Sacramento adds ball drop to New Year's Eve fireworks
HECTOR AMEZCUA Sacramento Bee file, 2002
Fireworks light up Tower Bridge as Sacramento welcomes in the new year on Dec. 31, 2002. This year, two fireworks shows, at 9 p.m. and midnight, will ring in 2009. And at midnight, a ball will
drop in a specially built tower to illuminate a 22,000-watt LED sign at 930 K St.
There's never anything to do in Sacramento, eh?
That can't be said this New Year's Eve, when our local[...]
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High wind knocks out power to 413,000 in Mich.
Adam Koehl, 11, of Boy Scout Troop 56, moves a sandbag while he and other scouts from various troops help fill some 2,400 sandbags at the Campton Township Highway Department in Lily Lake, Ill., west of Chicago, for use by anyone trying to stem local flooding Saturday morning, Dec. 27, 2008.
Wind gusting more than 60 mph knocked out power to about 413,000 Michigan homes and businesses on Sunday as temperatures dipped back into the 20s and 30s.
Meanwhile, flood warnings were posted throughout the Midwest as temperatures rose after a week of heavy snowfall. Forecasters said flooding was possible...
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'Kindred Spirits' on loan to Met Museum through May
In 2005, the
new york Public Library sold off some of its art collection, including Asher B. Durand’s 1849 “Kindred Spirits,” considered a cornerstone of the Hudson River School. Art critics were none too amused the bounty not only left
new york, but at auction went to Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton for about $35 million.
But “Kindred Spirits” has returned to
new york City through May, as a loan to the Met Museum’s Mid-Nineteenth-Century Decorative Arts Gallery, according to the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art of Bentonville, Ark.
“My recommendation would be to RUSH to the Metropoli...
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HUGH’S SUNDAY SOCCER WITH THE KIDS
Hugh Jackman enjoyed the holiday season with his children at the Hudson River Park in
new york City on Sunday afternoon.
After a long hard soccer game in the park, young Ava couldn’t bare to walk so big papa carried the little one all the way home.
The family had earlier been [...]
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Explorer on the Hudson
Mohonk Mountain House on Mohonk Lake in upstate
new york calls itself the last of the grand old Victorian lodges in the Catskill Mountains.
As I shuffled and signed the papers for a rental car at the Albany airport in upstate
new york, the cordial clerk coordinating the transaction casually asked if I'd like to include a GPS in the deal.
I'd never used one, wasn't sure if I quickly could get the hang of it and wondered if the additional $9.95 per day would be justified.
After first declining the offer, I had second thoughts, especially after she assured me the unit was pretty much idiot-proof...
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Name the Cactus Sap From Monday’s No Reservations Premiere and Win an Autographed Poster
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The Oil Drum: DrumBeat: January 2, 2009
Oregon looks at taxing mileage instead of gasoline
PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon is among a growing number of states exploring ways to tax drivers based o
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A Look at 2009
Things to look forward to this year:
Completion of River Market Tower and the Butler Center . Construction starts on the Aloft Hotel in LR and hotel p
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The collapse of 2009. Happy New Year's!!
Morning folks!!I started this post as just a Happy Holidays post and then it just kind of evolved. I almost feel guilty for having such a great 2008.
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High wind knocks out power to 413,000 in Mich.
(By DAVID RUNK, Associated Press Writer)
Wind gusting more than 60 mph knocked out power to about 413,000 Michigan homes and businesses on Sunday as t
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184 DVD Collection (includes free dvd rack) (Mansfield) $750
Looking to sell my entire DVD collection of 184 titles. Only selling as the whole lot. I will NOT seperate these. Also inclues a DVD rack to fit all o
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