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Iran Threatens to Boycott London Olympics Over 'Zion' Logo
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON -- When the logo for the London 2012 Olympics was unveiled four years ago, critics slammed the sign as a crime against design, with some saying the graffiti-style scrawl resembled a swastika and others arguing it looked like Lisa Simpson engaging in a sex act. Now the Iranian government has belatedly joined the critical conversation, claiming that the jagged 2012 motif actually spells out the word "Zion." Authorities in Tehran this week handed a formal complaint to the International Olympic Committee, warning that Iranian athletes might stay away from the games unless the logo is ...
This Summer May Be Hottest on Record in South
By Paul Yeager - AOL News(Aug. 21) -- The Deep South is certainly not known for its comfortable summer weather, but the heat and humidity so far this summer have been unrelenting and extreme. In fact, this summer might be the hottest on record in some cities, including Birmingham, Ala. June and July combined were the hottest on record for the largest city in Alabama, and with eight days with a high temperature of at least 100 degrees so far in August, breaking the all-time record seems likely. It's not just the intensity of the heat, which has resulted in some individual day records, both in terms of high ...
Floods Often Steal Weather Thunder in Late Summer
By Paul Yeager - AOL News(Aug. 13) -- The tornado often steals weather headlines and stars in reality television shows alongside storm chasers, but flooding typically kills more Americans each year. More than 150 people are killed by flooding annually, compared to close to 80 for tornadoes, and unlike tornadoes, all states are susceptible to flooding. During the latter part of summer, the potential for flash flooding, the most dangerous type of flooding, is greater than that of tornadoes. Flash flooding is a quick-hitting, intense flood typically caused by extreme rainfall during a short time and can affect a single ...
US, Other Nations Bake in Record Summer Heat
By Paul Yeager - AOL News(Aug. 1) -- Summer 2010 is far from over, but extremely hot weather has been a major weather story to date, not only in the United States but also in other parts of the Northern Hemisphere. All-time record high temperatures have been tied or broken in more than a dozen nations. Across the United States, the heat has been particularly persistent in the Southern and Eastern parts of the country. A July heat wave produced 100-plus-degree heat along the Eastern Seaboard from southern New England to the Virginias, including temperatures in excess of 105° F in parts of Maryland (including ...
Beer Ice Cream and Fresh Flowers: A Summer Week, Well Spent
By Joann M. Weiner - Politics DailySummer or not, the news doesn't stop. BP has finally capped its deepwater oil well; Congress passed financial reform but stalled education reform; and the Afghan war grinds on. But, just because the news doesn't' stop doesn't mean we can't enjoy the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer that Nat King Cole sang about. That's why, when I found myself home without my family for a whole week, I decided to indulge myself in a week in which the only stress that came into my life was stress that I created. What are the ingredients of this stress-free week? I figured that it had to have three things: ...
Summer Heat Wave to Bake Eastern Seaboard
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(July 5) -- Temperatures are expected to top 100 degrees this week in cities from New York to Washington as an intense summer heat wave hits the Eastern Seaboard and brings hot and steamy weather to New England, the Midwest and southward to the Carolinas. The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories and excessive heat warnings for today through late Wednesday in New York, New Jersey, southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware, predicting that temperatures could spike to 102 degrees in some areas. But the private forecasting firm AccuWeather.com says, "The heat wave just now beginning ...
Opinion: This Summer, Kick the Souvenir Habit
By Steve Macone - AOL News(June 21) -- I might be biased against them, being from New England. Souvenirs don't quite meld with the New England tourism experience. There is something in souvenirs that something in us --Yankee thrift, or our B.S. detectors -- doesn't seem to like. And that's extended to our visitors: New England has never been huge on hawking souvenirs. Physical ones, anyway. A splurge on a thimble of maple syrup to take home, fine, or a "This Car Climbed Mount Washington" sticker. I've always seen this as a kind of respect for visitors: You just drove up from New York City to look at dying leaves, ...
Memorial Day History As Remembered on the Web
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyMemorial Day 2010 is right around the corner -- this coming Monday, May 31 -- and many Americans, including the First Family, have already made plans on how they will be spending their extra long weekend. Founded to honor those who died serving in the U.S. military, the holiday has taken on the additional significance over the years as being the "unofficial beginning of summer," with all that entails, including: better weather, the seasonal opening of local pools and celebrations of barbecue food, family and friends. But the the proliferation of these more lighthearted customs are not ...
Summer Is About to Spring in Much of US
By Paul Yeager - AOL News(May 22) -- Memorial Day is often considered the unofficial beginning of summer, and a developing weather pattern is going to give a large portion of the country its first dose of summer weather -- one that might last through the holiday but will not extend into the western part of the country. The warmth will quickly expand northward through the Plains and Midwest this weekend, with temperatures jumping well into the 80s in Minneapolis, Chicago, and even Detroit. By the middle of next week, the upper-level high pressure system responsible for the warmth will expand. Unseasonable warmth -- ...
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