Today, the Fire Department is distributing free Duracell 9V batteries at ten locations across the city to remind New Yorkers to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors as they change their clocks this weekend (yes, it's Daylight Saving Time at 2 a.m. on Sunday!). Locations of the free battery giveaway are after the jump. more ›

Tonight is the night we all set our clocks ahead an hour in observance of the strange springtime ritual known as Daylight Saving Time. Until last year Daylight time began on the first Sunday in April. Thanks to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, DST now begins on the second Sunday in March and lasts until the first weekend in November. more ›