Gray whales live in the North Pacific, and once also lived in the North Atlantic, but appear to have been driven to extinction by the 18th century. A gray whale hasn't been spotted in the Atlantic basin for nearly 300 years, until three years ago when in May 2010, a gray whale was spotted off the coast of Israel. In July 2010, that same whale was spotted off the coast of Spain. Until now, gray whales had never been found in the Southern Hemisphere.

Four tour boats on dolphin-spotting cruises near Namibia's Walvis Bay spotted an unusual whale. Just eight days later, John Paterson of the Albatross Task Force confirmed that the lone whale was a gray whale -- the first ever recorded south of the equator.

Comparing photographs with the whale spotted nearly Israel and Spain in 2010 confirm that the whale found in the Southern Hemisphere was not the same whale. Scientists are now trying to determine the origins of the whale.

It is possible that the whale swam south past Baja California, rounded the tip of South America and across the Atlantic, but it seems unlikely as the whale would have to travel a large distance against currents, through open ocean, from west to east. Gray whales typically do not do any of that.

Researchers working 2.4 kilometers below Earth's surface in a Canadian mine have discovered a source of water that has remained isolated for at least one billion years.

The scientists say that they are not yet sure if anything has been living in the water all this time, however the water contains high levels of methane and hydrogen, which are requirements for supporting life.

Micrometer-scale pockets in minerals that are billions of years old are capable of holding water that was trapped during the minerals' formation, however no source of free-flowing water passing through interconnected cracks or pores in Earth's crust has previously been shown to have stayed isolated for more than tens of millions of years.

Chris Ballentine, a geochemist at the University of Manchester, and his team carefully captured water flowing through fractures in the 2.7-billion-year-old sulphide deposits in a copper and zinc mine near Timmins, Ontario. This ensures that the water did not come into contact with mine air.

In order to date the water, the researchers used three lines of evidence, all of which were based on the relative abundances of various isotopes of noble gases present in the water. They determined that the fluid couldn't have contacted Earth's atmosphere or have been at the planet's surface for at least 1 billion years, and possibly as long as 2.64 billion years, which is not long after the rocks through which if flowed through formed.

As a tribute to local hero Charles Ramsey, the man who helped free Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight earlier this month, Hodge's Cleveland has created the "Ramsey Burger".

The Ramsey Burger includes an 8-ounce all-beef patty, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles on a sesame seed bun. If that sounds familiar, it should. These are the same ingredients in the Big Mac that Ramsey was eating when he responded to the calls from the trapped women.

The World Series of Poker is finally coming to Cleveland, but it won't be until 2014.

The WSOP's 2013-14 circuit tour was released on Wednesday and includes a run in Cleveland from March 20 to 31, 2014. Another new stop has been added to the tour, which will be at the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati from September 19 to 30, 2013.

The WSOP tour will kick off on August 17 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, and will travel to 22 cities before the Circuit National Championship is held in May 2014 at Caesars Atlantic City.

The winner from each of the 22 stop's Main Event will automatically earn a place in the national championship.

The Horseshoe Casino Cleveland was due to have been on the WSOP in March of this year, however those plans were scrapped when Ohio gambling regulators refused to allow the use of the ballroom at the Cleveland Renaissance Hotel.

NASA's search for planets where life could exist outside of our solar system has come to a sudden, unexpected halt, as the space agency's planet-hunting telescope Kepler is now broken. If engineers are unable to find a fix, it could mean an end to the $600 million mission's search.

NASA wasn't ready to call it quits just let. NASA sciences chief John Grunsfeld commented:

"I wouldn't call Kepler down-and-out just yet."

Kepler has discovered numerous planets, but to date only two are the best candidates for habitable planets.

According NASA, Kepler lost the second of four wheels that controls its orientation in space. With just two working wheels left, it is unable to point at starts with the same precision.

Kepler is currently orbiting the sun at about 40 million miles from Earth. It is too far away to send astronauts out on a repair mission, so over the next few weeks, Earth-based engineers will attempt to restart Kepler's faulty wheel or find a workaround.

The Cleveland Corned Beef Company and Angelo's PIzza are joining scores of local residents and businesses in stepping up and helping the three missing women who were found alive after being held captive in a Seymour Avenue home for a decade.

The Cleveland Corned Beef Company's restaurant is located at 5164 Pearl Rd. in Cleveland, and the event will run from 7am to 6pm. The company will donate 100 percent of its sales on Saturday to the Cleveland Courage Fund.

Angelo's Pizza, which is located at 13715 Madison Ave. in Lakewood, is also donating 100 percent of pizza sales on Thursday to the Cleveland Courage Fund. Employees are also donating their hourly pay to the kidnapping victims.

