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Times Union staff photographers share some of their favorite pictures from 2015. Times Union staff photographers share some of their favorite pictures from 2015 Each photographer is a master of all disciplines and is called on to deliver compelling pictures from the daily spectrum of news, sports and studio assignments. Firefighters were soaking wet, but still smiling, Anthony Catalano from his home on Sumpter Avenue to dry ground in a tiny boat. In this photograph showing local dance students rehearsing with the Moscow Ballet... Читать дальше...

Red velvet ropes on the sidewalk might indicate queues and selective entry, but happy-hour prices, BOGO drink specials and $5 Ladies' Night cocktails are honeyed strategies to pull 'em in. Windows clustered with paper lanterns and paper parasols upended from the ceiling suggest a Chinese bazaar, but Zen leans closer to Japanese, with bento-box lunches, hibachi, teriyaki, sushi and sashimi menus, and a sushi chef putting out strikingly artistic creations. Like the enforced late-night dress code — no hats or baggy pants... Читать дальше...

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Sergey Kovalev vs. Jean Pascal II will end up a lot like Sergey Kovalev vs. Jean Pascal I. Only this time it will end sooner. In big fight history, whenever there is a rematch between two title-level boxers, the man, in this case Pascal, who was stopped in the eighth round by Kovalev in March, often loses even worse […]

Thousands of people pour into Dyker Heights, in Brooklyn, to see their famous Christmas lights.

It was a good year for finding stuff out and our favorite science stories all revealed something about the universe.

Musician Fantastic Negrito plays his song "Lost in a Crowd" at WIRED's San Francisco office.

CBGB used to serve music to punk rockers; a new incarnation will serve cheeseburgers to people in airports. (Photo: Stig Nygaard/Flicker)

Nearly every traveler has a bucket list full of places around the globe they can’t wait to visit. Perhaps it will take a lifetime to complete, but that’s part of the fun, right?

SEOUL — The 2015 WBSC Premier12 MVP, South Korea National Team outfielder Hyun-soo Kim, has signed a two-year, $US 7 million agreement with Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles.

Meatballs are what it’s all about on Christmas Day in Sweden. (Photo by Newedel, Karl/the food passionates/Corbis. Design by Lauren DeLuca for Yahoo Travel.) Victorian ideas from the 1860s inspired many of the ways the world celebrates Christmas today.

The juxtaposition of two American military men who could stand in the same courtroom in the coming months couldn’t be set in more stark relief. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl faces a general court-martial for walking off of his base in Afghanistan. Navy SEAL Jimmy Hatch, who led a platoon into a fierce battle to try to rescue Bergdahl, was shot and badly wounded on that mission.