3 hrs ago | Daily Mail
Madoff's wife kicked out of 4.3m penthouse with just a straw bag as...
Madoff's wife kicked out of 4.3m penthouse with just a straw bag as officers tell her she can't even take her fur coat By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 11:47 AM on 03rd July 2009 The wife of Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff has had all her property seized, including her fur coat, after she was evicted her from her $7million mansion ...
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Plant disease -- same that caused potato famine -- hits eastern US veggies early, hard
Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.
12 hrs ago | WECT-TV Wilmington
Lady Liberty gets ready for crowning moment
As the weekend to celebrate Independence Day rolls around, the Statue of Liberty's crown is reopening to the public to mark America's birthday.
16 hrs ago | Gay news blog
The New York Blade Suspends Publication
The New York Blade, one of the two major gay and lesbian newspapers in New York City, has laid off its editor in chief and suspended publication, the chief executive of its publishing company said on Wednesday.
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NYC to Pay $25K in Subway Search Profiling Case
The city of New York will pay $25,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who says he was unfairly stopped and searched in the subway because of his race.
Yesterday | The Age
Ramsay's British restaurants suffer profit dive.
Michelin-starred British chef and television personality Gordon Ramsay's restaurants in Britain have suffered a 90 per cent drop in profits as the recession began to bite, it has been revealed.
Will Ruth Madoff have to fight to keep $2.5M?
Ruth Madoff visits her husband, Bernard Madoff, in prison. Under her agreement with federal investigators, Ruth Madoff will get $2.5 million as soon as she vacates the Manhattan penthouse apartment she has lived in for nearly 30 years with her convicted swindler husband Bernard Madoff .
2 more face charges in Vegas boy abduction case
Two more defendants have been named in a federal cocaine trafficking case stemming from the kidnapping of a 6-year-old boy from his Las Vegas home last October.
Apollo Theatera s amateur show dedicated to Jackson
Antonio Williams, 7, of Orlando shows off his dancing skills near the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
NYC breaks record for largest air guitar ensemble
The cast and crew of the Broadway musical "Rock of Ages" and hundreds of inspired New Yorkers have broken the world record for the largest air guitar ensemble.
Police break up New York-Ohio pot smuggling ring
Authorities say they've broken up a drug ring linked to Russian organized crime that smuggled as much as $27 million worth of marijuana through New York's St.
Government won't fund GM after July 10, official says
NEW YORK - A senior member of President Barack Obama's auto task force testified today that the U.S. government will not continue to fund General Motors Corp.'s operations if the automaker doesn't get approval to sell its assets to a new company within the next 10 days.
Board: Discharge gay NY National Guard officer
A military administrative board recommended Tuesday that a National Guard officer who publicly announced he's gay should be discharged for violating the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
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Census: NYC population continues to rise
The Big Apple is still the country's biggest draw. A yearly estimate from the U.S. Census says New York City grew by more than 53,000 residents for the 12-month period ending July 2008, the biggest numerical increase of any city in the country.
Maloney's running against Gillibrand
Rep. Carolyn Maloney has decided to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary, according to the New York Daily News : Maloney has decided to take on Sen.
Peter Rauhofer's "We Can" Pride Party
RAUHOFER LAUGHS! RAUHOFER IN HYSTERICS! RAUHOFER CRACKS UP WATCHING ALAN T. PERFORM "WHATEVAH"! Yes, that Alan T., the voice behind some of the fiercest bitch tracks ever recorded.
Guest View: It's the hurt that matters
AN open-minded individual, I am willing to support an adulterer for elective office.
Oil prices fall in volatile trading
Oil prices fell in volatile trading Tuesday not long after hitting an eight-month high.
Obama to vacation off Cape Cod
President Barack Obama and his family plan to vacation next month on Martha's Vineyard, Democratic sources said.
Half million New Yorkers may have swine flu - A/H1N1 virus
Some 500,000 New Yorkers might have been infected with A/H1N1 flu virus, New York Post reported Saturday citing federal official sources.