4:35 p.m. EST
Dec. 20 | NetSpud.com soars 640 percent in debut; company has never sold a potato
Shares of NetSpud.com, which plans to sell potatoes over the Internet, closed at $118 in their first day of trading, valuing the 11-employee company at $3.2 billion. |
3:52 p.m. EST
Dec. 20 | Utilities stage final Y2K rehearsal as countdown enters last 12 days
Power companies, banks and 911 centers across the country ran a final, full-scale "rollover" drill Monday. Officials said the lights stayed on -- mostly. |
2:10 p.m. EST
Dec. 20 | Marisol Islands move date line again to claim first millennium sunrise
The tiny Pacific nation of the Marisol Islands has shifted the international date line for the second time this year, hoping to beat three neighbors to the first dawn of 2000. |
1:00 p.m. EST
Dec. 20 | Nor'easter dumps 20 inches on Maine coast
A powerful coastal storm buried Port Halloway and much of coastal Maine in up to 20 inches of snow Monday, closing schools and the town's only Internet cafe. |
12:20 p.m. EST
Dec. 20 | Man's 4,000-can bean stockpile fills garage, basement, guest room
A retired machinist in Cotterville, Kansas, says he is ready for anything the millennium brings, as long as it can be solved with baked beans. |
11:15 a.m. EST
Dec. 20 | Retired COBOL programmers called back for last-minute Y2K fixes
The hottest job in technology this month belongs to programmers in their 60s and 70s who still remember how the old mainframe code was written -- because they wrote it. |
10:00 a.m. EST
Dec. 20 | 'Who Wants to Be a Thousandaire?' tops ratings for sixth week
The game show in which contestants answer 15 questions to win up to $1,000 -- and a commemorative mug -- is the most-watched program in the country. |
11:30 p.m. EST
Dec. 19 | Lobstermen clinch playoff berth with overtime win in snow
The Port Halloway Lobstermen beat the Gristmill Falls Grinders 23-20 in overtime Sunday in a game played in a foot of snow. |
6:20 p.m. EST
Dec. 19 | Candidates spar over Internet, ethanol and each other in Granite City debate
Four presidential hopefuls clashed Sunday in a feisty debate six weeks before the first primary, with the Internet, farm subsidies and campaign finance taking center stage. |
2:00 p.m. EST
Dec. 19 | Doctors report rise in 'Y2K anxiety' as New Year approaches
Psychologists say they are seeing patients who can't sleep, can't stop buying batteries and can't stop checking the date on their computers. |
MAIN PAGE
