#BringBackOurGirls: Chibok Victim Found in Nigeria After 2 Years | NBC News

A Boko Haram attack on the Nigerian town of Chibok and kidnapping of 240 girls in April 2014 ignited an international outcry. The ensuing #BringBackOurGirls campaign was backed by the likes of Michelle Obama.

by · May 18, 2016 · Breaking News, News

#BringBackOurGirls: Chibok Victim Found in Nigeria After 2 Years, Activist Says – NBC News

A Boko Haram attack on the Nigerian town of Chibok and kidnapping of 240 girls in April 2014 ignited an international outcry. The ensuing #BringBackOurGirls campaign was backed by the likes of Michelle Obama.

by · May 18, 2016 · Breaking News, News

Consensus: Sandy Alderson Won’t Let Health Get in His Way

Consensus: Sandy Alderson Won’t let Health get in way By Rich Mancuso On a night when the New York Mets got a 2-0 over win the Washington Nationals at Citi Field it put more smiles on the face of GM […]

by · May 18, 2016 · Sports
Scherzer and the Nats vs. Syndergaard and the Mets: A Duel of the Best

Scherzer and the Nats vs. Syndergaard and the Mets: A Duel of the Best

Scherzer and the Nats vs. Syndergaard and the Mets: A Duel of the Best by Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Noah Syndergaard and Max Scherzer as they say in baseball is the premiere matchup on the mound with two of the […]

by · May 18, 2016 · Sports

State Assembly Passes Three-Year Mayoral Control Extension

Late Tuesday evening, the New York State Assembly passed a three-year extension of mayoral control for New York City. In response, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, “With today’s passage of a three-year extension of mayoral control, the Assembly has validated […]

by · May 18, 2016 · Education, Education News, News

NY’s Retirement Crisis: Even Worse for Women, AARP GenX-Boomer Survey Finds

Over half of New York’s Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers feel unprepared for retirement – but it’s even worse for women.

Profile America: The Stock Exchange Is Born

The New York Stock Exchange started this week in 1792, as some two dozen merchants and brokers established an organized approach to their buying and selling.

Bernie Sanders Wins Oregon; Hillary Clinton Is Apparent Winner of Kentucky Primary – NBC News

Hillary Clinton is won the Kentucky Democratic primary Tuesday night and rival Sen. Bernie Sanders won in Oregon.

BREAKING: U.S. Senate has confirmed Eric Fanning to be Army secretary

U.S. Senate has confirmed Eric Fanning to be Army secretary

Quote of the Day: May 17, 2016

Quote of the Day: May 17, 2016

No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theater of war. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

by · May 17, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Word of the Day: May 17, 2016

Word of the Day: May 17, 2016

mettlesome Definition: (adjective) Full of mettle; spirited and plucky. Synonyms: spirited, game, gritty, spunky Usage: Joe, being a mettlesome fellow, returned the stranger’s angry glance with a steady look.

by · May 17, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Whose Birthday Is It? May 17, 2016

Whose Birthday Is It? May 17, 2016

Bartholomew Roberts (1682) Now infamous as “Black Bart,” Roberts was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off the coasts of the Americas and West Africa in the 18th century, during the period known as the “Golden Age of Piracy.” Considered […]

by · May 17, 2016 · Bulletin Board
Bike to Work Day

Bike to Work Day

Bike to Work Day MAY 16, 2016 — To commemorate Bike to Work Week (May 16-20) and Bike to Work Day (May 20), the U.S. Census Bureau presents a graphic showing the percentage of people biking to work in cities […]

Profile America: Brown v. Board of Education

On this date in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued one of its most historic decisions in Brown v. Board of Education thus changing the social landscape of the nation.

by · May 17, 2016 · Law, News, Profile America
Quote of the Day: May 16, 2016

Quote of the Day: May 16, 2016

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

by · May 16, 2016 · Bulletin Board