Impact statements from Tyler Clementi's family ORADELL — A half-hour before the play began, Jane and Joe Clementi walked slowly toward the Little Firehouse Theatre in Oradell, briefly holding hands. Twenty months ago, their 18-year-old son, Tyler, jumped to his death from the George WashingtonThe father of... Read more
The Bachelorette's Chris Harrison: Ryan's Date Was... Any TV viewer with eyes has noticed The Bachelor's and The Bachelorette's persistent whiteness. Can a class-action lawsuit force the shows to become diverse? Jennifer L. Pozner reports . Skinny, weepy white women + horny, wealthy white men = love.Then... Read more
Altitude sickness a serious matter But travelers to Mt Kailash trek should be aware of a hidden danger—recently, an elderly couple from Singapore died during their Mt. Kailash trekking tour as a result of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). AMS, also called altitude sickness,But travelers to Mt Kailash... Read more
Facebook stock plummets on second day of trading AP SAN FRANCISCO - For Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it was quite a week , from birthday, to IPO, to I DO. A day after the historic Facebook stock offering, Zuckerberg on Saturday wed 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, his girlfriend of nearly aThere was one... Read more
The Annular Eclipse: Seen Sideways This choice, as I'd learned in Spain, would be too near the limit to see the complete annular ring by eye, but I was drawn there by the lure of extended Baily's beads and Naggiar's reputation for killer reds. Mike and Diane Naggiar, the friendly... Read more
Dharun Ravi sentenced to jail in Rutgers webcam case In addition to the 30-day jail term and probation, Judge Glenn Berman sentenced the 20-year-old to 300 hours of community service.By Letters to the Editor/The Star-Ledger Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi will be sentenced Monday following his conviction... Read more
Hot Online: Lunar eclipse 2012 By Mark Hachman From Asia to the coast of California, Sunday's lunar eclipse helped turn millions of eyes skyward. The annular eclipse, more poetically named the "ring of fire" by those who viewed it, almost, but not quite, blocked the totality of... Read more
Facebook Stock Drops: What Really Goes On In IPOs So by most accounts, the Facebook IPO is disappointing. Facebook's stock ended its first day of trading a mere $0.23 above the deal price and today, Day 2, it has dropped more than 10% intraday. It was no accident it closed ever so slightly above theKey developments... Read more
Mount Everest Toll at Three Dead and Two Missing A Japanese woman recently broke the world record for being the world's oldest woman to climb Mount Everest. This is not her first record-breaker, she had set the record on a previous climb in 2002.Two men from Ogden are taking on the world's tallest mountain.... Read more
Hot Online: Lunar eclipse 2012 TOKYO - The solar eclipse that inspired awe on Monday also sent ring-tailed lemurs at a Japanese zoo into a frenzy, as they were fooled into thinking it was nighttime, an official said. A group of about 20 lemurs at the Japan Monkey Centre in centralhe explained... Read more
Blazing "ring of fire" eclipse makes millions look... A viewing party of the annular eclipse of the sun will be held at Camino Real Marketplace on Sunday.A view of the so-called "ring of fire" spectacle at the eclipse's peak, however, lasted about four minutes, and even then was only visible to viewers... Read more
Canadian climber dreamed of reaching Everest milestone LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin soared for a time Saturday, lifting the Los Angeles Clippers just high enough to induce altitude sickness, and making the inevitab.10 Singaporeans made a trip to Tibet to visit a holy mountain but only eight will return home after... Read more
Solar eclipse 2012: Sunday's 'ring of fire' eclipse... Photos of the solar eclipse by Times reporters around the Los Angeles area.The simplest way is to project the eclipse on a surface, so you don't look at the sun directly. One easy method: using a hand mirror to reflect the light of the sun onto the sidewalk,... Read more
Bee Gees' Robin Gibb was an undervalued voice in pop music The 62-year-old musician has passed away after his battle with cancer. Get the details. Mark Zuckerberg and his longtime girlfriend get hitched. See their wedding photo. As NATO leaders meet in Chicago to discuss an early exit strategy from AfghanistanRobin Gibb,... Read more
