Saturday, 20 August 2011, 19:27 WIB | Hot News | 53 views
Verizon and its striking union members have reached an agreement that will send employees back to work on Monday night while negotiators continue to hammer out the contours of a new contract.
The strike-ending compromise, which does not contain new collective bargaining agreements, was announced by Verizon on Saturday, ending the all-day picketing at locations in Braintree and throughout the eastern United States.
"It's great news for our...
Saturday, 13 August 2011, 7:23 WIB | Hot News | 45 views
This weekend the Perseid meteor shower will be reaching its peak and can be observed by those who rise early or those willing to stay up all night.
The annual meteor shower is caused by the cloud of the comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun every 133 years. As the Earth passes through the cloud of debris, bits of ice and dirt—some as old as a 1000 years—burn up in earth's atmosphere, causing the celestial event commonly known as a...
Thursday, 11 August 2011, 4:24 WIB | Hot News | 56 views
Updated at 11 p.m., Aug. 10: The $228.9 million Powerball prize, one of the largest ever, was announced tonight.
The winning numbers are: 46 - 41 - 36 - 18 - 11 - 38 (red ball).
Are you the big winner? Go ahead and announce it here for us.
Posted at 3:48 p.m., Aug. 10: It’s literally a numbers game.The Powerball lottery drawing at 10:59 p.m. tonight may make one -- or a couple -- Americans very wealthy, as the jackpot has reached $220...
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 11:30 WIB | Hot News | 45 views
Regular service is expected to resume today, Tuesday, after central computer problems caused a major interruption of BART service lasting more than two hours last night, Monday, BART said.
Delays began about 7:35 p.m. because of computer problems in BART's Operations Control Center, and service was shut down, BART said. "Very limited" service controlled by radio dispatch began around 8:40 p.m., according to BART.
“I’ve been riding since...
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 5:22 WIB | Hot News | 42 views
Tisha b’Av is the saddest day of the Jewish calendar. On the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, Jews remember the tragedies that have marked our history, beginning with the destruction of our Temple in Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. and continuing through the centuries of expulsions, pogroms and massacres to the catastrophes of our own era.
The day is marked by the signs and customs of mourning. From sundown Monday night until nightfall Tuesday...
Sunday, 7 August 2011, 9:42 WIB | Hot News | 46 views
To most, the word “Zodiac” conjures up images of astrological symbols and the positions of stars. Corey Starliper, a Tewksbury, Mass. native and hobby code-cracker, thinks of a serial killer of the same name.
Starliper also thinks that he has solved a cipher devised by Zodiac that has remained unsolved for over 40 years.
Zodiac was the name taken by a murderer who operated in the San Francisco area, including Napa and Solano counties, in...
Friday, 5 August 2011, 20:32 WIB | Hot News | 43 views
The Change Up is an utter mess of a movie, with just a hint of a mature, hilarious comedy trapped inside it. Strong performances by the two leads aren't enough to save a movie that's just plain poorly put together.A throwback to the 1987/88 period in which four different body-switching comedies were released within a few months of each other, The Change Up, directed by David Dobkin, updates the formula to the Age of Apatow.Lawyer and family man...
