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Many iPhone users are checking their Weather app today and seeing a 100% chance of snow, with amounts ranging from 11 to 18 inches for Thursday, depending on where they live. While that sounds exciting, it’s very unlikely that the weather can be predicted with 100% certainty just one day in advance, let alone a week ahead.

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Entertainment

This Valentine’s Day, the Maryland Zoo is giving you the opportunity to “turn heartbreak into hilarity.”  The Zoo shares, “For $5, you can name a pile of animal dung after your ex.  It’s the perfect way to talk smack while supporting animal care and conservation.”

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Crime

In a show of solidarity and compassion, the local community has raised over $8,000 for Ertters Market on Dale Dr.– a beloved neighborhood market in Silver Spring that has faced two armed robberies by the same person in two weeks.

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Business

Rockville-based Compost Crew Inc. (12343 Carroll Ave.) announced its annual results for 2024, which saw the company’s business grow significantly from the prior year. The company collected almost 26 million pounds of food scraps in 2024, an increase of roughly 30% over its 2023 total. The company also exceeded 20,000 homes serviced for the first time, placing Compost Crew among the largest dedicated food scrap recycling companies in the country.

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