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The ARTINFO Guide To Frieze Week In NYC, From Satellite Fair Highlights To Can't-Miss Gallery Shows

ARTINFO | Posted 04.27.2012

ARTINFO

Frieze's big, empty tent on Randall's Island won't be quite so empty by the time the fair opens next week. Though there's more than enough going on on...

8 Reasons to Love Bars

Leah Odze Epstein | Posted 04.12.2012

Leah Odze Epstein

When you're at a bar, people don't want to hear that you're doing "great." They want to hear a story.

How Foosball, Pool and Muay Thai Helped Me Deal With Difficult Personalities (Including My Own)

Jennifer Tress | Posted 05.30.2012

Jennifer Tress

There's a sweet exhilaration associated with the moment you first realize something you really like has intersected with something you're good at.

PHOTOS: 5 Hotels For Pick-Up Artists

Oyster | Posted 05.28.2012

Oyster

Are you traveling with the guys and looking for some female company?

FBI: Blacks Targeted In 70 Percent Of Race-Based Hate Crimes

Posted 01.15.2012

Blacks were the group most likely to be the targets of race-based hate crimes, according to a new federal report. The report, compiled by the FBI'...

A Tipsy Heaven In Argentina

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 01.11.2012

Jennifer Hamady

The five acres were originally purchased by Gabriela's grandmother in 1936. Malbec vines and olive trees had been planted at the turn of the century and meticulously maintained.

Man Suspected Of Killing Girl Once Threatened To Blow Up Workplace

AP | By JIM SALTER | Posted 10.18.2011

ST. LOUIS (AP)-- The man accused of killing a 3-year-old Missouri girl has a criminal record in Arkansas for threatening to blow up the factory where ...

Security Experts: Casey Anthony Needs A Safe House

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER and MATT SEDENSKY | Posted 09.15.2011

ORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony was spending her last hours in jail Saturday night preparing for an uncertain future after nearly three years behi...

Forget Google+, The +Pool Is Coming

Turnstyle | Posted 09.11.2011

Turnstyle

Photo Credit: Courtesy pluspool.org + Pool is designed to filter river water through its walls "like a giant strainer dropped into the river." SEE MO...

Woman's Dead Body Found In Public Pool After 2 Days

AP | LAURA CRIMALDI | Posted 08.30.2011

FALL RIVER, Mass. — A woman's body might have been left in the cloudy water of a public swimming pool for more than two days, without lifeguards...

Splash! NYC Swimming Pools OPEN

Posted 08.30.2011

New York City public swimming pools opened yesterday and today's shaping up to be the perfect summer day for taking a dip. New Yorkers can cool of...

WATCH: The East River Could Have A Giant Floating Swimming Pool

Posted 08.16.2011

+ Pool is gearing up to make a big splash in the New York swimming scene. Curbed caught onto buzz for the project--four pools in one plus-sign sh...

Astoria Characters: The On-the-Ball Pool Player

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 08.07.2011

Nancy Ruhling

Who's that guy? The one at the back of the pool hall. See him? You can't miss him. He's the big dude, the one with the scary scorpion inked on his arm and the spiky porcupine hair.

Manhattan's Coolest Pools for Summer

dnainfo.com | Posted 08.06.2011

MANHATTAN -- As New Yorkers get ready for another steamy summer, there's no better way to escape the concrete jungle than to take a plunge. And who...

Pool Safely: A Call To Action This Memorial Day Weekend

Inez Moore Tenenbaum | Posted 07.26.2011

Inez Moore Tenenbaum

My message to parents this Memorial Day weekend is a simple one: be aware of pool safely and be vigilant in and around the water.

Serving Time -- In A Swimming Pool? Judge Puts Rogue Rafters In Hot Water

AP | Posted 11.16.2011

PAINESVILLE, Ohio -- A northeast Ohio couple found themselves up to their ankles in trouble for rafting on a flood-swollen river without life preserve...

Indoors or Out, Keep Pool Safety in Mind

Inez Moore Tenenbaum | Posted 11.17.2011

Inez Moore Tenenbaum

While the summer swimming season is behind us, many communities across the country still have their doors open to those looking to cool off in water p...

A Teachable Moment: Take Simple Steps Now to Prevent Child Drownings

Inez Moore Tenenbaum | Posted 11.17.2011

Inez Moore Tenenbaum

While summer should be a time of fun and relaxation, it has sadly brought tragedy to far too many families. Within the past three weeks, a number of tragic and avoidable drownings have occurred.

Take Off Those Flip-Flops! And 5 Other Essential Summer Shoe Tips

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Leora Tanenbaum

Most of us think of "bad shoes" as five-inch stilettos that cause the wearer to wobble and totter. But flat sandals without any support to the ankle and foot are "bad" too.

Robert Nyman DEAD: Massachusetts Lawmaker Dies After Being Found In Pool

Posted 05.25.2011

HANOVER, Mass. (AP) -- Officials say Massachusetts state Rep. Robert Nyman has died after being found unresponsive in the swimming pool at his Hanover...

What's Worth it: The Setai Hotel, Miami

Suzanne Aaronson | Posted 05.25.2011

Suzanne Aaronson

This is the place to come to mingle with the South Beach social scene at times like Art Basel Miami.

385 Dead, 4,200 Injured. From What? Pools and Spas.

Inez Moore Tenenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Inez Moore Tenenbaum

The splash starts Memorial Day weekend, when pool season kicks into high gear. Pools and spas are great sources of family fun and relaxation. They are also sources of too many preventable family tragedies.

New Media at the 2010 NYC Art Fairs

Erik Sanner | Posted 05.25.2011

Erik Sanner

What perturbs me about art fairs is the lack of new media art -- some art fairs exhibit a smattering, others none at all. Are there really so few notable practicing new media artists?

Rick Perry Rental Home Costs Texas $600,000 Amid $11B Budget Shortfall

AP | JAY ROOT | Posted 05.25.2011

AUSTIN, Texas — With the state facing a budget shortfall of at least $11 billion, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has spent almost $600,000 in public mone...

Swimming Pools May Be Fueling Allergies

msn.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Swimming in a chlorinated pool may boost the odds that a child susceptible to asthma and allergies will develop these problems, a study indicates....