Correction appended, July 5Greeks went to the polls Sunday to cast their votes in the first referendum there in four decades, which may decide the countrys fate as a member of the euro currency.But fears of a lengthened closure of all banking institutionsregardless of the outcome of the voteare rife in Greece following a week of shuttered banks and uncertainty. ATMs are said to be running out of money, and already many are only...
Sunday, July 5, 2015
9-year-old catches 600-pound sturgeon
10 News Staff, WTSP 12:05 p.m. EDT July 3, 2015Nine-year-old Kegan Rothman poses with an estimated 600-pound Great White Sturgeon he caught on the Fraser River.(Photo: Great River Fishing)What a catch! On Monday, June 29, at four feet tall, nine-year-old Kegan Rothman caught an estimated 600-pound Great White Sturgeon on the Fraser River.The scientific measurement to the fork in the fish"s tail the fork length is 9 feet and...
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Matt Stonie Tops Joey Chestnut In Hot Dog Eating Contest
NEW YORK (AP) MattStonie shocked the competitive eating world Saturday by upsetting Joey "Jaws" Chestnut at the Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Nathan"s Famous in Coney Island, breaking Chestnut"s bid for a ninth straight victory. Stonie, 23, who finished second last year, downed 62 hot dogs and buns, beating Chestnut by two. Both are from San Jose,...
The Top 5 Myths About the Fourth of July
Hulton Archive / Getty ImagesAn illustration of American seamstress Betsy Ross showing the first design of the American flag to George Washington in PhiladelphiaHistory News NetworkThis post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. A version of the article below was originally published at HNN.#1 Independence Was Declared on the Fourth of July.Americas independence...
Five ways the Declaration of Independence is relevant today
Brett HerrmannNewsTribune ReporterTo quote Creed Bratton of The Office (the American version, obviously) I already won the lottery. I was born in the US of A, baby.Where would Creed or any of us be today if it hadnt been for a group of rabble-rousers who decided to draw up an announcement of sovereignty?The Declaration of Independence was drafted 11 score and 19 years ago. Its older than the hot- air balloon, crackers and the...
"Grateful Dead" has ties to Pennsylvania town
The night before Easter April 10, 1971 students packed Franklin & Marshall College"s Mayser Gymnasium for an evening of psychedelic music.For just $4.50, students saw the legendary Grateful Dead, with New Riders of the Purple Sage as openers.These days, $4.50 likely won"t even buy a beer at one of the upcoming Grateful Dead reunion shows.The band announced in January that four original Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill...
Friday, July 3, 2015
Sony PlayStation Network Undergoing Routine Maintenance After Weekend ...
(Photo : Getty) Coming into the weekend, Sony"sonline system, the PlayStation Network, has been experiencing some rough technical issues. The biggest being download times. Anybody who tried downloading Batman: Arkham Knightwas stuck waiting hours for it to finish. Other issues included error messages when trying to load up multiplayer releases such as Call of Duty, Destinyand others. Even those who were running single...
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