Morning Brief: March 6

It's time for daylight saving again, but it's not the one we like. On Sunday, we're going to lose an hour, so don't forget to set your clock an hour ahead. The whole idea of daylight saving seems a little silly, and some in the past seem to have agreed. First adopted in the US for WWI, it was so unpopular that Congress it ended it right after. Same goes for its use in WWII. But in 1966, it was brought back with the Uniform Time Act. Now, the only states that don't observe DST are Arizona and Hawaii.

NEED TO KNOW

Iran-Back Militias Gain Influence in Iraq [Boston Globe]

DOJ Ferguson Reports Questions 'Hands Up' Reality [New York Times]

Plane at LaGuardia Airport Skids Off Runway into Fence [NY Daily News]

Former NY Cardinal M. Egan Dies at 82 [New York Times]

Harlem Papa John's Found Guilty of Underpaying Workers [CBS Local]

SPORTS

Yesterday

The Islanders beat the Predators 4-3.

Weekend

The Rangers are in Chicago Sunday at 7:30.

The Islanders are in Florida tomorrow at 7.

The Devils play the Blue Jackets tonight at 7 and the Flyers Sunday at 5.

The Knicks play the Pacers tomorrow at 7:30.

The Nets play the Suns tonight at 8 and the Jazz Sunday at 6.

WEATHER

Lots of sun today turning partly cloudy tonight, 30/15 [Full Forecast]

ON STAGE TONIGHT

•  Hozier with George Ezra @ the Beacon Theatre
•  Los Lobos with Alejandro Escovedo @ the Capitol Theatre
•  The Chieftains featuring Paddy Moloney @ the Bergen Performing Arts Center
•  George Thorogood And The Destroyers (with The Danielle Nicole Band) @ the Tarrytown Music Hall
•  Janis Ian and Tom Paxton @ City Winery
•  Melvin Seals And JGB (with Jay’s Happy Sunshine Burger Joint) @ Brooklyn Bowl
•  The Temptations and The Four Tops @ the Mayo Performing Arts Center
•  Jerry Douglas presents The Earls Of Leicester featuring Jerry Douglas, Shawn Camp, Charlie Cushman, Barry Bales and Johnny Warren @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
•  A.J. Croce @ the Emelin Theatre
•  The Mike Stern And Bill Evans Band featuring Steve Smith and Tom Kennedy @ Birdland (Tonight and tomorrow)
•  The Losers Lounge: “Pretenders Vs. Blondie” @ Joe’s Pub (Tonight and tomorrow)
•  The Ron Carter Quartet @ the Blue Note (Tonight, tomorrow and Sunday)

TOMORROW (Saturday the 7th):

•  Burt Bacharach @ the Bergen Performing Arts Center
•  Jorma Kaukonen featuring Barry Mitterhoff @ the South Orange Performing Arts Center
•  Bjork @ Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
•  Gang Of Four (with Public Access T.V. and DJ White) @ Irving Plaza
•  “Wesley Stace’s Cabinet Of Wonders” featuring Robbie Fulks, Kristin Hersh  and more @ City Winery
•  Melvin Seals And JGB (with Jay’s Happy Sunshine Burger Joint) @ the Capitol Theatre
•  Kim Simmonds And Savoy Brown @ the Towne Crier Café
•  Ronnie Earl And The Broadcasters @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
•  Larry Kirwan formerly of Black 47 @ the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
•  David Broza @ Landmark on Main Street
•  Los Lonely Boys (with Strange But Surf) @ the Space at Westbury
•  The Temptations and The Four Tops @ the NYCB Theatre at Westbury
•  Will Butler (with Teen) @ Baby’s All Right

SUNDAY (the 8th):

•  Gov’t Mule featuring John Scofield @ the Space at Westbury
•  Los Lobos with Alejandro Escovedo @ the State Theatre
•  Marc Cohn @ the Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne
•  Solas @ City Winery
•  Brazilian Girls @ Highline Ballroom
•  Royal Southern Brotherhood @ the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
•  Dropkick Murphys (with The Mahones, Blood Or Whiskey and Bryan McPherson) @ Irving Plaza
•  WFUV PRESENTS: The Klezmatics @ the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1857, the Supreme Court made its Dred Scott decision, finding that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, could not be citizens and therefore had no standing to sue, and that slavery would be allowed in the western territories.

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