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Beth Arnold | Posted 11.26.2009 | Living


Beth Arnold

GROWING UP IN Arkansas, we relished our Thanksgiving turkeys. Mother roasted them until the skin was crispy brown, and even the white meat was juicy. ...

NYC Airports Crack Down On Unlicensed Airport Taxis

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — With the holiday travel season gearing up, authorities are cracking down on the swarms of unlicensed taxi drivers who hustle passenge...

Seven Charged With Falsifying Building Documents

nytimes.com | WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York


Federal and local authorities arrested seven people on Tuesday, on charges they falsified testing documents at four New York City area construction pr...

Peter Cocker, Ex-NYPD, Held Superintendent Hostage Over School's Swine Flu Policy

AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York


NEW CITY, N.Y. — A former New York City police officer has admitted he held a suburban school superintendent at gunpoint in June. Peter Cocker ...

9/11 Text Messages Released: Wikileaks Publishes Intercepted Government Pager Texts As They Were Sent

Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics


Government employees sent more than 500,000 text pager messages In the hours before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. At 3 a.m. (...

Rev. Aaron Cote, Pedophile Priest, Found Living Near Catholic High School

nydailynews.com | Lore Croghan and Corky Siemaszko | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York


Rev. Aaron Cote, an unrepentant pedophile priest on probation for molesting a 14-year-old altar boy, is living right around the corner from an East Si...

New York City on the Brink: The Truth Behind "The Darkness"

Jason Pinter | Posted 11.24.2009 | Books


Jason Pinter

With unemployment skyrocketing, the city facing a $5 billion gap, with fewer cops on the streets and more people needing to do whatever it takes to survive, New York City is a powder keg.

Video: Modern Day Gold Rush Underway

MSNBC | MSNBC | Posted 11.24.2009 | Home


The dollar's drop has been a bonanza for gold investors, helping drive the precious metal to one record high after another. CNBC's Scott Cohn heads to...

Gerardo Sanchez, Alleged D Train Killer, Acted Crazy Before Slashing

nypost.com | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


The seething straphanger who slashed a subway rider to death in front of petrified passengers was unprovoked and belligerent from the moment he steppe...

Food Emergencies Up 21 Percent Over Last Year In New York

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. — The recession may be easing, but the urgent need to feed New York's hungry is still sharp. The number of people seeking emergenc...

New York Subway Performers Project: Help Capture and Map The City's Street Talent (VIDEO)

Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


While subway systems outside of New York might be cleaner and break down less often -- and let's be honest, most of them do -- few are as filled with ...

Bronx Fire Claims Seven Homes

nypost.com | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


More than 30 people were left homeless last night when fire swept through a row of houses in The Bronx....

Extell Breaks Its Deal With The Upper West Side

Marta Hallowell | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York


Marta Hallowell

The developer Extell is quietly pushing for big changes to its Riverside Center project, enclosed by 59th and 61st Streets, West End Avenue and Riverside Boulevard.

America’s Debts: Past and Present Views

Room Eight | Room Eight | Posted 11.22.2009 | Home


Suddenly, there is a great deal of concern about America's federal debt, not only among the Chinese to whom a great deal of it is owed, but also among...

Flava Flav On Khaleid Sheik Mohammed's Upcoming Trial In New York City

Liz Glover | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment


Liz Glover

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Inspired By Oprah, Homeless Guy Ends 25 Years of Shouting at Passersby

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.21.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

A homeless man who began shouting at New Yorkers in 1985 said that Oprah Winfrey was the inspiration behind his decision to call it quits in early 2010.

Things to do this week in NYC Nov 21-Nov 28: Museums

City Guide. | City Guide | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home


Some of the world's most impressive museums and exhibits are in New York?including the Whitney, the Guggenheim, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and...

MetroCards Get "Optimism"

nytimes.com | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York


New York's latest large-scale public art project is being exhibited in an unlikely space: your wallet. On the back of seven million MetroCards distrib...

Jason Linkins

Rap Legend Flavor Flav: 9/11 Terrorists Should Be Tried In NYC

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media


What will it take to convince dead-enders that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his 9/11 masterminding ilk should be tried in federal court in New York City...

Quakers and Shakers: Giuliani and Paterson Unlikely Bedfellows in the Axis of Anxiety

Adam Hanft | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York


Adam Hanft

Tough-guy Rudy Giuliani and touchy-feely David Paterson are in unlikely and violent agreement: making Manhattan Ground Zero for the Khalid Sheik Mohammed trial is a very bad idea.

Bloomberg: Layoffs Likely But Windfall Will Save Police, Firemen Jobs

nydailynews.com | Adam Lisberg and Erin Einhorn | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York


Mayor Bloomberg's administration quietly reported an unexpected tax windfall of $683 million this year - of which $145 million will exempt cops, firef...

Could Mark Sanchez Become the Face Of Mexican NYC?

Patrick Sauer | Posted 11.18.2009 | Sports


Patrick Sauer

Sanchez is concentrating on football for now, but it will be interesting to see if his relationship with his new city's Mexican community grows along with his stature.

Midtown Manhattan Makes A Comeback

The New York Observer | Irina Aleksander and Meredith Bryan | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York


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

Wall Street Profits On Pace For Record, Industry Recovering 'Faster Than Expected': NY State Comptroller

Posted 11.19.2009 | Business


It took Wall Street just one year to make its way back to record profits. According to a report released Tuesday by the comptroller of New York State...

Goldman Sachs, Warren Buffett To Help Small Businesses

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business


NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Tuesday it is teaming with billionaire investor Warren Buffett to invest $500 million to provide thousands o...