It’s a marathon!

After an attempt on Adolf Hitler’s life, Glenn Berwin’s family and their property was seized along with many other Jews in Munich.
Berwin’s uncle owned two restaurants and a shop there. They were seized along with his World War I veteran’s pension.
“It seemed hopeless,” Berwin said in a statement Monday. “I thought the [...]

A 24-year-old Colorado resident was indicted in a New York federal court Thursday on charges of conspiracy to use explosive bombs in the United States.

We’re surprised that there’s not more of this, given the fact that most colleges are run like greedy Fortune 500 companies lately.
The New York Post reported that a New York City woman who recently graduated from Monroe College can’t find a job and says her school isn’t helping her land gainful employment. Trina Thompson filed [...]

NEW YORK — A whole nation, if not the world, anxiously anticipates the day when they can visit the once melancholy location of the greatest terrorist attack in American history, and instead of reeling with the pain of loss and fear, look instead upon a place of hope and energy.
Santiago Calatrava intends to give us [...]

Since the last Index was published nearly six months ago, New York and London have lost fewer points than both Singapore and Hong Kong. Some Asian cities have taken a large hit, namely Tokyo, which fell from a seven ranking to a 15 and lost 31 points, the largest drop in the top 20. Some cities, like Boston, Dublin, Toronto and Guernsey, have even capitalized on the losses of others, rising in the rankings despite losing points.

Here is your daily dose of Darwin.
According to Newsday, a Long Island, N.Y. woman found two pipe bombs in her driveway.
But rather than, you know, panic, freak out, call the police, run away, and scream, the woman picked up — reached out with her hands and picked up — the two pipe bombs, put them [...]

President Obama’s spare Air Force One and two F-16 fighter jets caused momentary panic in New York City today, when they drifted over skyscrapers in Manhattan for a photo-op.

NEW YORK — Anyone can hear the talent and potential of Bobby Long on his MySpace or his iTunes single “Left to Lie,” but there is no way to fully understand how far this boy will go until seeing him perform live. There’s something about his humble, apologetic humor that endears him [...]

Even though you can expect the traditional summer blockbusters, and romantic chick flicks this Valentine’s Day, the Blast staff is excited for these releases. From comedy to sci-fi and star filled casts these are the movies you should look out for. 
Adventureland
After delivering comic gold and commercial success with Superbad, Greg Mottola follows up his directorial debut [...]

State College, Pa. — AccuWeather.com — A large swath of snow will stretch across the northern third of the nation later Thursday through this weekend from a fast-moving “clipper” storm. This storm is found in southern areas of British Columbia and Alberta today and will dive southeast bringing a large area of 3 to 6 [...]

CNN calls Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and New York for Sen. Barack Obama.  ABC calls Texas for McCain.
CNN also calls Wyoming and North Dakota for McCain.  Fox News calls New Mexico for Obama.
Obama has so far carried predominantly blue states and McCain has taken the red states. Obama, before today, had large leads in all the [...]

Former Phoenix Suns coach Mike D’Antoni has accepted a four-year, $24 million deal to coach the New York Knicks. D’Antoni has a 267-172 career coaching record with the Suns and Denver Nuggets. The Suns won at least 54 games in four of his five seasons, and he has a 26-25 record in the playoffs. [...]

Even though Sune Rose Wagner has hundreds of finished and unfinished songs “lying around” his home studio in New York’s East Village, the prolific songwriter — one half of Danish duo The Raveonettes — finds it impossible to compose on the road. (“There’s people all over,” he laments.) Wagner, along with bandmate Sharin Foo and [...]

The 60s, Beatles, Vietnam and even a appearance by Bono are what you can expect in the Julie Taymor-directed “Across the Universe,” coming to video February 5.
The film is a magical journey set in a turbulent time — set right in the middle of the antiwar movement as Jude (Jim Sturgess) leaves Liverpool and his [...]