We said that there would be rain this weekend. But wow, there was a LOT of rain yesterday! How much was there? Why, enough to smash the record for most rainfall recorded at JFK in one day by well over an inch! By 9 p.m. last night the National Weather Service had recorded 8" of rain at the airport. A head above the previous record—6.3" in one day set June 30, 1984. And the hurricane-like rainfall was not so good to the tristate area's infrastructure.
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Video: Yesterday's Rains Were Record Breaking!
The Dark Knight Breaks Records
The Dark Knight has officially opened, and the figures are in: the NY Times reports that the movie took in "$18.5 million in gross revenue at its 12 a.m. opening screenings early Friday morning at 3,040 screens, the most ever for midnight shows." Gawker laments about the movie taking the title from 2005's Star Wars, Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith, which previously held it for racking up $16.9 million at 2,915 screens. Meanwhile, the single-day box office record previously held by Spider-Man 3 was also shattered: The Dark Knight took in $66.4 million on opening day (to Spidey's $59.8 million).
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