• Casting around for a dissertation topic, the student, Eugene Aserinsky, decided to hook sleepers up to an early version of an electroencephalogram machine, which scribbled across half a mile of paper each night.

    NEWYORKER: Up All Night

  • Astronaut Dave Wolf, who has been away from the planet for the past four and a half months, is looking forward to a Saturday night dinner of pizza, a beverage (known to be cold beer) and some time with his girlfriend.

    CNN: The View from Space

  • "There were only two instances when a private hire company was used to drive Mr Rhodes to an evening meeting or speaking engagement and these both resulted in a travel time of between one and half hours and two hours late at night, " a spokeswoman said.

    BBC: Cumbria Police staff arrested over PCC driver 'leak'

  • In the middle of the night, a passing storm brought some relief with about half an hour of showers, cooling the temperature down even more, but not completely drenching our campsite.

    BBC: Share this page

  • Members of the media here wish they weren t so busy every night: The scramble to find a story, some story, any story, during the day -- and then cover the three-and-a-half hours of the convention session at night -- means most are forced to grab what they can on deadline, no matter how long it may have been sitting out and congealing.

    CNN: The politics of food: A convention digest

  • Stewart scored 18 of her 23 points in a dazzling first half and Connecticut won its eighth NCAA title with a 93-60 rout of Louisville on Tuesday night.

    NPR: UConn Women Rout Louisville For 8th Title

  • "New Yorkers, you are the magnificent seven-and-a-half million, and because of you New York City has a future again, " he said that night.

    BBC: Obituary: Ed Koch

  • And now, though I was not up in the apple tree, I had found various salients in our half acre that allowed me to see a good deal of her at night, when she went to bed.

    NEWYORKER: Wakefield

  • No need to keep operators up half the night in Britain when the rotation of the earth provides a wide-awake American alternative.

    ECONOMIST: Firms that never sleep

  • In Markham, Ontario, north of Toronto, police tape cordoned off half of a duplex, with officers remaining at the scene well into Monday night.

    WSJ: Bail hearings for 2 men in Canada terror plot

  • Staley said having Sancheon White, her best defender, play just 8 minutes in the first half because of foul trouble was a big part of Engelman's big night.

    NPR: Kansas Races Past South Carolina 75-69

  • Thanks to a second-half surge Saturday night in the semifinals of the West Coast conference tournament, it'll step on the floor Monday night in the championship game of the event as the nation's No. 1 team for a second straight week.

    NPR: No. 1 Gonzaga Beats LMU 66-48 To Reach WCC Final

  • Goals in the second half of added time from substitute Dmitri Torbinski and the magical Andrei Arshavin capped a triumphant night for the Russians.

    CNN: Brilliant Russia beat Dutch in extra time

  • The Huskies zapped the suspense out of the game and the juice out of Louisville's season with a 19-0 run in the first half that gave them the luxury of a double-digit cushion the rest of the night.

    WSJ: University of Connecticut Huskies Back On Top With 93-60 Win Over University of Louisville Cardinals

  • Pettitte's five scoreless innings laid the foundation for a 4-2 win in the first half of Wednesday's day-night doubleheader with Toronto, while Ichiro played the hero in the nighttime edition.

    WSJ: Andy Pettitte Strong in Return for Yankees

  • On Wednesday night she started fast but found herself a half step behind coming out of the final hurdle, then couldn't quite close the gap.

    WSJ: Menu

  • The first night we slept in a school, the second night in an empty building and last night we made use of a Government house with enough beds for half of the group.

    BBC: NEWS | Africa | Darfur aid worker's diary XVII

  • According to a 2011 poll, more than half of Americans between the ages of thirteen and sixty-four experience a sleep problem almost every night, and nearly two-thirds complain that they are not getting enough rest during the week.

    NEWYORKER: Up All Night

  • When the Lib Dem leader spoke angrily last night about what he called "a show trial of innuendo, half truths and slurs" I am told that he was reacting to the suggestion that he knew about serious allegations of abuse and covered them up.

    BBC: Sex claims - who knew what?

  • And, eight minutes into the second half, Irish striker Anthony Stokes scored the first of his two goals on the night by curling a free-kick past the despairing Hearts goalkeeper.

    BBC: Jim Jefferies puzzled by Hearts' defensive 'shambles'

  • Stewart scored 18 of her 23 points in a dazzling first half and Connecticut (35-4) rolled to a 93-60 rout of Louisville on Tuesday night, the most lopsided victory in a title game.

    NPR: UConn Women Win 8th Title In Rout Of Louisville

  • Sparked by its zone, Cal went on a big run to open the second half and held on behind the shooting of Allen Crabbe and Justin Cobbs for a 77-69 victory Sunday night over the Wildcats, the sixth top-10 team to lose this week.

    NPR: Cal Beats No. 7 Arizona 77-69 For Big Road Win

  • Over the three year lifespan of a Long Lasting Insecticidal Net, a child is protected from malaria for less than half a cent a night.

    FORBES: World Malaria Day 2013: We Cannot Afford to Wait

  • But, as in the second half in the 1-0 home win against Chester the previous Tuesday night, Holt wasted a number of chances to score.

    BBC: Shrews cannot rely solely on Holt

  • I'd seen it happen a half-dozen times without incident in the past, but that night the audience let out a huge whoop of delight at the sheer cheekiness of Balanchine's choreography.

    WSJ: Theatergoers: Can I Get an Amen? | Sightings by Terry Teachout

  • Subsequent research, although desultory, showed that 60% or more of depressives respond often dramatically to a night of sleep deprivation, and that the transformation of mood usually occurs in the latter half of the night.

    ECONOMIST: People, like all living things, are four dimensional

  • The enthusiastic LIU Brooklyn crowd, which spent much of the second half chanting "Brooklyn Three-peat", stormed the floor to celebrate what was a career night for Garner and a definitive statement for the small LIU program.

    WSJ: LIU Brooklyn earns NCAA berth with Northeast title

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