By Foster Kamer 7/18/12 6:21pm

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Weather Report: On Hottest Day of The Year, ConEd Goes Brown-Out

Today was in fact the hottest day of the year for New York City, with tempatures rising to 107 degrees Fahrenheit before a storm slammed down upon the city, lowering it by 20 degrees and bringing some hail and lightening strikes along for the ride. Meanwhile, New York City power provider ConEd—which is in the middle of a particularly nasty labor dispute—pulled the trigger on a Brown-Out power management strategy for parts of Manhattan. Read More

By Nate Freeman 8/29/11 10:53am

Hurricane Irene

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On Wettest Night of the Year, at Least One Spot Parties On

It rained Saturday night! The Wall Street Journal sent reporters to far-flung locales such as Long Island City and Crown Heights, where places decided to stay open despite the fake hurricane that, it turns out, never actually existed. Some barkeeps and deli owners thought, hey, a hurricane has never hit New York before. Maybe it’ll just rain a little. Maybe I can make an extra buck. Maybe things will be OK.

And that’s what happened! They might have gotten a little bit wet, but they did great business. Read More

By The Dow Jones Industrial Average 9/27/10 9:27pm

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Dow Diary: Bots + Banks = Bad Business

Dear Diary,

Another lackluster day — and I’m not just talking about the weather here in New York, which has been abysmal. To add to the shoe-soakings and cab-splashings, I lost 48 points today after taking a late-afternoon dive.

What’s with me? Well, for starters, it looks like banks are having a rough Read More

By John Koblin 9/12/10 10:33pm

Men’s Final Rained Out

For a third straight year, the Men’s Final is being pushed to a Monday.

The only person that is happy about this is Novak Djokovic who gets an extra day of rest to prepare for Rafael Nadal after his exhausting 5-set match with Roger Federer.

Everyone else? What a disaster. In 2008, when the men’s Read More

By John Koblin 9/12/10 5:34pm

Men’s Final Rain Watch ’10 (Update)

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Here we go again!

We’re three hours until the Men’s Final will begin, and for a three straight year, rain may force the Men’s Final to be pushed to Monday afternoon. For perspective, in the Open era, this had never happened until 2008. Then it happened again last Read More

By John Koblin 9/11/09 10:40pm

Let the Chaos Begin: The Rain Contingency Plan [UPDATE]

USTA spokesman Chris Widmaier just addressed the press, and revealed the contingency plans for the next three days:

Rafael Nadal and Fernando Gonzalez are scheduled to continue their match at noon tomorrow. It will be aired on CBS. Mr. Widmaier said that the forecast is looking hairy early in the day, and that the match Read More