The NCAA Championship game will be finally played tonight, as March Madness spills into April. Duke battles Wisconsin.
March Madness 2015: TV Coverage, Odds for Duke vs. Wisconsin Championship http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2421576-march-madness-2015-tv-covera…?
March Madness Crib Notes: Duke And Wisconsin Flip A Coin For The Championship http://53eig.ht/1GCYTMa
Today is the 20th anniversary of National Public Health Week. Obesity, the second leading cause of preventable death in the nation. To prevent childhood obesity families need convenient access to healthy, affordable food. Far too many families are food insecure, meaning parents and children do not always have enough nutritious food to eat each day. In addition, childhood obesity is an epidemic, causing life-threatening health problems such as diabetes and heart conditions.
IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM
A magazine's colossal journalism meltdown, along with a a terribly flawed piece of reporting the news.
JUSTICE IN BOSTON
Murder trials wrapping up for Aaron Hernandez and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may begin jury deliberations this week.
BASKETBALL: FINAL TWO
College playoff B vs B is scheduled for all to see. The Badgers are playing The Blue Devils, who've beaten them once.
OIL PRICES ARE RISING
A 3 percent increase as demand in Asia picked up. A barrel of oil gained $1.44, to $50.53, in futures trading.
WEST COAST DROUGHT
Members from the Christian congregation of Trinity Methodist Church of City Island held the annual Easter celebration at sunrise this morning. The waterside services were followed by nearly a full house of children and adult worshipers.
Pastor Ezra Hongchang Yew led the services at the 165 year old church, which is a City Island favorite locations. This special congregation invites people of all races and cultures to participate in devotionals during every and all seasons and also asks the faithful to take their prayers to the public at large.
America has long had a love affair with baseball and a Facebook graph now reveals the favorite baseball teams in the country by sorting through people's likes and breaking down winners by individual counties.
Boston vs. New York Battle Will Never End, so it is no surprise The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox came in first and second respectively in terms of the number of fans. Also making an impressive showing are the Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves, who have fans spread out all over the South.
Easter Sunday is one of the most festive events among Christians worldwide. It commemorates Jesus Christ’s resurrection from death, as written in The Bible.
Easter Sunday commemorates Jesus' resurrection and many Christians worldwide celebrate Easter with special church services, music, candlelight, flowers and the ringing of church bells. Easter Sunday is sort of like the Super Bowl for preachers.
NY GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO LIFTS INDIANA TRAVEL BAN.“After reviewing the amendments made to Indiana’s state law and consulting with LGBT advocacy groups here in New York, I believe the changes enacted by the Indiana Executive and Legislature should prevent the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from being used to discriminate against gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender citizens and travelers. As a result, I am lifting New York's ban against state funded and state sponsored travel to Indiana, effective immediately.
On this holy weekend for Christians and Jews, The United Nation Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting today to discuss the deterioration in Yemen.
The UN Security Council take up a Russian proposal for humanitarian pauses in the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen, diplomats said.
Russia called for the meeting amid growing alarm over the rising civilian death toll from the fighting in Yemen. This UNSC session on Yemen's crisis takes place amid Saudi-led airstrikes.
A non scientific analysis of the past week indicates there were lots of doings, including long lasting issues dealing with freedom of the press and the right to obtain information from public records in The United States of America.
AP president: Killing of journalists should be a war crime http://www.ap.org/Content/AP-In-The-News/2015/AP-president-Killing-of-j…
Barack Obama's press freedom legacy http://www.cjr.org/criticism/barack_obamas_press_freedom_legacy.php
Do you want to see tomorrow's rare Easter Weekend "Blood Moon" lunar eclipse? It may be slightly less rare than a blue moon, but its about to take place this holiday weekend.
Christians claim its Easter arrival is a sign from God, there’s a scientific explanation of the phenomenon for all you skeptics out there.
A blood moon is a total lunar eclipse, where the moon’s color turns to blood red. The color comes from the Earth’s dark shadow on the moon.