FATHERS DAY CELEBRATION

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This Sunday, June 15 is Fathers Day. Celebrate Old Time Baseball and running the bases 1:00 p.m.

Celebrate Dad with an old-fashioned "base ball match." The New York Mutuals play the Manetto Hill Surprise with 1864 rules, balls, bats, and uniforms -- but no helmets or gloves.

After the game, kids join in the fun with a game of rounders with team members. Plus free house tours by costumed docents and a raffle for the game ball!

Please bring your own seating. Parking is across the street at the Pelham Bay/Split Rock golf course.

BACK IN THE USA

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He's back... He's lived with the Taliban demons, but they want him no more, he's back in US custody and may be charged to the core, are there poisons depraving his soul? Or is he back in control? An investigation continues and he's bound to pay his toll.

US Army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl had been recovering at a military base in Germany following five years as a captive in Afghanistan is in Texas for medical treatment.

While inside Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Bergdahl continues treatment without a timeline for the process.

EMPIRE STATE CHEERS

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New initiatives have been announced stemming from the second Wine, Beer, Spirits and Cider Summit to support New York State's local wineries and breweries. Consumers can now enjoy tax-free tastings at wineries that charge a nominal per-person fee, and which are already exempt from paying a use-tax on the wine used for tastings.

Additionally, $350,000 in funding will go to research hops and malting barley, key beer-brewing ingredients, to help specialists understand the varieties and differences that work best for New York agriculture.

WORLD CUP

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FIFA World Cup 2014 kicks off in São Paulo, Brazil this evening with the opening ceremony following by the opening soccer game between Brazil and Croatia.

Until the final games are played on 13 July there will be 32 teams taking part which will play 64 games. These games will bring out the best in athletes and also the worst, especially after getting a call from a referee.

Theatrics have become a large part of these games because the World Cup is the greatest stage for some specialists to show off their athletic and thespian talents.

Location: Brazil

US POLITICS MOVING BACKWARDS

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Republicans and Democrats are more divided along ideological lines – and partisan antipathy is deeper and more extensive – than at any point in the last two decades.

These trends manifest themselves in myriad ways, both in politics and in everyday life. And a new survey of 10,000 adults nationwide finds that these divisions are greatest among those who are the most engaged and active in the political process.

NY BRIDGE SCOURS: $261 MILLION

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New York officials have announced that 54 additional scour-critical bridges have progressed to the next stage for federal action through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. This follows the Governor’s call for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to review the initial round of 51 bridges on May 8, 2014 (view here) and completes New York State’s request for support for the complete 105-bridge program. The total cost of the program will be $518 million.

MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE

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Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to present the spectacular, multimedia live performance honoring MICHAEL JACKSON, the greatest entertainer of all time - INVINCIBLE: A GLORIOUS TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON on Saturday, June 21st, 2014 at 8pm. Back by popular demand for this exclusive New York City engagement, INVINCIBLE will feature songs from the newly released chart-topping album Xscape including the hit single “Love Never Felt So Good,” “Loving You,” “Blue Gangster” and “Slave To The Rhythm” the song that made headlines worldwide after a Michael Jackson hologram performance of it rocked the 2014 Billboard Music Awards.

TOTAL GAME CHANGE

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Virginia's 7th Congressional District experienced a political earthquake, with after shocks, which will surely be felt all across our nation. Brat's loud shouts of excitement and joy were not what Cantor wanted to hear.

US Representative and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va lost to a more conservative challenger Dave Brat. Mr. Brat's margin of victory was more than 10 percentage points, 44 percent for Cantor compared to 55 percent for Brat.

This means The Tea Party is alive and kicking butt. Stories stating that the Tea Party was not relevant anymore are wrong.

MILLIONS FOR ROAD SAFETY PROJECTS

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NY State officials are spending millions in road safety improvements. A total of $75.6 million in federal Highway Safety Improvement Program funding includes 33 projects to enhance mobility and safety on roadways across the state.

Projects for this highway safety funding are selected through a competitive process designed to support initiatives that have the greatest ability to reduce traffic fatalities and severe injuries. The following list includes neighborhood projects and our surrounding areas.

New York City

Thanks for nothing, Mr. President!

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This country made huge investments and even larger sacrifices, with tousands of lives lost and the real cost for a US war in Iraq tops $1.7 trillion. All for what?

Militants continue to take back Iraq, controlling of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, and getting closer to the Iraqi capital, as soldiers and security forces abandon their posts after clashes with the Al-Qaida insurgents. Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took control today.

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