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1. HBO’s True Detective looks really, really good. The trailer for the new crime drama debuted over the weekend, and it has everything: Matthew McConaughey chain smoking, Woody Harrelson being super serious and plenty of backwater Louisiana intrigue. They play two detectives tracking a serial killer over 17 years. It is not a comedy.

2. The iPhone 5S (and 5C) debuted today. The new 5S is supposedly twice as fast as the 5 — which the 5C is replacing — plus it has a fingerprint scanner, camera improvements and comes in gold. You will most likely buy one.

3. The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team takes on Mexico tonight in World Cup Qualifying. The U.S. lost to Costa Rica last week, but if they win tonight, they have a good chance of punching their ticket to Brazil for next year’s tournament. Luckily, they’re playing in Columbus, Ohio, which has become the “spiritual home” of U.S. Soccer, according to Sports Illustrated.

4. Former Cowboys’ defensive coordinator Rob Ryan seems to be loving his time in New Orleans so far. The Wolfman’s defense came up big on Sunday with a late defensive play by Texas native Kenny Vaccaro to preserve a Saints’ win against the Atlanta Falcons. How did Ryan celebrate? By showing up at a dive bar and buying everyone drinks.

5. A fisherman off the coast of Massachusetts caught a six-clawed lobster. At least that’s how the headline describes it. Really, the guy caught a lobster with a hand and a giant claw. The lobsters, they’re evolving. You know, so they can hold the guns they need to take over New England.

Rob Ryan might not be with the Cowboys, but you have to love a man who buys everyone else drinks.

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Rob Ryan might not be with the Cowboys, but you have to love a man who buys everyone else drinks.

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Best time to see the Draconid meteor shower in Dallas this week

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A meteor shower will be visible from most of North America, including Dallas, during the week of October 6-10.

The Draconid meteor shower – also called the Giacobinids – is predicted to produce the most meteor activity on the night of October 7 and through the early hours of October 8. The peak is expected to occur at 12 am on Monday night/Tuesday morning.

But there will still be sightings on subsequent nights, stargazing experts say, with the overall duration of the shower extending from October 6-10.

According to EarthSky, a cool website devoted to all things starry, the Draconids will be visible right after it gets dark, rather than the more common early morning hours most meteor showers are visible.

The best time will be just after sunset, until around midnight. Viewers won't have to stay up until the crack of dawn.

Helping to make the meteor even more visible is a waxing moon, barely a crack — only 27 percent illuminated — which will cast less light and keep the sky darker overall.

EarthSky says that the meteors are radiating from two stars known as the Dragon’s Eyes, called Eltanin and Rastaban, found in the constellation Draco. Which is located in between the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper.

However, the meteor shower will be visible across the sky.

The shower is dubbed a "sleeper" in that it produces only a handful of meteors — 10 per hour. But they move slower, so the duration of each streak of light sometimes lasts longer — one to two seconds, rather than a rapid flash.

Meteor showers consist of debris left behind by comets and asteroids, which throw off bits of rock and ice as they orbit the sun. The Draconids are the result of Earth passing through this trail from the comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. The comet completes an orbit of the sun about every seven years, and according to CNN, the last time got this close to Earth was in September 2018.

The best way to see it is to find a place that's far from artificial light, then lie on your back and look up at the sky with a wide view. No special equipment is needed.

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