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New England's baseball team are nearing a deal to which could take them out of the United States next season, and they'd be taking an arch rival on the flight.

The blizzard, AKA "The Storm of The Century" wreaked havoc from Cuba to Canada and affected 26 U. S. States.

 Thomas Rhett will be bundling up and ringing in 2017 in New York City! The country singer is one of the performers booked for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest. The singer will perform live from Times Square ushering in a new year. Rhett will be joined by pop-rock band DNCE, Gloria Estefan, the cast of Broadway’s On Your Feet! and New Year’s Rockin’ Eve headliner Mariah Carey

How about this for a new record, running across America in record time. Leaving San Francisco on September 12 and arriving in New York on October 24. Pete Kostelick did it.

One of baseball’s greatest accomplishments ‘began’ on June 1, 1925 when Lou Gehrig took over first base for Wally Pipp and started his consecutive games streak. It was July 4th, 1939, Gehrig made his famous retirement speech.

Having traveled from Maine to Pennsylvania recently I have to say some of the best highways I travels on where right here in Maine.

I can’t believe they are digging this up again. Deflategate is back and yesterday at the 2nd U.S. District Court of Appeals in New York three judges were hearing the appeal. The NFL is appealing to reinstate Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for supposedly deflating footballs.

Buffalo, New York had a 'bit' of a cold spell in the area the other day. Hard to explain how cold it got but this picture is worth a thousand words.    

The big New Year celebration is in New York’s Time Square with the ‘ball drop’. You don’t have to travel to the Big Apple on New Year’s to watch something drop. Check-out these ‘unique’ items that are dropped around the country.

The old adage that says when ‘kids grow up they leave home', isn’t necessarily true anymore. A study by ‘Upshot’ shows most Americans live within 18 miles of their mother.

The new principal of PS 169 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Eujin Jaela Kim has done a politically correct overhaul of the school and much to the dismay of many parents and teachers.

New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman wrote industry giants Draft Kings and Fan Duel in a cease-and-desist letter. Schneiderman has ordered Fan Duel and Draft Kings to cease and desist all wagers from New York residents saying the sites constitute illegal gambling under New York state law. This comes  only a month after Nevada regulators ruled daily fantasy sports as gambling and therefore r

Here’s a feel good story that turned a hernia operation into $7 million and the man didn’t have to sue anybody. Joseph Amorese of Eaton, Pennsylvania was in the hospital recovering from hernia surgery when he got a get well card from his father.

The freezing cold weather has been affecting a majority of the country. Some unusual sights are popping up because of the cold weather and ice formations.

Maine police officers officers are attending the funeral (Dec. 27) of New York Police Department Officer Rafael Ramos, who was shot and killed a week ago in Brooklyn. Ramos, 40, was killed last Saturday (Dec. 20) by a gunman who shot, him and fellow officer, 32-year-old Wenjian, in their patrol car before killing himself. Liu's funeral arrangements are still pending.

The number one ‘rat infested’ city in the country isn’t the one that pops into your mind first. As soon as someone says ‘rattiest city’, you think New York. Nope, according to Orkin Pest Control the top city is Chicago.