Earth's Rotation Plunges North America Into Darkness

theonion.com — Haha - At approximately 4:20 p.m. EST, the sun began to lower from its position in the sky in a westward trajectory, eventually disappearing below the horizon. Reports of this global emergency continued to file in from across the continent until 5:46 p.m. PST, when the entire North American mainland was officially declared dark. Feb 17, 2008 View in Crawl 4