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Spectacular sky show coming
In the pre-dawn hours of April 22 (1:00 – 3:00 am), be sure to look up. If you do, you’ll likely be treated to a spectacular celestial show in the form of the Lyrids meteor shower. Why bother to wake up at an ungodly hour to gaze at the sky? Several reasons. First, the Lyrids shower […]
Glimpse into America’s difficult past
A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John, barefoot and wearing ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next to another unidentified young boy. Art historians believe it’s an extremely rare Civil War-era photograph of children who were either slaves at the time or recently emancipated. The […]
Highest-Quality Cars Of 2010
Porsche is having a bang-up year. Last week it earned the highest rating of any carmaker in J.D. Power and Associates’ Initial Quality Survey–and that’s the fourth time they’ve done so in five years. Earlier this spring Porsche also won top honors in JD Power’s prestigious vehicle dependability study. But that doesn’t mean the Stuttgart, […]
Confessions of a parking valet
It can be nerve-wracking handing your car keys to a total stranger at a valet station. You don’t know if they’re responsible drivers, what their definition of “gentle” is, or often where your car is headed. If all parking valets were trustworthy, there wouldn’t be a need for the “valet key” that prevents one from […]
AIG cuts salaries
AIG cuts salaries to 3 top executives Insurer AIG cuts salaries to 3 top execs to comply with government rules on bailed-out firms SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Insurer American International Group Inc. said it has cut the salaries of three top executives to comply with pay restrictions for companies that took federal bailout money, according […]
When stores will open for Black Friday
Black Friday Moves to Thursday as Stores Woo Shoppers Big-box stores have been opening earlier every year to lure Black Friday shoppers, with some kicking off door-buster sales as early as Thursday night. The National Retail Federation estimates that 138 million consumers will flood stores Friday through Sunday, searching for big discounts on HDTVs and […]
5,113 Nuclear Warheads
The United States has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and “several thousand” more retired warheads awaiting the junkpile, the Pentagon said Monday in an unprecedented accounting of a secretive arsenal born in the Cold War and now shrinking rapidly. The Obama administration disclosed the size of its atomic stockpile going back to 1962 as […]