The Marksman	1	-	$3.23M
Wonder Woman 1984	2	1	$35.8M
The Croods: A New Age	3	2	$39.29M
News of the World	4	3	$8.5M
Monster Hunter	5	4	$9.03M
Fatale	6	5	$4.74M
Promising Young Woman	7	6	$3.35M
The Emperor's New Groove	8	-	$89.47M
The War with Grandpa	9	8	$19.24M
Pinocchio	10	7	$1.32M
Come Play	11	9	$9.81M
Freaky	12	12	$8.9M
Half Brothers	13	11	$2.19M

billboard top rock

1	FooFighters:Shame Shame
2	FooFighters:ShameShame
3	AllTimeLowFeaturingb:Monsters
4	RoyalBlood:Trouble'sComing
5	Cannons:FireForYou
6	PeachTreeRascals:Mariposa
7	BillieEilish:ThereforeIAm
8	CageTheElephant:SkinAndBones
9	IDontKnowHowButTheyF:LeaveMeAlone
10	AC/DC:ShotInTheDark
11	MachineGunKelly:BloodyValentine
12	24kGoldnFeaturingian:Mood
13	MachineGunKellyXblac:MyEx'sBestFriend
14	GretaVanFleet:MyWay,Soon
15	Royal&TheSerpent:Overwhelmed
16	TameImpala:IsItTrue
17	MammothWVH:Distance
18	ChrisCornell:Patience
19	GlassAnimals:HeatWaves
20	AyronJones:TakeMeAway
21	IPrevailFeaturingDel:EveryTimeYouLeave
22	Clairo:Sofia
23	Bakar:1stTime
24	FiveFingerDeathPunch:LivingTheDream
25	ThreeDaysGrace:SomebodyThatIUsedToKnow

slashdot

-	Penn State Engineers Are Developing An Inexpensive, Thermally-Modulated Battery For Electric Cars
-	Global Sales of Electric Cars Accelerate Fast In 2020 Despite Pandemic
-	Netflix Is Finally Adding a Streaming Roulette Feature As It Clinches 200 Million Subscribers
-	Instagram Lead Says He's Not Happy With Reels Yet, Might 'Consolidate' Video Formats
-	'Anti-Facebook' MeWe Social Network Adds 2.5 Million New Members In One Week

sportsnet

-	NHL Live Tracker: Avalanche vs. Kings on Sportsnet
-	Blue Jays finalize agreement with reliever Kirby Yates
-	31 Thoughts: Why Avalanche traded Ian Cole to Minnesota
-	Jets tie game late, stun Senators with win in overtime
-	Gotta See It: Patrick Kane goes coast-to-coast for incredible backhand goal

ctv

-	Feds on defensive as no Pfizer vaccine shipment arriving next week
-	PM warns Canada could impose new COVID-19 travel restrictions without notice
-	Staff at Quebec long-term care home move in to keep COVID-19 out
-	12 U.S. Guard members removed from inauguration over extremist statements
-	These are Canada's fastest growing communities as cities see record exodus

cnet

-	Lady Gaga's pre-inauguration look is straight outta Star Wars
-	The best home products for winter 2021: Coffee makers, fire pits and other cozy gadgets
-	The best indoor bike trainers for 2021: Tacx, Wahoo, Saris and more compared
-	Best espresso machine for 2021
-	Self-driving startup Aurora partners with heavy truck company Paccar - Roadshow

reuters

-	U.S. Senate Republican leader McConnell says Trump 'provoked' Jan. 6 riot - Reuters
-	Logitech says company can grow after COVID-19 boom - Reuters
-	Germany's Merkel wants to extend coronavirus lockdown until mid-Feb - Bild - Reuters
-	TikTok owner ByteDance launches Douyin Pay, mobile payment service for China - Reuters
-	China's Geely teams up with Tencent on smart car tech - Reuters

