Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon 43 years ago, has tried to live a private life since Apollo 11 came back to Earth, but he did agree to give a rare interview -- to the head of an Australian accounting group. In an hour-long conversation with Alex Malley of CPA Australia, Armstrong retold the story of his life as an astronaut, culminating in the 1969 landing, with his crewmate Buzz Aldrin, on the lunar plain they called Tranquility Base. Continue reading →

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Walking around the edge of the CN Tower, at 356 metres above the ground. It was quite a thrill to look down and see just how high up we all were. Continue reading →

Ruth Fremson/The New York Times A small part of Jefferson R. Burdick’s collection is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is considered the father of card collecting. Baseball fans argue endlessly about the best ever to play the game, tossing around names like peanuts at a ballpark. But no one disputes that the greatest card collector was Jefferson R. Burdick. Some hobbyists have more cards and some investors have more valuable collections. Yet all of them owe a debt of gratitude to Burdick, an unassuming bachelor from upstate New York who essentially created modern card collecting. The father of card collectors, as Burdick was known among his admirers, amassed more than 30,000 baseball cards that are presumed to be worth millions of ... Continue reading →

PRINCETON, NJ -- More Americans say it is important that the federal government enact policies that grow the economy and increase equality of opportunity than say the same about reducing the income and wealth gap between the rich and the poor. These data, from a Nov. 28-Dec.1 Gallup survey, show that while 46% of Americans believe it is extremely or very important that the federal government in Washington reduce the income and wealth gap between the rich and poor, 70% say it is important for the government to increase equality of opportunity, and 82% say it is important for the government to grow and expand the economy. The issue of reducing the income and wealth gap has become politically salient in recent months. The Occupy ... Continue reading →

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The most amazing feat pulled off at a Major League Baseball game Monday night wasn't by a player, it was by a fan who defied astronomical odds to catch not one, but two home run balls. What's more, the two gopher balls caught by Caleb Lloyd, 20, came in successive at-bats in the fourth inning, and the first was a rare round-tripper off the bat of a pitcher, Mike Leake, who pitched his team to a 4-1 win over the visiting Atlanta Braves. "The first one I actually barehanded, " Lloyd, who was sitting in the left field bleachers, told Cincinnati.com. "It hit my hand and I didn't expect to actually catch it ... it hurt really bad, so I'm like, 'I'm not doing it ... Continue reading →