Ball Dropping tomorrow in Times Square said to have more lights this year yet is more energy efficient At the beginning of this week, my article on the science of Snow Crystals was published here on the Guest Blog. If you haven’t read it yet, you can check it out here. This weekend millions of eyes will be focused on another type of crystal. In honor of New Year’s Eve, let’s switch gears from checking out crystals made by nature (snowflakes) and focus our attention on the spectacular...
Five...Four...Three...Two...One... It's almost New Year's 2012 and time to watch that glitzy ball drop to signal the beginning of the new year. The New Year's Eve Ball successfully dropped during a "dress rehearsal," as The Associated Press called it, at noon on Friday while organizers continued to prepare for the most magical night of the year, inflating balloons and throwing confetti. This year's six-ton ball with the theme "Let There Be Friendship" has 238 new Waterford crystals to the...
So the 27-year old NFL passing record falls, and so did the Atlanta Falcons. The New Orleans Saints, behind Drew Brees' 307 yards passing and four touchdowns, beat NFC South rivals Atlanta 45-16 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Brees broke the NFL single-season passing mark of 5,084 set by Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins in 1984. Brees has 5,087. The Saints won the division with the win and are at worst the No. 3 seed in the playoffs. They can get the two seed with a win against Carolina next...
ALBANY — A charitable organization with good intentions fell far short of the number of children's Christmas toys it promised to purchase for Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region. As a result, it was shaping up to be a super-sad Sunday morning with a lack of presents under the Christmas tree for dozens of impoverished kids whose families rely on Trinity to make the holiday bright. Harris Oberlander, Trinity's CEO, managed to rescue Christmas for the kids by purchasing dozens of toys for...
Now that The New York Times pay wall is live, you only get 20 free clicks a month. For those worried about hitting their limit, we're taking a look through the paper each morning to find the stories that can make your clicks count. Related: Trimming the Times: Budget Battle Rages; Making Sense of the CensusTop Stories: After the furor over distracted drivers and iPads in cockpits, another danger is getting attention: distracted doctoring, with technicians, nurses, and surgeons using...
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/11/ap-suspect-in-white-house-shooting-arrested-111711/ By Brett Zongker and Jessica Gresko - The Associated PressPosted : Thursday Nov 17, 2011 8:12:07 EST WASHINGTON — A man with an apparent obsession with President Obama has been arrested in Pennsylvania after the Secret Service discovered two bullets struck the White House while the president was away, authorities said Wednesday. One bullet smashed into a window of the living quarters of the executive...
