NY State has announced a comprehensive plan to modernize and revitalize LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy International Airports. Applications are now available for plans to completely redesign LaGuardia and JFK airports, and a Request for Information has been issued to identify a new operator for Republic Airport. Additionally, the State is expanding the freight capacity at Stewart International in order to establish the airport as a regional cargo hub.
Event: ASBPE’s Three-part Webinar Series: Multimedia Storytelling for Journalists
When: December 9, 2014, 1:00-2:00pmET / 12:00-1:00pm CT
Where: Online
As if the city did not have enough to worry about, there are multiple power outages all across downtown Detroit, including all fire stations, a number of schools and the People Mover among as many as 1,000 sites.
A cable failure shut down the grid this morning, affecting all of Detroit's Public Lighting Department's roughly 100 customers, according to a statement from the City of Detroit.
Forget Black Friday and Cyber Monday... On this day, please take a moment and give all you can... Lovin', Smile, Tenderness, Kindness, Friendship, or Gimme Some Truth.
1,400 charities are launching Giving Tuesday to jump-start end-of-year giving tradition. Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Please contact your local, regional, statewide, or federal representatives and give them all hell, if they're not giving their best to US.
Spencer Davis Group - 'Gimme Some Lovin' Stereo Music Video: http://youtu.be/VxA3atHD2QM
John Lennon - Gimme Some Truth (Lyrics): http://youtu.be/aDDJeM5R4PM
Alan Alda is challenging scientists to wake up and answer an eye-opening question: What is sleep?
That is the wake-up call for scientists in this year’s edition of the Flame Challenge. In this international contest, scientists – from graduate students to senior researchers – are challenged to communicate complex science in ways that will interest and enlighten 11-year-olds, who judge the contest.
US Lame-duck lawmakers return to our nation's capital facing their biggest agenda yet and this do nothing leaders do not much time to get it all done before the new GOP majority Congress convenes in January.
Their to-do list includes keeping the government running into 2015, renewing expired tax breaks for individuals and businesses and approving a defense policy measure that has passed for more than 50 years in a row.
These people says they hope to get it all done in two weeks without stumbling into a government shutdown, but don't hold your breath.
Following Black Friday and after a busy holiday weekend in shopping malls, millions of Americans are expected to log on and keep shopping on the day dubbed Cyber Monday.
Prepare for the online action, which is about to begin. Cyber Monday is the busiest online shopping day of the year, and savvy criminals and hackers are ready to unleash their scams on an unsuspecting public.
As you hunt for bargains this holiday season, take a few minutes to think about online security. Hackers have been working overtime since Black Friday. Therefore...
This Week in History, Nov 30 - Dec 6
Nov 30, 1886
Mark Twain is born. Samuel Clemens, later known as Mark Twin, is born in Florida, Missouri, on this day in 1835. Clemens was apprenticed to a printer at age 13 and later worked for his older brother, who established the Hannibal Journal. In 1857, the Keokuk Daily Post commissioned him to write a series of comic travel letters, but after writing five he decided to become a steamboat captain instead. He signed on as a pilot's apprentice in 1857 and received his pilot's license in 1859, when he was 23. Clemens piloted boats for two years, until the Civil War halted steamboat traffic. During his time as a pilot, he picked up the term "Mark Twain," a boatman's call noting that the river was only two fathoms deep, the minimum depth for safe navigation. When Clemens returned to writing in 1861, working for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, he wrote a humorous travel letter signed by "Mark Twain" and continued to use the pseudonym for nearly 50 years. In 1864, he moved to San Francisco to work as a reporter. There, he wrote the story that made him famous: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
If you're concerned about the health of your own kidneys, these 15 super foods for kidney health should be on your grocery-shopping list. When buying fruits and vegetables, get the freshest ones you can find and be sure to include a variety, since some are rich in one nutrient and others are rich in another. If you can only find fruits that are not at their peak, the flavor may be lessened, but you'll still get good nutritional value from them for your kidney health.
This may not seem like a big deal to most Americans, but a highly charged and controversial ban on smoking in restaurants, hospitals, universities and other public places has ignited controversy throughout China, home to a third of the world's smokers.
Smokers in China's capital city will not be allowed to light up in all indoor public places, at work or on public transit under new legislation passed by the Standing Committee of Beijing Municipal People's Congress.