Some people think that our planet is suffering from a fever. Now scientists are telling us that Mars is experiencing its own planetary warming: Martian warming. This has led some people, not necessarily scientists, to wonder if Mars and Jupiter, non signatories to the Kyoto Treaty, are actually inhabited by alien SUV-driving industrialists.

Thompson's daughter Elizabeth "Betsy" Thompson Panici died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs on January 30 2002. Thompson was not a candidate for re-election in 2002. Ratings

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Senate term in 2002 Thompson joined the cast of the long-running NBC television series Law & Order playing Manhattan District Attorney Arthur Branch. He has frequently portrayed governmental figures.