t’s been a few days since Rutgers fired men’s basketball coach Mike Rice, but the dust has only just begun to settle. And this isn’t even close to being done. That’s not going to happen for a while. Rutgers basketball has never been any good. Moving into the Big Ten at the heart of a scandal is a recipe for a lot of long years for the Scarlet Knights.

It was 82 degrees at 3:39 p.m. on April 9, 2013, beating the old record of 73 degrees back in 1991, according to the weather service. The record temperature for the day at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma was …

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What happened to Roger Ebert? Funeral services for iconic film critic Roger Ebert will be held Monday in Chicago. The service, according to a press release, will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Name Cathedral, 730 N. State St. …

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The US is sending a missile shield to the Pacific island of Guam as North Korea threatens nuclear strikes. The Pentagon said the shield would be ready within weeks, adding to warships that were sent to the area earlier. The …

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With Opening Day set for tomorrow, we’ve reached the end of my annual six-part baseball season preview. And it’s also the hardest part. Because the NL West is perhaps the hardest division of them all to project. The Giants have won two of the last three World Series and haven’t exactly gotten any worse. Meanwhile, the Dodgers have the highest payroll in baseball and boast a loaded team for owners that have a “World Series or Bust” mentality. It’s going to be a very interesting race between the rivals.