Pumpkins are carved, costumes are made and candy is ready to be handed out to very eager kids. Yes, Halloween is less than one week away, but there are plenty of video clips and games to play between now and then to get everyone, regardless of age, into the haunting spirit. Just stay out of the cemetery.
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Volunteers will plant 5,000 trees in Floyd Bennett Field as part of MillionTreesNYC Fall Planting Day. More than 20,000 trees will be planted citywide. The day will also kick off 40th Anniversary celebrations at Gateway National Recreation Area that will be on-going all year long.
Other activities throughout the day include hikes of the trails of the North Forty Natural Area, tours of the renovated Ryan Visitor Center, wilderness skills classes, special tours of historic aircraft at Hangar B, and Gateway’s 40th Anniversary Campfire Program which will be held in the evening.
As Halloween approaches, US weather forecasters are frightened about the possibility of a monster storm slamming into the mainland. Frankenstein, which is also called the monster is a fictional character, but according to experts this one is the real deal.
Frankenstorm is a monster combination of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and perhaps even a snow storm to boot. The snow could possibly cause havoc along the East Coast around the time the nation celebrates an annual Halloween holiday.
BILLION$ POURING IN. Presidential Race Continues To Heat Up.
These eye-popping figures makes this presidential election to be the costliest ever and nastiest.
HOLIDAY CEASE-FIRE? The World Is Watching.
During this 4 day Muslim holiday, the violence continues as the UN urges all influential countries to pressure both sides to stop all violence in Syria's civil war.
LIBYA CONSULATE ATTACK. Was There US intervention?
US Secretary Panetta says military leaders lacked enough intelligence to risk American forces in what turned out to be a deadly and chaotic situation.
The first radio transmission was successfully sent on Christmas Eve in 1906. Reginald Fessenden and his team broadcasted a Christmas concert to the united Fruit Company in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea; this caused Fessenden to be radio’s first voice. This broadcast foreshadowed the future of radio. Lee DeForest, Edwin Armstrong, Guglielmo Marconi, Nikola Tesla, David Sarnoff, and Fessenden were all considered to be the fathers of radio and radio as we know it now would not be the same without these men and many others.
US forecasters are warning citizens living in and around our nation's most populated region to beware of the coming storm.
The US East Coast has a chance of getting blasted by gale-force winds, flooding, heavy rain and snow early next week as a result of a hybrid of hurricane and winter storm.
The storm is reportedly spooking meteorologists. US scientists predict a 70 percent chance of smacking the Northeast.
LITTLE HOPE FOR A SYRIAN TRUCE. Fighting Continues.
UN backs the most recent call for a cease-fire, though previous efforts have failed. Meanwhile, foreign Islamic militants - many cozy with al-Qaida - are joining rebels in Syria.
ABORTION IN POLITICS. Indiana Candidate Comments.
Republicans in close races rush to disavow an Indiana Senate candidate's comment that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape, "that's something God intended."
ISLANDS AND GULF COAST RESIDENTS BRACE. Hurricane Winds.
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The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) invited interdisciplinary teams to submit design ideas for public artwork that can generate hundreds of megawatt-hours of electricity from wind, solar, or other renewable sources. This year’s teams designed site-specific artwork for Freshkills Park in Staten Island.
Over 250 entries were received. An exhibit featuring these entries will be on display at the SoHo Gallery for Digital Art now through the end of October 2012.
CAMPAIGN'S FINAL STRETCH. Power Politics.
In the busiest single day of this election campaign, President Obama will cover 5,300 miles, while Governor Romney casts the race as moving his way.
MICROSOFT UNVEILS WINDOWS 8. Riding That High Tech Wave.
An overhaul of their operating system may prove that Microsoft is still able to compete, or prove that it has fallen behind.
US FASTEST ROAD. Start Your Engines.
Texas Highway 130 will allow motorists to drive at 85 mph.
JAMAICA BRACES FOR A NASTY STORM. NE US Could Be Next?