Robin Williams died? Rumorville is getting crowded He followed that with another under-the-radar gem, "World's Greatest Dad," featuring Robin Williams' strongest performance in years, a morbid comedy about a struggling writer whose son commits suicide and who becomes famous after passing the... Read more
Solar Eclipse of May 20, 2012, over Japan We haven't been able to see a good solar eclipse for many years in central Arizona. Today's solar eclipse was fantastic! An even better spot would have been the Grand Canyon. Grand indeed! Unfortunately, I couldn't quiteSo yesterday was the annular... Read more
NATO: European missile shield 'provisionally operational' By Fred Weir, Correspondent / May 21, 2012 The NATO Missile Defense exhibit stands near the NATO summit media center at The McCormick Place, Friday, May 18, in Chicago. At its weekend summit in Chicago, NATO announced that the first phase of itsCHICAGO -- Activists... Read more
Memorial Day traffic expected to rise as gas prices fall Robert Mudge of Voorheesville, who served in the US Army for 42 years on both active and reserve duty, and who retired as a Sergeant Major, pays respect during the singing of the National Anthem during Memorial Day ceremonies in Orsini Park followingHere's... Read more
Climbers die on Everest descent Dealing with Altitude Most hikers will never experience altitude sickness, (sometimes called acute mountain sickness or AMS for short), because it typically only occurs at altitudes above 2500m (8300ft) or so. It's caused by aAltitude Sickness. The Poetry... Read more
Robin Williams Death Hoax Fuelled By Goldie Hawn? Williams, Kunis and Dinklage are all attached to star in The Angriest Man in Brooklyn.Robin Williams is NOT dead. Actor did NOT fall to death in Austria mountains on May 21, 2012, despite Global Associated News rumor.Cool thing happened in Hollywood last night... Read more
Kristen Wiig acts like she's leaving 'Saturday Night... The comic received a sendoff from Mick Jagger, Amy Poehler and more.Kristen Wiig's tears during her departure from Saturday Night Live over the weekend may not last long. She has a full big-screen slate in front of her. Wiig, who had a final dance with co-stars... Read more
Mad Men Season 5, Episode 10 Recap: Hare Krishna The Old Bridge Planning Board will continue to hear an application on a proposed Hare Krishna Temple on Route 34, near the Matawan border. By Chelsea Naso The temple is proposed on 6.3 acres of land on Route 34 between Highview Terrace and Sheila CourtMad Men Season... Read more
NATO to endorse Afghan exit plan, seeks routes out They were just a few of the thousands of people streaming into the Windy City to protest at the NATO summit taking place there now. And apparently these hoards of vocal citizens expressing their opinions were getting a warmA row between the US and Pakistan over... Read more
Solar eclipse projects 'ring of fire' across Asia and... Photos of the solar eclipse by Times reporters around the Los Angeles area.Tonight, a rare annular eclipse will create a spectacular ring of fire in the night sky. The 2012 solar eclipse will be visible from China to Texas, but.(Paul Carter/The Register-Guard)... Read more
US-Pakistan rift complicates NATO summit in Chicago By Eric Olson May 20, 2012 8:36PM FILE - In this 1968 photo provided by the Chicago Bulls, Bulls' Bob Boozer poses in uniform. Former NBA star and 1960 Olympic gold medalist Boozer has died. He was 75. Thomas Funeral Home in Omaha confirmed that BoozerCity... Read more
Robin Gibb of Bee Gees dies at 62 Mr. Gibb was one of the three singing brothers of the Bee Gees, the long-running Anglo-Australian pop group whose chirping falsettos and hook-laden disco hits like "Jive Talkin" and "You Should Be Dancing" shot them toGREGORY KATZ, AP LONDON... Read more
Solar Eclipse of May 20, 2012, over Japan Shadow Sun: The annular eclipse is visible through binoculars in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, May 20, 2012. The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible to wide areas acrossThe May 20,... Read more
'Ring of fire' eclipse crosses Asia, U.S. TOKYO (AP) -- People in parts of East Asia and the western United States are awaiting a rare "ring of fire" eclipse. The eclipse will occur when the moon slides across the sun, blocking all but a blazing halo of light. Early risers in parts of China,Weather:... Read more
