After 38 wins, $1.5 million in prize money and countless tweets complaining about his use of the word “what’s,” viewers finally saw Matt Amodio lose a game of “Jeopardy!” Or, as the show mournfully announced in a news release, “The Amodio Rodeo is over.” Amodio, a 30-year-old PhD student at Yale University, was defeated in Monday’s episode by Jonathan Fisher, an actor from Coral Gables, Fla. Amodio was trailing Fisher by $4,000 going into Final Jeopardy!

Riders will be getting a free ride beginning Sunday on five New York City bus routes. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is rolling out a $15 million, taxpayer-funded pilot program on one route in each of the five boroughs. The free rides are expected to last anywhere from six to 12 months. The routes are: Bronx: The BX18 A/B, which runs from a loop from High Bridge to Morris Heights  Brooklyn: The B60, which runs from Canarsie all the way to WilliamsburgManhattan: The crosstown M116 that links Central and East HarlemQueens: The Q4 that runs along Linden Blvd, Merrick Blvd and Archer AvenueStaten Island: And the S46 that runs between the St.

Climbing without O's by John B. West, M.D., Ph.D. The successful ascent of Everest without supplementary oxygen is one of the great sagas of the 20th century. In addition to being a triumph of the human spirit, it raises some of the most intriguing questions in human physiology.Ever since I was invited by Sir Edmund Hillary to take part in the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition of 1960-1961 I have had a special interest in the critical factors that allow climbers to reach extreme altitudes—particularly the summit of Everest—without supplementary oxygen.

The Australian owners of a koi fish who underwent a 10-minute surgery last week to remove a potentially deadly tumor have posted a video interview featuring their scaled friend happily swimming with the other fish back in his pond. The fish, named “Bubbles,” is believed to be between 5 and 8 years old, and started growing a mass about six months ago, TownsvilleBulletin.com.au reported. Bubbles’ owner, Michael Dare, who is also the owner of ZenDen Acupuncture Clinic in Townsville, contacted James Cook University veterinarians, who told him that the tumor could be fatal for the fish if it wasn’t operated on.

Use of the E-ZPass electronic payment system has grown exponentially across the Washington region in recent years as the network of toll lanes has expanded in the Interstate 95 corridor with new facilities from Stafford County to just north of Baltimore. Both Maryland and Virginia are actively promoting E-ZPass, hoping to reduce cash payment at toll plazas — where the option exists — and to encourage the seamless use of all-electronic toll facilities such as the 495 Express Lanes and 66 Express Lanes in Virginia and the Intercounty Connector in Maryland.