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The Upside	1	-	$20.36M
Aquaman	2	1	$287.95M
A Dog's Way Home	3	-	$11.25M
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	4	5	$147.83M
Escape Room	5	2	$32.46M
Mary Poppins Returns	6	3	$151.09M
Bumblebee	7	4	$108.9M
On the Basis of Sex	8	16	$10.4M
The Mule	9	6	$90.71M
Vice	10	7	$35.89M
Bohemian Rhapsody	11	11	$198.5M
If Beale Street Could Talk	12	14	$7.71M
Replicas	13	-	$2.38M

billboard top rock

1	Panic!AtTheDisco:High Hopes
2	Mumford&Sons:GuidingLight
3	Marshmello&Basti:Happier
4	ImagineDragons:Natural
5	floracash:You'reSomebodyElse
6	twentyonepilots:MyBlood
7	TheGloriousSons:S.O.S.(SawedOffShotgun)
8	Muse:Pressure
9	Weezer:Can'tKnockTheHustle
10	Godsmack:WhenLegendsRise
11	Shinedown:GetUp
12	The1975:LoveItIfWeMadeIt
13	YoungTheGiant:Superposition
14	BillieEilish:YouShouldSeeMeInACrown
15	lovelytheband:TheseAreMyFriends
16	Houses:FastTalk
17	Ghost:DanceMacabre
18	PapaRoach:WhoDoYouTrust?
19	BarnsCourtney:"99"
20	GretaVanFleet:You'reTheOne
21	DeathCabForCutie:NorthernLights
22	FosterThePeople:WorstNites
23	morgxnFeaturingWALKT:Home
24	BringMeTheHorizon:Mantra
25	BobMoses:BackDown

slashdot

-	Insect Collapse: 'We Are Destroying Our Life Support Systems'
-	Facebook's '10 Year Challenge' Meme Could Train Facial Recognition Algorithms On Age Progression, Age Recognition
-	Pwn2Own Contest Will Pay $900,000 For Hacks That Exploit Tesla's Model 3
-	Hackers Broke Into An SEC Database and Made Millions From Inside Information, Says DOJ
-	Apple Maps Gooses DuckDuckGo In Search Privacy Partnership

sportsnet

-	Niemi’s improbable redemption with Canadiens hits peak in win over Panthers
-	Predators’ Watson fights Capitals’ Wilson after hit on Ellis
-	Former Leafs defenceman Larry Murphy weighs in on Gardiner boos
-	Raptors know from experience not to count out struggling Celtics
-	Flames’ Treliving on pending RFA Tkachuk: ‘We’ll get him signed’

canoe

-	Man playing hide-and-seek found dead in vacant building’s elevator shaft
-	CALIFORNIA CATHOUSE: Landlord rents $1,500 apartment to 2 felines
-	Drug trafficker tells of El Chapo’s $100M bribe to ex-president of Mexico
-	‘AH, STOP’: Endometriosis has made sex painful for Julianne Hough
-	Lights, camera, action! Tumbling space snowman makes film debut

cnet

-	Captain Marvel: The hero may be the savior Tony Stark needs
-	YouTube updates guidelines to address dangerous pranks, challenges
-	Qualcomm kicks off defense in FTC trial by showing its mobile chip prowess
-	EA's Star Wars game has been cancelled
-	Verizon waiving some fees for fed workers hurt by shutdown

reuters

-	On the autofarm: China turns to driverless tractors, combines to overhaul agriculture
-	Oil dips on global economic slowdown, but OPEC-led cuts provide support
-	Tokyo court denies Nissan Ghosn's latest bail request
-	Sears chairman's takeover proposal faces moment of truth
-	Delaware judge orders Papa John's to turn over documents to founder

cbc

-	Saudi teen granted asylum in Canada gets 24-hour security amid online threats
-	Cache of ammunition, 9/11-conspiracy films seized from Danforth shooter's home, documents reveal
-	Theresa May faces non-confidence vote after MPs reject Brexit deal
-	Canadians weighed down by lines of credit they don't understand
-	The National

space

-	Scientist anticipated "snowman" asteroid appearance
-	Iran satellite in US row fails to reach orbit
-	Total lunar eclipse on Jan 20-21 will be last until 2022
-	Seeing Titan with infrared eyes
-	Iran to launch two satellites in 'coming days'

science daily

-	Unraveling threads of bizarre hagfish's explosive slime
-	Poisons or medicines? Cyanobacteria toxins protect tiny lake dwellers from parasites
-	Difficulties with audiovisual processing contributes to dyslexia in children
-	Tool for nonstatisticians automatically generates models that glean insights from complex datasets
-	New zoning tool provides global topographic datasets in minutes

new scientist

-	Long penises help hermit crabs avoid being robbed during sex
-	How hagfish can make enough slime to clog a shark's jaws in seconds
-	Call for more transparency over ‘add-on’ fertility treatments
-	Astronauts travelling to the moon and Mars risk dying from superbugs
-	First moon plants sprout in China's Chang'e 4 biosphere experiment

Wed Jan 16

Flurries
high: -2 c

Thu Jan 17

Sunny
high: -13 c

Fri Jan 18

Chance of flurries
high: -7 c
pop: 70%

Sat Jan 19

Chance of snow
high: -16 c
pop: 40%

Sun Jan 20

Snow
high: -15 c

Stocks

TSX	15046.30	+44.30 (0.29)
S&P	2610.30	+25.20 (0.97)
DOW	24065.59	+151.48 (0.63)
NASDAQ	24065.59	n/a
GOOG	1077.15	+26.98 (2.50%)
RHT	0.36	+0.00 (0.00%)
CSCO	44.02	+0.69 (1.57%)
INTC	48.60	-0.11 (0.23%)
AAPL	153.07	+2.80 (1.83%)
CIEN	37.63	+0.93 (2.47%)
NXPI	78.07	-0.77 (0.99%)
QCOM	55.73	-1.59 (2.85%)
TSLA	344.43	+9.43 (2.74%)
AMZN	1674.56	+42.56 (2.54%)
NFLX	354.64	+5.04 (1.42%)

Word of the Day

nomothetic

adjective (nah-muh-THET-ik)

: relating to, involving, or dealing with abstract, general, or universal statements or laws

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." - Colin Powell

science blog

-	Research Finds Serious Problems With Forensic Software
-	Why people make up their minds sooner than they realize
-	How gut bacteria from infants could prevent food allergy
-	Research reveals strategies for combating science misinformation

Born on this day

- Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002)
- Francesco Scavullo, American celebrity photographer, born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2004)
- Allard Lowenstein, radical (Students for Democratic Action)
- Vladimir Skutina, writer playwright/journalist
- Jim Berry, cartoonist (Berry's World)
- William Francis, rocker
- Mario Bates, NFL-running back (New Orleans Saints)
- Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player

Weather fact of the day

Today in History

- British explorers David, Mawson and Mackay reach south magnetic pole as part of the Nimrod Expedition
- -60°F (-51°C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)
- "Donny and Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
- John Lennon releases "Woman" in UK
- Czech dissident Václav Havel is arrested in Prague for taking part in demonstrations against the communist government
- A four day occupation of an Algerian BP facility by Amenas militants begins, killing 48 hostages
- René I of Naples (d. 1480)
- Edward Gordon Craig, British modernist actor, director and theorist (On the art of theatre), born in Stevenage Hertfordshire, England (d. 1966)
- Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006)
- Johannes Rau, German politician (d. 2006)