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Today's the day we've all been waiting for - Santa Claus makes an appearance in the Capital Region!
NFL Hall of Famer and legendary coach, Mike Ditka, had a stroke on Friday. After a quick recovery, Ditka brushed off the incident in pure tough guy fashion by saying "it's not a big deal."
Usually when someone asks me to don a speedo and run down Lark Street, I tend to be a few egg nogs in. However, when I do it in December, it can only mean one thing - it's time for the Santa Speedo Sprint! The one day a year you can legally roll around town having conversations with strange ladies in your undies.
The elite US Navy Seal Team Six, infamous for taking down Osama bin Ladin, has had several team members punished severely for disclosing classified information to help create the latest installment of the Medal of Honor video game.
Last night I ordered myself up a nice 12 box of tacos to go for dinner. Upon my eighth soft shelled delight, I pondered - who severs up the best tacos around here? After extensive research, I have compiled a list. Which taco joint would you add?
Anheuser Busch, which brings us the all-mighty Budweiser, has shut down a beer line in an effort to help Hurricane Sandy Victims. The Cartersville, Georgia Brewery has switched from producing cans of beer to packaging cans of water with a goal of shipping one million cans of water to New York and New Jersey.
Technology has changed the way we live and for the most part, for the better. However, when the power goes out such as it has in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, our technology becomes useless. Phone batteries die, laptops and pads become coasters and our connection to the outside world is lost. In this time of need, New Yorkers have reverted back to the '80's and have found solace in pay phones.
River Phoenix passed away nearly two decades ago. Before his untimely death, the young and talented actor had appeared in blockbusters such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as well as garnering himself an Oscar nomination for Running on Empty. However, the world came crashing down Halloween morning in 1993 when Phoneix succumbed to a drug overdose. Left unfinished, his final film, Dark Blood, has never graced the big screen - until now.
Former New York Yankee and MLB All-Star, Pascual Perez, was killed in a robbery at his home today.
Talk about your Fail of the Day. Smugglers trying to cross the US-Mexico border near Yuma, Arizona came up just short when they tried to drive their SUV over a make-shift ramp. Instead of landing scott free, they landed smack dab on the 14 foot high border fence. Check out the crazy video!
Disney has purchased Lucas Films from Star Wars creator, George Lucas, for just over four BILLION dollars. With the purchase comes the rights to the mega hit and Disney has stated that not just one more film will be released but multiple sequels are planned for Darth Vader and company.