The Cleveland Courage Fund was set up last week to benefit Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight, who were held captive for about ten years before Berry escaped and got police to help rescue the others.

According to research by Marchex Institute, Ohio leads the country in swearing, with residents dropping curse words every 150 words. On the other side of the spectrum, when it comes to being courteous and dropping in the pleases and thank yous into our conversations, Ohioans rank pretty low and have been ranked as "not courteous" by the research group.

The researchers scanned for curse words from A to F to S, and then linked the frequency of those words with all 50 states. The worst offenders were put in the "Sailors" category and include:

1 - Ohio
2 - Maryland
3 - New Jersey
4 - Louisiana
5 - Illinoise

The least frequent users of curse words were placed in the "Goody Two Shoes" category and include:

1 - Washington
2 - Massachusetts
3 - Arizona
4 - Texas
5 - Virginia

At the end of last season, the Cleveland Indians had just finished with more than 90 losses for the third time in four years. Attendance was near the bottom of the league and team ownership was rightfully being savaged for its failure to spend money and for what was perceived as a cavalier attitude toward its fans. Many veteran Tribe observers labeled the team’s situation as the worst they had ever seen it - and that’s saying something – with apathy having replaced anger and disappointment.

Well, a funny thing happened on the way to this year’s spring training. Two-time world champion manager Terry Francona lobbied for and was hired as the team’s manager, and the Dolan family opened up their checkbooks and acquired veterans Nick Swisher, Mark Reynolds, Michael Bourn, Ryan Raburn, Drew Stubbs and Mike Aviles - thereby totally remaking a lineup that was, arguably, the most inept in baseball and turning it into one that currently is at the top of the American League in home runs. As of this writing, the surging Tribe has won 13 of their last 16 games.

The left-for-dead Indians of 2012, whose last two months of the season could best be described as the Bataan Death March, have been transformed – somewhat miraculously - into a powerful and exciting squad that appears to be a legitimate contender for a playoff spot this year. Now, of course, such an assertion will be greeted with howls of derision accompanied by a lengthy litany of gloom, despair and agony.

And it’s this perennial lament – fueled by the performance of the last two years in which the Tribe got off to a relatively good start only to plummet at breakneck speed during August and September - that will prevent many fans from showing up at games in large numbers. What the Indians must do is stay in contention at least until mid-September in order to establish a degree of legitimacy that will encourage a stronger season-ticket base for the years to come.

Unlike the patchwork squads cobbled together over the past few years, this version of the Tribe is built to win, especially with the starting rotation pitching as it did during the recently-completed 8-1 homestand, when it compiled a glittering ERA of 2.87. If the Indians starters can consistently perform at anywhere near this level, there’s no reason to think that this won’t be an Indian Summer that could last into October.

The fossilized remains of an Ice Age bison were recently discovered at a Caltrans construction site near Pala Mesa in north San Diego County, Calif., while working on the State Route 76 East highway project.

According to a Caltrans representatie, Cathryne Bruce-Johnson, the remains are estimated to be around 200,000 years old. It is the first time that bison remains from the Ice Age have been found in Southern California.

The San Diego Natural History Museum unveiled the find on Monday in a presentation.

Caltrans, which is an abbreviation for the California Department of Transportation, has been working on improving the Route 76 ramp that runs between interstates 15 and 5. The widening and overhaul of the I-15/Route 76 interchange is expected to continue through summer 2014.

Any paleontological discoveries that are made between now and the project's completion are protected by the Environmental Quality Act of California, a law that requires developers grant researchers a chance at collecting specimens before moving forward toward completion of construction projects.

Ariel Castro, 52, who has been arrested as the suspect who kidnapped and held captive three young women in his Cleveland home for a decade, will plead not guilty if indicted on kidnapping and rape charges, according to the man's lawyer.

Attorney Craig Weintraub says that Castro is not a "monster" as he has been portrayed in the media, stating:

"The initial portrayal by the media has been one of a 'monster' and that's not the impression that I got when I talked to him for three hours. I know that family members who have been interviewed by the media have expressed that as well."

One of the women held in Castro's home on Seymour Avenue for 10 years, Amanda Berry, has a six-year-old daughter named Jocelyn by Castro. Attorney Jaye Schlachet notes:

"I can tell you that Mr. Castro is extremely committed to the well being and positive future for his daughter, who he loves dearly. And if people find that to be a disconnect from what he's alleged to have done, then the people will just have to deal with it. We just know how he feels about his little girl."

Two other women - Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight - were also rescued at the same time Amanda Berry escaped from Castro's home.