Oct 04 #TropicalStormKaren Tropical Storm Karen expected to hit northern Gulf Coast: http://t.co/ZlshvL5tWy -NS— The Associated Press (@AP) October 4, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 04 Early snowstorm threatens Midwest Photo by Flickr user Gene Wilburn It may only be October, but a severe snowstorm has already buffeted Wyoming and South Dakota and threatens the rest of the Midwest Friday. This unseasonably early snow is strong with… Continue reading
Oct 04 National Cathedral offers free garden weddings to ‘shutdown’ couples Bishop's Garden at Washington National Cathedral. Photo by Flickr user Robert Bolton As the federal government shutdown endures, couples who were planning to wed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. had to face the last-minute reality… Continue reading
Oct 04 #INSIDENEWSHOUR Watch upcoming @NewsHour report on @InsideOutDET. It's another in our "Where Poetry Lives" series with @NTrethewey. pic.twitter.com/f9JCzbRFtP— Mary Jo Brooks (@MaryJoBrooks) October 3, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 04 Remembering vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap, dead at 102 Photo by Flickr user Prachatai Vo Nguyen Giap, the Vietnamese general who confounded and humiliated both the French and American armies, is dead at 102. Nicknamed "red Napolean," Vo Nguyen Giap was Vietnam's greatest living military hero, world… Continue reading
Oct 04 Google, can you tell me how to get to ‘Sesame Street’? .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Google Earth and Sesame Street… Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch out MP3s, records are resurfacing Creative commons photo via flickr user DGaston7564 Well, a sort of. Bloomberg Businessweek reports sales of vinyl are up 338 percent since a record sales low in 2006 based on data from Nielsen SoundScan. But at 2.9… Continue reading
Oct 04 Condoleezza Rice expected to be on college football committee Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to part of the selection committee that will pick teams for the College Football Playoff next year, according to the Associated Press. The AP cited "a person with direct knowledge… Continue reading
Oct 04 FROM THE WIRE: Official says woman killed in D.C. chase was delusional A federal law enforcement official says the woman killed by police after trying to drive through barricades outside the White House had believed the president was communicating with her and was delusional. Continue reading
Oct 04 On National Taco Day we celebrate the evolution of this folded treat Photo by Flickr user pheezy Fronteras: The Changing America Desk reporters investigate the transformation of the taco in the Southwest -- from cheap street eats to gourmet delights, from a Mexican mainstay to an breakfast staple. Consider the… Continue reading