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New York's busiest train station to get $8 billion remodel with columns, sunlight and Trump's name
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (785+ words) In its place rose Madison Square Garden " home of NBA's New York Knicks and NHL's New York Rangers " while train commuters were forced underground into gloomy, claustrophobic, low-ceilinged corridors when the redesign was completed in 1968. "Through Pennsylvania Station one entered…...
Hayden Dan continues to hit the mark for Kirtland Central golf
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (558+ words) KIRTLAND " The golf course can be a lonely place. Whether it's the middle of the fairway or deep in the rough, it's up to the individual to make the best of the situation. Kirtland Central's Hayden Dan has made the…...
World Cup ref denied entry to the US was about to make history for Somalia
8+ hour, 26+ min ago (735+ words) Omar Artan was going to be the first referee from Somalia to officiate at a World Cup after making FIFA's final list for the tournament, which was announced two months ago. He is one of Africa's top referees and was…...
From tennis to T-ball, the White House's South Lawn is no stranger to sports. But not like the UFC
8+ hour, 8+ min ago (1243+ words) Dwight D. Eisenhower put in a putting green. George H. W. Bush added a horseshoe pit. Herbert Hoover played a game named for himself to get more exercise, while George W. Bush threw open the space for youth T-ball. The White House and its…...
No Bigfoot here: /: N. M. national park visitors troll Trump effort to nix anti-American signs
22+ hour, 33+ min ago (476+ words) When the National Park Service solicited comments last year from national park and monument visitors for educational signs or historical markers that "inappropriately disparage Americans past or living," the agency received hundreds of comments from those visiting a dozen such…...
Takeaways from Scott Pelley's emotional interview about his '60 Minutes' demise
14+ hour, 37+ min ago (435+ words) The last thing from his mind? That he himself was about to be fired, after a meeting that he says lasted about 10 minutes. "I just didn't connect the dots," he said. In a raw and emotional interview with the Times…...
At this New Mexico park, mountain bikers pedal amid hundreds of oil wells
1+ day, 22+ min ago (293+ words) The Glade Run Recreation Area on the outskirts of Farmington, New Mexico hosts cattle, ATVs, dirt bikes, hikers, birders, runners and mountain bikers. "It's a free-for-all," said Mike Eisenfeld, the energy and climate program manager for San Juan Citizens Alliance,…...
Broadway revivals and "Liberation" win big at the Tony Awards
22+ hour, 48+ min ago (1126+ words) NEW YORK " "Schmigadoon! ," an adaptation of an Apple TV series that gently mocks big, brassy Broadway shows, won the best new musical Tony Award on a night when actor John Lithgow and playwright Bess Wohl made history. The musical parodies…...
A new kind of date makes personal to-do lists a reason to get together with friends
1+ day, 4+ min ago (954+ words) FLAGSTAFF, Arizona " Life tasks like paying bills, canceling subscriptions and answering overdue emails are becoming a reason to socialize for friends, couples, roommates and other people who get together for what's known as "admin dates." "You can have both " getting…...
Knicks say $1 million was the winning bid for 2 celebrity row seats for Game 3 of the NBA Finals
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (228+ words) The Tri-City Record Knicks say $1 million was the winning bid for 2 celebrity row seats for Game 3 of the NBA Finals The New York Knicks announced that was the winning bid in an auction for two seats for Game 3 on Monday…...