While the Apple Widgets that come with Tiger are well-made, it's common to tweak them to suit one's preferences. The examples are numerous on Mac OS X Hints, and it's easy to do. However, since you never are sure the changes work, you have to keep a backup copy.
However, there's an easy way to tweak widgets personally without editing the original file: Widgets in your user's ~/Library/Widgets directory override those in the system-wide /Library/Widgets folder.
If you, for example, copy the Weather widget to ~/Library/Widgets (create this folder if necessary), that copy will be shown in Dashboard, and there will only be one Weather widget shown. This way, it's no hassle to experiment and if it doesn't work, one can simply delete the widget from the personal Library.
Note that you have to close active widgets and re-open them from the Dashboard bar for the override to take place.
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