cbc

-	Canada won't get any Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines next week
-	In fortified Washington, residents wonder whether Capitol riot was a one-off or omen of worse to come
-	Conservative MP Derek Sloan defiant ahead of removal vote over campaign donation
-	Alexei Navalny's return to Russia solidifies opposition leader's role as 'anti-Putin'
-	Trudeau says he'll make sure 'Canada's views are heard' on Keystone XL

space

-	NASA explores solar wind with new view of small sun structures
-	Halted rocket test could stall NASA moon shot, redo possible
-	The first CubeSat with a Hall-effect thruster has gone to space
-	The U.S. Postal Service to issue NASA sun science forever stamps
-	NASA test of mega Moon rocket engines cut short

science daily

-	Light-controlled Higgs modes found in superconductors; potential sensor, computing uses
-	Fastener with microscopic mushroom design holds promise
-	Land deals meant to improve food security may have hurt
-	Exploring the solar wind with a new view of small sun structures
-	Astronomers dissect the anatomy of planetary nebulae using Hubble Space Telescope images

new scientist

-	People in Scotland to be asked about reintroducing lynx to the country
-	Male mantises fight females to mate - but they get eaten if they lose
-	Covid-19 news: One in 10 people in the UK had antibodies in December
-	Can coronavirus variants reinfect people and evade the vaccines?
-	How you can help with penguin research by browsing images at home

Wed Jan 20

Chance of flurries
high: -10 c
pop: 40%

Thu Jan 21

Periods of snow
high: -2 c

Fri Jan 22

Chance of flurries
high: -6 c
pop: 30%

Sat Jan 23

A mix of sun and cloud
high: -12 c

Sun Jan 24

A mix of sun and cloud
high: -10 c

Stocks

TSX	17,957.37	+12.49 (0.07%)
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GOOG	1,790.86	+54.67 (3.15%)
RHAT	0.44	-0.03 (7.37%)
CSCO	45.26	-0.24 (0.53%)
INTC	58.03	+0.41 (0.71%)
AAPL	128.18	+0.69 (0.54%)
CIEN	52.62	-0.69 (1.29%)
NXP	175.00	+2.78 (1.61%)
QCOM	164.30	+6.68 (4.25%)
TESLA	843.25	+18.39 (2.23%)
AMZN	3,137.00	+16.51 (0.53%)
NFLX	563.49	+3.79 (0.76%)
XLNX	139.36	+2.76 (2.02%)

Word of the Day

conjecture

verb (kun-JEK-cher)

1 : to arrive at or deduce by surmise or guesswork : guess

2 : to form a supposition or inference

"It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving." - Mother Theresa

science blog

-	Discovery of new praying mantis species from the time of the dinosaurs
-	A ‘super-puff’ planet like no other
-	Buildings, tunnels and bridges could soon repair themselves
-	Where there’s smoke there’s carbon: Light cars, trucks emitting 1.4 billion carbon tons annually

Born on this day

- Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
- Werner Sombart, German fascist (Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben)
- Jean Francois Revel, French journalist/author (Ni Marx ni Jesus)
- Colin Gunton, British theologian (d. 2003)
- Michael Adams, American NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets), born in Hartford, Connecticut
- Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American author, born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Chris Stynes, American baseball infielder (KC Royals), born in Queens, New York
- Tarik Oulida, Dutch football player (Ajax/Seville), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Weather fact of the day

On this date in 1786, the temperature in Hartford, Conn., dropped to 24 below zero, which, at the time, was the coldest temperature ever recorded on a thermometer.

Today in History

- Charlie Conacher becomes 1st Toronto Maple Leaf to score 5 goals in a game, 1st coming at 7 seconds of game
- PGA approves allowing black participants
- Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League
- Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife)
- Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874
- 48th Golden Globes: Dances with Wolves, Jeremy Irons, and Kathy Bates wins
- Henry Gray, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1892)
- William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)
- Dewey Bunell, British-American musician (America-Daisy Jane), born in Borough of Harrogate, United Kingdom
- Christine Tucci, American actress (Amanda Cory-Another World), born in Katonah, New York