Time added to 2008 allows for longer smooch

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:11 AM EST

Article Source: CNN

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Official timekeepers are adding extra time to the end-of-the-year countdown. Tonight's "leap-second" is the first of three scheduled for coming years to account for irregularities in astronomical time.

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	Leap Seconds	U.S. Naval Observatory	Tue Dec 30	0
	Just a second, 2009 — the Earth needs to catch up	Associated Press	Tue Dec 30	14

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