Seed production in scarlet oaks varies greatly from year to year; occasionally the trees produce bumper crops. Scarlet oak is a member of the red oak group, all of whose acorns are invested with bitter-tasting tannin compounds, likely evolved to deter mammals from eating too many of them.

Important Chinese holidays celebrated around the world include the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), Tomb Sweeping Day, and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Wall Street was on a fairly even keel Tuesday morning but the same could not be said for Best Buy as the company's stock plummeted.

The mayor rewarded his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for handsome pay.