Western Wildfires: More Than 60 Fires Rage Across 10 States
File photo. iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CLE ELUM, Wash.) — The long hot summer of 2012 has turned the West into a tinderbox. More than 60 fires are raging in at least 10 states.Cle Elum, Wash., has not had a drop of rain for three weeks. Add to that scorc…
Annular Solar Eclipse 2012: Visible in West on Sunday
PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Enjoy the sun. If you live along a narrow band across the southwestern United States, Sunday afternoon will bring the rare treat of an annular solar eclipse — a ring of sunlight as the new moon, passing be…
Best Seat on the Plane? Hint: Not in Row 7
Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Lucky no. 7 isn’t the best row to be seated in on a flight. And the worst isn’t row 13.According to flight-comparison website Skyscanner, the very best seat on a flight is 6A.The websit…