Defensive end Justin Smith batted down Eli Manning’s fourth-down pass late in the fourth quarter to preserve the San Francisco 49ers’ 27-20 win over the New York Giants.
With his team trailing, star quarterback Manning completed a pair of long fourth-down passes and got the Giants into scoring position late in the game.
Unlike last week’s rally by the Giants at New England, this time San Francisco’s Smith made a leaping smack of the ball on fourth-and-two from the 10. [click to continue…]
Profile America — Monday, November 14th. The ups and downs of the New York Stock Market have been in the news a lot this year. These surges and drops have overshadowed the fact that in the long run, the market has made remarkable advances. It was on this day 39 years ago that the Dow Jones Index first topped the 1,000 mark. Developed by Charles Henry Dow, the industrial average was first published in 1896. For decades, the index was made up largely of stocks in the manufacturing sector. Today, its components mirror the change to a more diverse economy. As more Americans entered the stock market, it became more active. In 1990, 157 million shares were traded on an average day. Now, that figure is 2.4 billion shares. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at <www.census.gov>.
Sources: Chase’s Calendar of Events 2011, p. 558 Statistical Abstract of the United States 2012, t. 1210 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012edition.html