Keith James
As if the bombing during the Boston Marathon wasn't tragic enough, throw in the fact that the road race was actually officially dedicated to the victims and their families of the Newtown, CT tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary - And the families were in attendance and seated right near where the bombs went off.
Maybe it's the fact that the Utica-Rome Topix anonymous gossiping pages are the most active one in the nation, or maybe it's this nasty weather we're always plagued with, but after a Gallup 'wellbeing' poll, the Business Insider has ranked the Utica-Rome metro area the 11th most miserable city in the nation! Well, look at the bright side... We're not the worst. Yet.
You can drink by yourself on St. Patrick's Day (totally not fun) or at a house party (marginally fun) but what about mixing it up with friends and strangers alike at a bar DEDICATED to all things Irish and GREEN? You can go anywhere in and around Utica to celebrate, but here's our Top 7 pubs and bars that you simply MUST visit and knock back a Guinness or two or... !!
Tonight is the first Saranac Thursday of the year and is our second annual Red Hot Singles Mingle event!! Being that the whole idea is to end your singleness woes, professional matchmakers from Syracuse will be on hand to assist with 2-minute speed dating, offering relationship advice and giving away their books, for free!
"The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun."
This is the simple but loaded comment by the main man over at the NRA that has put himself and his company under some serious criticism lately.
Bet you didn't realize that other things drop besides the ball depending on where you live in the country and some objects are even raised! Here's a comprehensive (big word for looooong) list of some of the most interesting and usually bizarre objects by state that are annual New Year's Eve icons for the locals there, and most are anything BUT a ball!
Of course you've been eye-balling that flat screen TV and could get it for 'her' even though you'll both be using it (chalk this one up to almost-genius moments that end up as epic fails). Or, maybe she keeps talking about getting into some kind of work out regimen, but actually buying her a gym membership could backfire on you. Here are some other ideas you'd better leave in your head if they happen to pop up in the first place.
Last month we covered a story about Spike TV running a new show called the 10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty which offers the prize to anyone who can prove unequivocally that the big hairy monster actually exists. Looks like someone may have a chance to take the edge off of losing the Powerball if her finding holds up!
With soaring prices and ever-growing holiday shopping budgets, are you curious what it would cost to buy all of the gifts in the 12 Days song? Well, start saving now for next year... The cost will surprise you!!!
Netflix came up with a great idea back in the late 90's to make it more convenient to rent and do away with those dreaded late fees once and for all. But where does this once revolutionary company stand now that it has to share the playground with Redbox and since video streaming is the new(er) kid on the block?
Well, like most of us you'll likely be making the early morning trek to Wal-Mart to fist-fight other shoppers for whatever the on-demand toys are this season on Black Friday, but before you break out your boxing gloves, you may be greeted to an unfamiliar sight that day: no blue-vested workers!
Maybe your copy of McAfee anti-virus software should've also included firewall protection from it's inventor. John McAfee has apparently gone crazy and allegedly killed someone.