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Frozen II	1	1	$288.85M
Knives Out	2	-	$41.41M
Ford v Ferrari	3	2	$81.03M
Queen & Slim	4	-	$16M
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	5	3	$34.29M
21 Bridges	6	4	$19.22M
Playing with Fire	7	6	$39.24M
Midway	8	5	$50.21M
Last Christmas	9	9	$31.69M
Joker	10	10	$330.52M
Harriet	11	11	$39.46M
The Good Liar	12	7	$14.88M
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	13	12	$111.55M

billboard top rock

1	twentyonepilots:The Hype
2	twentyonepilots:TheHype
3	Coldplay:Orphans
4	HighlySuspect:16
5	Weezer:TheEndOfTheGame
6	MegMyers:RunningUpThatHill
7	LanaDelRey:Doin'Time
8	Absofacto:Dissolve
9	SHAED:Trampoline
10	GreenDay:FatherOfAll...
11	WhiteReaper:MightBeRight
12	CageTheElephant:SocialCues
13	OzzyOsbourne:UnderTheGraveyard
14	BillieEilish:AllTheGoodGirlsGoToHell
15	PapaRoach:ComeAround
16	Illenium&JonBell:GoodThingsFallApart
17	Badflower:TheJester
18	Mumford&Sons:BlindLeadingTheBlind
19	DinosaurPile-Up:BackFoot
20	FallOutBoyFeaturingW:DearFutureSelf(HandsUp)
21	TonesAndI:DanceMonkey
22	RexOrangeCounty:10/10
23	LocalNatives:WhenAmIGonnaLoseYou
24	BadWolves:KillingMeSlowly
25	TheLumineers:LifeInTheCity

slashdot

-	Recordings Reveal That Plants Make Ultrasonic Squeals When Stressed
-	Early Humans Domesticated Themselves, New Genetic Evidence Suggests
-	Anti-Vaxxer Arrested As Samoa Executes Mass-Vaccination Campaign To Stop Measles Outbreak
-	Qualcomm To Offer GPU Driver Updates On Google Play Store For Some Snapdragon Chips
-	Deepfake Porn Is Evolving To Give People Total Control Over Women's Bodies

sportsnet

-	Canadiens’ Carey Price continues to show poor November was anomaly
-	Oilers win over Kings shows team can win with defence too
-	10 potential backup goalie targets for the Maple Leafs
-	Q&A: Kings’ Drew Doughty on defending against McDavid and Draisaitl
-	How ex-GM J.P. Ricciardi showed Blue Jays can be free-agent force

canoe

-	Trump hits pause on designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups
-	Peter Sarsgaard joins ‘The Batman’ cast
-	‘THANK GOD NOBODY WAS HURT’: Michelle Kwan uninjured in crash after mattress flies off vehicle
-	Tesla boss Elon Musk wins defamation trial over ‘pedo guy’ tweet
-	Indian rape victim dies in hospital after being set ablaze by gang of men

cnet

-	From Instagram to Candy Crush: These are the most important apps of the decade
-	The best phones to give in 2019
-	Best gifts for dad these holidays 2019
-	Best gifts for foodies in 2019
-	Taking on Nerf Challenge's battle arenas and obstacle courses

reuters

-	Bankrupt PG&E reaches $13.5 billion settlement with California wildfire victims
-	Mexico says 'good progress' on trade deal although work remains
-	Tesla boss Elon Musk wins defamation trial over his 'pedo guy' tweet
-	Musk's defamation win may reset legal landscape for social media
-	JPMorgan banker testifying for cartel prosecutors says there was no agreement

cbc

-	Montreal Massacre victims honoured with 14 beams of light in skyline, calls to end gender-based violence
-	2 adults, 3 children killed in house fire northwest of Edmonton
-	Ottawa accepts Alberta's new $30-per-tonne carbon plan for large emitters in 2020
-	Canadian arrested in Turkey this summer charged with terror offences
-	Sydney blanketed by orange skies as wildfires rage

space

-	Research suggests that hibernation is a likely option to make deep space exploration a reality
-	SpaceX Dragon heads to space station with NASA science
-	OSIRIS-REx mission explains Bennu's mysterious particle events
-	Mice in space: NASA's latest experiment
-	Image: Thermal enclosure for Orion

science daily

-	Electronic map reveals 'rules of the road' in superconductor
-	Simple experiment explains magnetic resonance
-	'Conductor' gene found in plant root stem cell 'orchestra'
-	'Junk DNA' affects inherited cancer risk
-	Tick box questionnaire could significantly improve esophageal cancer survival rates

new scientist

-	Interstellar comet Borisov is about to pass close to Earth and the sun
-	Altruism 2.0: How to use science to make charitable acts go further
-	Exclusive: Two pigs engineered to have monkey cells born in China
-	Number-crunchers set new record for cracking online encryption keys
-	Samoan government takes drastic measures to fight measles outbreak

Sat Dec 7

Mainly sunny
high: -5 c

Sun Dec 8

Chance of flurries
high: 1 c
pop: 40%

Mon Dec 9

Rain
high: 5 c

Tue Dec 10

Periods of snow or rain
high: 4 c

Wed Dec 11

Sunny
high: -10 c

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NFLX	307.35	+2.65 (0.86%)

Word of the Day

"We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own." - Cesar Chavez

science blog

-	Warming Clouds
-	Cellphone distraction linked to increase in head injuries
-	Time-restricted eating benefits those at risk for diabetes, heart disease
-	New tool for rapidly analyzing CRISPR edits reveals frequent production of unintended edits

Born on this day

- Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian mystic and poet, born in Mihne, Greater Khorasan (d. 1049)
- Azzone Visconti, Lord of Milan (1329-39), born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 1339)
- Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist, born in Eisenstadt, Austria (d. 1894)
- Ernst Toch, Austrian composer (Melodie Lehre), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1964)
- Arch Oboler, American director, screen and radio writer, and producer (Lights Out, Bwana Devil), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
- Richard Franko Goldman, American educator and composer, born in New York City, New York (d. 1980)
- Alan Ford, American swimmer (world 100m freestyle record 55.4; Olympic silver 1948), born in Panama Canal Zone, Panama (d. 2008)
- Mads Vinding, Danish bassist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark

Weather fact of the day

On this date in 1970, a sudden wind gust knocked over the national christmas tree mounted on the White House lawn.

Today in History

- Leslie J Stuart's musical "Betsy" premieres in NYC
- North Africa: British counter offensive under general O'Connor
- American diver Pat McCormick wraps up the women's double when she wins the 10m platform gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics with 84.85 points; also won the 3m springboard gold
- Helen O'Connell joins Today Show panel
- Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St crowds upon arrival in NYC
- NY Islanders fire Simpson, Arbour new coach
- Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian mystic and poet, born in Mihne, Greater Khorasan (d. 1049)
- Gian Lorenzo [Giovanni] Bernini, Italian baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy), painter and architect, born in Naples, Italy (d. 1680)
- "Ravishing" Rick Rude, American professional wrestler, born in St. Peter, Minnesota (d. 1999)
- Alan Faneca, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in New Orleans, Louisiana