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*“Southland,” Robin Roberts’ ABC special about her bone marrow transplant and “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” were among the 39 winners of this year’s Peabody Awards honoring the best in electronic media in 2012. The honorees were announced at a ceremony on the University of Georgia campus, but the awards won’t be handed out until [...]
*At the end of this week many of the nation’s leading conservative figures will meet in Washington to discuss the direction of the country and propose counter measures. The list of featured speakers offers headliners of both genders and many ethnicities, illustrating that conservatism is not monolithic and that elements of conservatism can be attractive [...]
*First Superstorm Sandy, now this. Just what the Northeast needs. Not! While the region still reeling from Hurricane Sandy’s knockout punches, a new storm – a nor’easter - is threatening to bring more misery the region on Wednesday. The prediction calls for up to three inches of snow for Philadelphia with wind gusts of over [...]
*“Good Morning America’s” co-host Robin Roberts, who is recovering after undergoing a bone marrow transplant, is using her platform to encourage America to help Hurricane Sandy victims. ABC is hosting a “Day of Giving” event to help in the recovery efforts for victims on the East Coast. “It was so difficult for me to follow [...]
*Mother Nature always has a way of reminding us that we are merely humans, and natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy have a way of exposing the fragility of man-made things and testing the quality of man apart from the things that he has built. I’ve been watching the news coverage on the aftermath of Sandy [...]
*Wisely, the New York City Marathon has been canceled, the mayor’s office said Friday. In a statement, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that holding the race after the devastation of superstorm Sandy “has become the source of controversy and division.” Read/learn more at WSJ.com.
*In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker has allowed at least one person affected from the storm to bunk in his home and enjoy his power outlets and “working DVD player.” Newark Mayor Cory Booker has earned the nickname “supermayor” for rushing into a burning building to save a woman from [...]
*Super storm Sandy was one mean mutha. Seems like she took no prisoners. We know of the immense damage from Sandy in New Jersey and Lower Manhattan. But the effects are even being felt in another bourough to the point where it’s causing the cancellation of Thursday’s NBA season opening game between the NY Knicks [...]
*Russell Simmons is urging New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg to come to the aid of the city’s homeless in the wake of superstorm Sandy. The hip hop mogul spoke out about the horrible circumstances faced by the homeless after New York was ravaged by the storm on Monday, and accused Mayor Bloomberg of failing to [...]
*(Via The Huffington Post) – The 8-million-strong human population of New York City is matched, if not exceeded, by the city’s number of rodent dwellers. Fortunately, the two populations don’t mingle all that often. But that could change as storm waters from Hurricane Sandy flood rats out of their underground residences, according to Rick Ostfeld [...]
*Aside from wreaking havoc throughout the eastern seaboard, Superstorm Sandy disrupted the New York entertainment scene, including Broadway, talk shows, concerts and even fashion shows to be cancelled or postponed. New York City officials said that all film permits for Monday and Tuesday were revoked because of the storm and associated safety precautions. “There will [...]
*(Via Huffington Post) – Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard’s largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds, soaking rain and a surging wall of water up to 11 feet tall. Sandy strengthened before dawn and [...]
*Hurricane Sandy has the entire East Coast running scared and preparing for the most treacherous storm in 20 years. But the real storm is coming November 6, when the country runs out into the streets and into structures called “polling places” to take cover and show off their political prowess for picking the best candidate [...]
*There’s a storm brewing up and down the US East Coast and it’s no joke. It so serious it’s being referred to as a “Frankenstorm.” Seriously, emergency preparations are being ramped up for Hurricane Sandy, a monstrous and deadly storm that could severely impact cities and towns with heavy flooding and fierce winds. Sandy moved [...]
*(Via Inside Bay Area) – An unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling “Frankenstorm” is likely to blast most of the East Coast next week, focusing the worst of its weather mayhem around New York City and New Jersey. Government forecasters on Thursday upped the odds of [...]
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