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(Bloomberg) — The blizzard blowing through the U.S. northeast won’t drop as much snow as forecasters anticipated, sparing residents and clean-up crews the worst of the potentially life-threatening storm that some predicted. New York City may get no more than a foot of snow as the nor’easter tapers off Tuesday evening, compared to a forecast…
The great #Blizzardof2015 had already dumped several inches of snow on the greater New York City area by late Monday evening EST, and many transportation links, including subways, bridges, and tunnels, are closed in anticipation of an historic snowfall on the east coast. “Non-essential” travel is now banned in the city. Before nightfall, the falling…
Mayor de Blasio lifted the city-wide travel ban this morning after that devastating blizzard turned out to be just a bunch of stupid snow. There’s about half a foot in Central Park this morning—not the 24 inches or more that was expected—and current forecasts don’t call for much more additional accumulation today. And there is…
Title/Date/MetaFour years ago, when a huge winter storm socked New York City, the MTA and then-Gov. David Paterson, in the final few days of his tenure, got unlucky. For the first time in years, two subway trains — an N train in the Sea Beach line and an A train a few hundred yards outside…
Eighty people hold the same amount of wealth as the world’s 3.6 billion poorest people, according to an analysis just released from Oxfam. The report from the global anti-poverty organization finds that since 2009, the wealth of those 80 richest has doubled in nominal terms — while the wealth of the poorest 50 percent of…
Winter is coming to the East Coast. Cities across the Northeast are preparing for a potentially historic blizzard that could bury the streets in up to three feet of snow over the next couple of days. Expect the usual: upheaval in commuting and travel plans, people swarming grocery stores as if a zombie apocalypse were…
Well, this is just brilliant. Racist adverts promoting hatred against Muslims are currently being run on buses in San Francisco – but someone has started covering them up with anti-hatred messages from Marvel’s première Muslim superhero, Ms. Marvel. The adverts were purchased by the American branch of the Freedom Defence Initiative – who, here in…
We did it. We made this … item. Way to go, us. So … I need an adult RT @andytoddcook: Wut? pic.twitter.com/sUxRupmKZS — Zach Harper (@talkhoops) January 26, 2015 Thoughts about this new menu item: 1. Presenting it with only yellow mustard on it should please the hot dog purists 2. This is a sandwich…
We know that Alfred calling his employer, surrogate son, and the recipient of his wisdom, “Master Bruce,” is incredibly old-fashioned. But what did the term “Master” mean, before it became obsolete? Master comes from the term maegester, meaning “one having control or authority.” So, in the beginning, “master” pretty much meant “boss.” Over time, though,…
Because Gotham really has no idea what to do as a show other than keep adding “early” versions of Batman’s rogues gallery, they’ve cast Colm Feore as the villainous Dollmaker. But it’s the Dollmaker’s “real” name — not from the comics, but one the show has thought up itself — that will drive you as…