NEW YORK -- If you’re flying this summer, be prepared to kiss your family goodbye at the gate. Even if they’re on the same plane. Airlines are reserving a growing number of window and aisle seats for passengers willing to pay extra. That’s helping to boost revenue but also making it harder for friends and family members who don’t pay this fee to sit next to each other. At the peak of the summer travel season, it might be nearly impossible. Buying tickets two or more months in advance makes things a little easier. But passengers are increasingly finding that the only way to sit next to a spouse, child or friend is to shell out $25 or more, each way. With base fares on ... Continue reading →
Tim Tebow hopes his prayerful football pose helps spread a positive message regardless of how it's interpreted.But not everyone's on board.Bishop Verot Catholic High School (Fort Myers, Fla.) senior Chuck Shriner Tebow-ed on stage Saturday prior to receiving his graduation diploma ... however his principal, with the full backing of Shriner's mother, withheld the sheepskin as punishment."I just thought it was fun," Shriner tells WPTV-NBC. "I was just doing it to make graduation memorable."Mission accomplished, Chuck.Students and parents apparently burst into laughter as Shriner took a knee and bowed his head as Tebow has done for the past seven years on the gridiron dating to his own Florida high school days. Shriner won a $5 bet for doing it, though contends the money wasn't a ... Continue reading →
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More than half of the young children in the U.S. now have access to an iPad, iPhone or similar touch-screen device. For parents, their children's love of these devices raises a lot of questions. Kids for years have sat too close to the television for too long or played hours of Madden on family room game players. But pediatric neuroscientists and researchers who have studied the effects of screen-time on children suggest the iPad is a different beast. IPads can be wonderful, but are they wonderful for toddlers? Ben Worthen on Lunch Break explains why pediatric neuroscientists and researchers suggest that the iPad differs from TV and video games. Photo: Darcy Padilla for The Wall Street Journal. A young child will look away from a ... Continue reading →
More than half of the young children in the U.S. now have access to an iPad, iPhone or similar touch-screen device. For parents, their children's love of these devices raises a lot of questions. Kids for years have sat too close to the television for too long or played hours of Madden on family room game players. But pediatric neuroscientists and researchers who have studied the effects of screen-time on children suggest the iPad is a different beast. IPads can be wonderful, but are they wonderful for toddlers? Ben Worthen on Lunch Break explains why pediatric neuroscientists and researchers suggest that the iPad differs from TV and video games. Photo: Darcy Padilla for The Wall Street Journal. A young child will look away from a ... Continue reading →
By J. Michael Falgoust, USA TODAYSoon after the Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers 106-90 at Chesapeake Energy Arena and advanced to the Western Conference finals, there were multiple people shot in downtown and a pregnant woman kicked during a melee, according to The Oklahoman.The Thunder had a sellout crowd of 18,203, but there were thousands outside the facility in Thunder Alley, which is full of banners, billboards and basketball hoops.The arena is located downtown Oklahoma City, next to Bricktown, an entertainment district.No fatalities have been reported as of 3 a.m. ET, but according to the newspaper a person was shot in the back, one in the arm and a third in the hand."Preliminary reports indicate that eight people were shot and one ... Continue reading →
