A 56-year-old man in the Flatlands section died in his apartment after his cigarette started a fire. Sixty fire fighters responded to the one alarm fire that broke out around 7:45AM on 1275 East 51 Street. The FDNY had it under control within 20 minutes of responsing, but they were unable to save the apartment's dweller, Harvey Kudisch. Neighbors describe the widower as a heavy smoker, with one telling the Post, "The smoke got so......

Yesterday's West 65th Street apartment building fire was caused by lint buildup in the clothes dryer. Somehow the lint ignited, and according to the NY Times, "flames racing upstairs in the pipe recesses between the building’s front facade and an inner wall." That's a lesson right there: Clean out the lint! Though most of the building's residents had left by the time the FDNY arrived, two people were found by in extremely smoky conditions on......

Remember, today is the last day of Daylight Saving Time. Tonight, before you go to bed don't forget to set your clocks back an hour (unless you don't want to take advantage of that wonderful extra hour of sleep, glorious, glorious sleep). Some interesting Daylight Saving facts: -This year is the first year that Indiana, come April, will start to participate in Daylight Saving. This makes it the 48th state to do so and ends......

Hooray! Who cares about losing an hour when our afternoons get brighter and the evenings start later? You can check the current NYC time here, so you can make sure all your watches, clocks, microwaves, and what have you are properly synced. Now, for the weather to clear up so we can sit outside at cafes and restaurants and in the park. The U.S. Naval Observatory on Daylight Savings Time; who knew that daylight time......

It might be best to know where higher ground is this weekend, especially if you live north and west of the city. A low pressure system currently centered over Alabama is going to bring massive amounts of Gulf moisture to our neighborhood starting tomorrow. The moisture is the orange spot over Georgia in the satellite image. The Weather Service is calling for 2-3 inches of rain across the area, with 4 inches or more at......

With the recent change to Daylight Savings time, most of us in the U.S. have moved an hour closer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), more commonly known to meteorologists, aviators, and the military as Zulu (Z) time. Zulu time is based on the time zone that runs through Greenwich, England, and is used to give weather observers and forecasters around the world a common time of reference. Plus, saying “Zulu” over and over puts......