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10 Best Places to Take Your Kids in Central New York

10 Best Places to Take Your Kids in Central New York

If traveling to Upstate New York to scope out the wonderful fall foliage is on your agenda, or if you just happen to be passing through with the family, this is for you. The following kid tested, mother approved list of the (lesser known yet) truly great places to visit in Upstate New York is...

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Justin Bieber Postpones Concert at New York State Fair!

A record number of people turned up at the New York State Fair 2010 with almost 30000 more people in attendance than last year. The New York State Fair 2010 opened on Thursday, the 27th of August, to the cheers of the excited crowds who were looking forward to limitless fun. The New York State Fair...

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2010 Holiday Season Christmas Movies & TV Program Listings

The 2010 Holiday season is already upon us and that means it's time to post a listing of all the major Christmas TV programs and movies available from mid-November through December 25th. Watching Christmas movies and TV specials during the holiday season is a time honored tradition for many families...

5 States That Depend on Tourism Economically

5 States That Depend on Tourism Economically

cc licensed flickr photo shared by Julien Haler Travel is still one of the biggest industries in the world today, despite an economic slump that has plagued the world for several years. Some states in the US have more visitors, and many more money than others. In fact, some states rely on tourism...

The 50 Most Influential Directors of the Century

The 50 Most Influential Directors of the Century

In the theatre there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time- in the cinema, only one,” as quoted by Orson Welles, the prolific director of the most studied film of all time, Citizen Kane. Within the last century cinema has grown from pioneering silent films into orchestrated musicals, “spaghetti...

The 50 Most Influential Jews of the Current Era

The 50 Most Influential Jews of the Current Era

Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...

Powerful Winter Storm Nemo Targeting New England, Potential for Over 1 Foot of Snow, Rain, Ice

Powerful Winter Storm Nemo Targeting New England, Potential for Over 1 Foot of Snow, Rain, Ice

Nemo, a powerful winter storm, is targeting New England with the potential to drop over one foot of snow, rain, and ice in places throughout the northeast beginning on Thursday, February 7, 2013. Forecasters have indicated that a cold front from the north will meet a warm front from the south on...

25 Great Martin Van Buren Quotes

25 Great Martin Van Buren Quotes

Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of The United States. Van Buren was born on December 5, 1782 in Kinderhook, New York to Abraham Van Buren, a tavern keeper and farmer of Dutch descent, and Maria Hoes van Alen van Buren. Van Buren's early education began in a small school house in his...

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Faisal Shahzad Arrested by Fbi

The FBI has arrested Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year old Bridgeport, Connecticut resident in connection with the failed bombing attempt in New York's Times Square. Pakistani Faisal Shahzad was attempting to leave the country for Dubai after his car bomb attempt in New York failed. Although Pakistani,...

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Pulitzer Prize 2010 Winners Announced

The Pulitzer Prize 2010 winners were announced Monday, April 12, 2010. The acclaimed prize is a United States award intended to celebrate exceptional authors in newspaper journalism, literature, and musical composition. The award began when posthumously, in 1917, the acclaimed Hungarian American...