Groundhog Day

SUNSET -- The city is only 2 miles long and a half-mile wide, but Sunset was the center of attention in the Top of Utah on Thursday.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Every Feb. 2, a slew of weather-predicting rodents lift their noses in the air to test winter's strength, offering groundhog-hole predictions from Punxsutawney, Pa., down to Lilburn, Ga.

But among all fur-covered meteorologists, the best-guesser's crown belongs to a 5-year-old critter who lives indoors and doesn't even hibernate: Mortimer, the pride of Garner, N.C.

Chances are, we'd all like a do-over on something.

That's the word from a local counselor, a psychologist and a clergyman, all of whom say it's human nature to long for second chances.

"I think everybody would love to think they could have a do-over of some part of their life where they've made choices that didn't turn out so well," says Steve Watson, a licensed clinical social worker in Ogden.

But as good as that sounds, Watson says, we also have to remember, "You are who you are largely because of the experiences you've gone through" -- both good and bad.