The Democrats' already sunny prospects have brightened still further with a trio of retirements: Virginia's John Warner, Colorado's Wayne Allard and Nebraska's Chuck Hagel are all standing down.
Chuck Thibeault and his son had just walked down their driveway Friday night after being holed up for 24 hours when "a barrage of cops come down the road and shoved us back in the house, " he said.
The researchers estimate that it would take about 15 years for the dust to eventually settle down to Earth, and it would take a substantial chuck of space junk with it.