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Morris Plains man accused of corporate embezzlement in NY

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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MORRIS PLAINS -- A Morris Plains man was arrested last week by New York state authorities on charges that he embezzled more than $730,000 from a M...

DA Morgenthau Bids Farewell To Office Of 35 Years

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Robert Morgenthau has been cast in many roles during his decades in office. The inspiration for the district attorney on TV's "Law &...

Guests of God: 2.5 Million Muslims Worship in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in This Year's Hajj

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Qanta Ahmed, MD

Never has there been a more important time for Muslims to engage in greater introspection, self-evaluation. We face a Muslim world rife with conflicts, sectarian hatred, misogyny and injustice.

Times Square Visitors Shred Away Bad Memories, Broken Promises

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Want to forget 2009? Shred it. Scores of New Yorkers and tourists seeking a fresh start in 2010 came to Times Square on Monday to pu...

Philip Roth and Woody Allen: Have I Got a Girl for You!

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
David Finkle

Roth and Allen are producing works it's difficult not to describe as clichés. What could be more commonplace than men obsessed with proving that male elders remain attractive to their female juniors?

Nigel Jackson: Turning Junk Into Money

columbiajournalist.org | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Since he was 17 years old, Nigel Jackson of Saint Albans, Queens, has been collecting second-hand valuables and selling them for profit. Between flea ...

New Yorker Festival Attracts Throngs Of Fans Despite Publishing Woes

AP | JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — The journalism industry may be in precarious shape, but you wouldn't have known it at the annual New Yorker Festival, where star wors...

Wayne Mitchell, Ex-Union Head, Charged With Embezzling $200,000

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — The former head of a union representing mailroom employees of New York-based newspapers has been charged with embezzling more than $2...

No Tall Tale! Dalton Parents Giving HGH To Make Kids Taller

nypost.com | Janon Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Jeffrey Stern's mother wanted him to have every advantage -- from his schooling at Manhattan's prestigious Dalton School to summer camp in the Berksh...

Holder Makes Surprise Inspection Of Courthouse, Jail Before 9/11 Trial

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric Holder made an unannounced visit to a Manhattan courthouse Wednesday to inspect security for the pending trial ...

Jasmina Anema Meets Obama: Girl With Leukemia Finally Sees President

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

UPDATE 12/4: The White House has released a photo of Jasmina's meeting with the president. Scroll down to see it. 12/3: Jasmina Anema's journey to th...

HuffPost New York Needs Writers!

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

In the city that never sleeps, there's always a wealth of attractions. While that's great for New Yorkers' social lives, it unfortunately also means t...

Midtown: It's Madtown!

The New York Observer | Irina Aleksander and Meredith Bryan | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

After years spent ducking through secret doorways past relentless doormen, suffering low ceilings, taxidermy, Mary Kate Olsen, the French Vogue editor...

New York Spots That Need Earplugs

nypost.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

The subway station beneath Bryant Park is one of the noisiest public places in the city, according to a new survey. The runner up is a bus station on ...

Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Lauri Lyons

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

The Rise And Fall Of New York: A Tragedy In 3 Acts

Nelson Montana | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Nelson Montana

I still love this town. But it saddens me to see how far it's fallen. Can the rest of the country be far behind?

Study: NY Failing to Build Tech Innovation Economy

NY Convergence | NY Convergence | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

NYConvergence ORIGINAL A report just released by the Center for an Urban Future, a Manhattan-based think tank, finds that while New York City i...

The Waldorf Astoria Presidential Suite: President Obama's Hotel Room In New York (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

The presidential suite at the Waldorf Astoria hotel is really living up to its name this week. President Obama checked in Monday and will be there ...

Detainees Moved to DMV; Could Be Held There 'Indefinitely'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Andy Borowitz

While Eric Holder did not indicate how long the detainees might be held at the DMV, he did say that the DMV "is capable of detaining them indefinitely."

The Underground City on Governors Island

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Nick Carr

Today, I finally got on the ferry and went out to Governors Island. Since January, Belgian archaeologists have been working strenuously to excavate the ruins of a former Governors Island hamlet called Goverthing.

Leo

Margarita Alarcon | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Margarita Alarcon

For years Dr. Leo Orris and his family would be our sanctuary, our conversations, our endless nights of discussions where themes would range from the history of SDS and SNICC to how to end the Vietnam War.

As It Should Be: Moving On From 9/11

Mike Doyle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Mike Doyle

You can hold onto the past only for so long until looking backward becomes fear of moving forward. Sometimes a day should just be a day.

Bernie Madoff's Manhattan Penthouse Up For Sale (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's where Bernard Madoff broke down and confessed to his massive fraud, frantically wrote checks for millions of dollars as the sche...

New Apartments Are Too Little, Cost Too Much For Residents Losing Homes To Second Avenue Subway Work

New York Times | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Finding an apartment in Manhattan can be tough. Just ask the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Next year, dozens of New Yorkers in some of the c...

For The Perfect End-Of-Summer Cocktail, Keep It Simple: In Praise Of The Gin & Tonic

Tony Sachs | Posted 03.23.2012 | Home
Tony Sachs

I was intrigued when an invitation came down the pike to attend a talk/demo about the humble gin & tonic, sponsored by Tanqueray and featuring globe-trotting brand ambassador Angus Winchester.