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3 Historic Cruise Ships Reunite in NYC
Three historic Cunard liners -- the Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2, and Queen Elizabeth 2 -- rendezvoused off downtown Manhattan last night, and thousands of intrepid New Yorkers braved freezing rain to come out...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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805 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Tractor-Trailer Crash Kills 4 on US-Mexico Bridge
Bad accident -- two tractor-trailers collided and burst into flames yesterday on a bridge between the US and Mexico. Four people were killed in the ensuing follow-up wrecks, and a key border crossing was shut down."The collision on the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in...The Knext Knut? New German Polar Cub Star
A female polar bear cub separated from it mother (who had some issues, apparently) is poised to become Germany's next child star. Speculation is rampant (in German papers, at least) that the currently-unnamed tyke...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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621 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
Grand Central Station Gets Squashed
There are a million terrible puns here but I'm not going to use them. Yesterday saw the kickoff in NYC's Grand Central Station of the Bear Stearns Tournament of Champions Squash 2008 (whew) -- that's right, squash...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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757 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
NYC Joins Civilized World, Gets Pay Toilets
Soon the days of frantically searching for a bar, Barnes and Noble or Starbucks may be coming to an end -- the first public pay toilet was unveiled in NYC today. The following is quite long but very interesting."Few toilets — if any — have ever received the level of... Report: Richardson Dropping Presidential Bid
Two people close to his campaign are claiming that Bill Richardson is announcing that he's dropping out of the Presidential elections today. Wonder who he'll back now? I think he'd make a pretty amazing VP,...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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347 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Weird -- and Tragic -- Weather Week for US
As I write this from NYC it's a near-record-setting 62 degrees Fahrenheit; it feels a little ominous but I'm not complaining. Elsewhere in the US, though, the weather's taken a turn for the grim this...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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649 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Tornado Hits Arkansas
Just in -- a tornado just touched down in central Arkansas, killing one person near the town of Appleton. This comes on the heels of two tornados that hit the NW part of the state last night."A tornado reportedly...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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8899 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
Tornados Rip Up Midwest US
Some very dramatic weather in the US Midwest last night, with tornados in Missouri Northern Illinois. At least two dead, three hospitalized and several homes destroyed."UNDATED -- The storm that passed over the...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
2176 views | 10 recommendations | 4 comments
2176 views | 10 recommendations | 4 comments
Crane Falls Into SF Bay
A crane fell off a dry dock and into the San Francisco Bay this afternoon, off Pier 70 the operator was hospitalized. Details are still a bit sketchy, but an oil spill may have resulted from the incident as well."SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ― A dry dock crane operator...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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1118 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
12 Days of Newsmas: The Winners
And here they are, as promised... our winners of the 12 Days of Newsmas contest. Each of these talented souls will soon be receiving a Flip Video camera in the mail -- our gift to them. Like their photos? Think...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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641 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
Britney Melts Down, Gets Hospitalized
Once again, Britney Spears makes the news for being a basket case. Paramedics and cops showed up outside her house last night, and she ended up being wheeled away on a gurney. Oh, the humanity..."We're told...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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327 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Candidates Rally for Tonight's Iowa Showdown
Despite the ungodly cold (we're talking single-digit degrees), Presidential hopefuls are rallying their troops for tonight's caucuses in Iowa. The pundits are saying it's still very, very close, with the...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
398 views | 12 recommendations | 3 comments
398 views | 12 recommendations | 3 comments
NYC's Virgin Megastores Going Away in 2009?
As further proof that there just ain't much money in selling CDs anymore, the company that bought Manhattan's two Virgin Megastores is planning to close the massive Union Square location in 2009, and shop...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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2482 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
Secret of Rock, Paper, Scissors Revealed
Read this and you'll never have to ride in the back seat again! "Research shows" (cough) that the most effective Rock, Paper, Scissors strategy is to choose Scissors -- because your opponent will probably...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
1831 views | 44 recommendations | 13 comments
1831 views | 44 recommendations | 13 comments
