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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band wrapped it up in Shea Stadium - where The Beatles, The Clash and The Who all performed historic shows. The show began at 8:40 p.m., on a chilly night with the hint of rain and it ended a 14-month global tour that has reconfirmed his status as America's greatest living rock artist.
Team USA
Yesterday, we watched the exhibition game between Team USA and Puerto Rico at the MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. The game, originally scheduled for Friday night, was postponed for two days due to Thursday's blackout in the northeastern United States and Canada.
The result of the game? Duncan leads Team USA in rout of Puerto Rico. It was the only tuneup for the Americans before beginning play Wednesday night at the Olympic qualifying tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Blackout 2003
We survived the Blackout of 2003.
On Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003, New York City was paralyzed shortly after 4 p.m. by a power outage from points unknown.
From New Jersey all the way to Toronto, trains stopped, computers crashed, planes were grounded, air conditioners cut off and thousands of homes and businesses were plunged into darkness by the largest power outage in the nation's history.
Hundreds of thousands of subway passengers were trapped in pitch-black, sweltering tunnels by the blackout - forced to clamber across tracks and through trapdoors to safety and daylight.
Alex was driving home from Con Edison Westchester, unaware of what was happening and was surprised when he arrived at Queens and the traffic lights were off. I was home since I have a Thursday day-off. We were very lucky enough not to experience the very tiring ordeal that friends and many New Yorkers have gone through.
NO BUSES...NO SUBWAY...NO CELLPHONE SIGNAL...STORES CLOSED...