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BROOKYLN might soon get the "Sex and the City" treatment. Author Amy Sohn got an early publicity bump for her upcoming novel, "Prospect Park West," after Sarah Jessica Parker 's Pretty Matches production company optioned the story in conjunction with HBO for a half-hour series.

PSFK is happy to announce the publication of our newest book,A PSFK Snapshot Brooklyn .

Joey Chestnut chomped down a record 68 hot dogs, capturing his third straight July Fourth hot-dog eating contest at Coney Island, an annual showcase for flamboyant hot dogging contestants eager to show they really are what they eat.

People all over the world continue to show their love and support for President Barack Obama.

The Associated Press 1 comment In the fight of pachyderms vs. people - the pachyderms now have the upper trunk.

NEW YORK - Tributes to the King of Pop continued Wednesday at the Apollo Theater, where the weekly Amateur Night turned into a Michael Jackson celebration, with impersonators emulating his outfits and mimicking his dance moves.

The recession may have dimmed Fourth of July fireworks in many cities, but New York is expanding the nation's biggest display from a new vantage point _ the Hudson River.

The seven members of the reconstituted Board of Education met in an emergency session on Wednesday.

Looking for ways to salute America on the Fourth of July? Check out these patriotic festivities in the city this weekend: 1. MACY'S FIREWORKS Sure, you could watch on TV, but you'd miss the live wow factor.

I was almost sick by the time I finished the Tostadas, but the bucket of Mussels looked and smelled so good - and was so large, some of the bar patrons were silently daring me to attempt to tackle the thing.

A hastily appointed Board of Education gave Schools Chancellor Joel Klein full authority over the city's education system Wednesday after the state Senate failed to act on a bill to renew Mayor Michael Bloomberg's control of the schools.

The victim had been partying at the Marquee club, which made headlines in December when a Brooklyn woman vanished after leaving the nightspot with a convicted sex offender.

Democrats claimed control of the split New York Senate on Tuesday, declaring a quorum after a Republican took a short cut through the chamber because an exterior parlor had been blocked by Democrats for a press conference they never held.

Authorities say a man jumped to his death in front of a Brooklyn subway train, causing rush-hour service delays for about 90 minutes.

A state correction officer was shot and killed early Sunday outside a barber shop he frequented at 658 Nostrand Ave, the police are saying.

Three workers, including a father and son, died after becoming trapped inside a hole and apparently inhaling toxic fumes at a waste management station in Queens, N.Y. June 29, 2009.

DATE: Sunday, June 28, 2009 at approximately 2:20 a.m. LOCATION: 67 Montrose Ave, Brooklyn.

AUGUST 09: Pedestrians and bicyclists make their way up Park Avenue during the first of three NYC's Summer Streets on August9, 2008 in New York City.

A correction officer who was on leave from work was shot dead on a street in Brooklyn after a dispute with another man early on Sunday, the authorities said.

Investigators seized more than 10 pounds of marijuana and about $100,000 in cash on Saturday from the basement of a Brooklyn day care center that was the scene of a police shooting and an attempted robbery a day earlier, officials said.