AP PHOTOS: Blackout of 1965 plunged 30 million into darkness
Largely, though, people remained calm, stepping in to help where they could, such as directing traffic. Hospitals were able to use generators to keep functioning. Over the next few hours, power came...
View ArticleJason Peters out for Eagles, Lane Johnson shifts over
Bills: QB Josh Johnson, RB Dan Herron, CB Mario Butler, LB Randell Johnson, C Gabe Ikard, T Cyrus Kouandjio, DT Kyle Williams. ___ AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Jets: RG...
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John Cena Vs The Undertaker Set To Headline WWE WrestleMania 32
But hopefully, Cena and Undertaker can move forward as planned, as that truly will be a match for the ages. For many people, it is even bigger than The Rock versus Triple H, so it will be interesting...
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John Lennon’s guitar sells for $2.4M at auction
Lennon’s Gibson Photo: Julien’s Auctions View Slideshow The Beatles in 1963 The esteemed instrument only belonged to Lennon for one year before it was swiped at a 1963 Christmas concert and then sold...
View ArticleLineup tweaks can’t lift Islanders out of offensive doldrums
Johnny Boychuk’s one-timer in the third finally got the Isles on the board, but they still fell, 2-1 to Boston at Barclays Center on Sunday. The insertion of Taylor Beck, who played 62 games with...
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Exotica: Made in Japan, Coveted in the U.S.
Men’s Style Advertisements circa 1970 for Big John, a Japanese denim company that looked to vintage Levi’s styles for its inspiration. By MATTHEW SCHNEIER November 5, 2015 Apart from being made in...
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The Last Place on Earth With Ebola: Getting Guinea to Zero
A World Health Organization worker checked the temperature of one of Seydouba Soumah’s sons in the village of Tana, Guinea By DIONNE SEARCEY November 6, 2015 Yet the degree of threat appears to be...
View Article6 arrested in killing of Mexican filmmaker’s father, brother
He said the suspects were holding six Central American migrants hostage at the time of their arrest and their gang has been linked to 20 cases of kidnapping or homicide. The gang operated in southern...
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Virtual reality porn software coming to headsets
That’s despite the fact that Oculus, which was acquired by Facebook last year for $2 billion, has been tight-lipped about the prospect of its goggles being used to broadcast high-tech smut. Instead,...
View ArticleUniversity of Missouri system president becomes the focus amid protests at...
The protest resulted in 41 shantytown protesters being arrested for trespassing. Only one student went to trial, but won on the grounds that the quadrangle is public forum. “This is JUST not about...
View ArticleNATO War Games Unwittingly Put Soviets and U.S. on ‘Hair Trigger’ in ’83,...
By SAM ROBERTS November 9, 2015 The fact that the Warsaw Pact’s military response to Able Archer was “unparalleled in scale,” the board concluded, “strongly suggests to us that Soviet military leaders...
View Article‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Might Be Written by Adam McKay
The 50 Coolest Easter Eggs in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Last month we learned that Peyton Reed is officially returning to direct the sequel, which — as the title suggests — will put Evangeline...
View ArticleThe Latest: Residents allowed home after CP train derailment
As BNSF deals with its derailment, Canadian Pacific Railway is working to clear 13 tanker cars that derailed Sunday in the southern Wisconsin community of Watertown. Hundreds of gallons of crude oil...
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Sign of the Times: Can a Trip Ever Be ‘Authentic’?
T Magazine Indonesian tourists pose in front of members of the Stone Age Dani tribe in West Papua, New Guinea. The tribe maintains many of its costumes and traditions — and charges visitors for the...
View ArticleMore and earlier trade talk as MLB general managers gather
MISSING “We’ve already had discussions with MLB, certainly surrounding that event,” Mets assistant general manager John Ricco said. “I think certainly we want to make sure we’re protecting players,...
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10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Dean Ambrose
Compared to a lot of superstars, Ambrose’s record is fairly clean. He’s never violated the wellness policy or suffered a highly-publicised run-in with the law – but that doesn’t mean he’s an advocate...
View ArticleFour degrees of global warming will submerge major cities
“It is easier to estimate how much ice will eventually melt from a certain amount of warming than how quickly it will melt,” said Strauss as these harrowing predictions are based on the expansion of...
View ArticleTom Brady will expose Giants as frauds — or reveal them as threats
Coincidentally, in both of those Giants Super Bowl title seasons that ended in upset victories over the Patriots, the teams met in the regular season. The Giants would love for history to repeat...
View ArticleCaesars reports 3Q loss from subsidiary’s bankruptcy costs
On a per-share basis, the Las Vegas-based company said it had a loss of $5.44. Losses, adjusted for restructuring costs, were 30 cents per share. _____ The company no longer includes its operating...
View ArticleObama talks climate change in first Facebook post
ls/jm (AP, AFP) “In a few weeks, I’m heading to Paris to meet with world leaders about a global agreement to meet this challenge,” Obama said. The US president’s Facebook page garnered more than...
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