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Review: Politics and old-style humor in 'Fiorello'
What goes around comes around. It's a key principle in politics, and apparently in musical theater, too. In the 1940s Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia saved ...
Ed Koch, New York's feisty mayor, dies at 88
When Ed Koch was mayor, it seemed as if all of New York was being run by a deli counterman. Koch was funny, irritable, opinionated, often rude and ...
NYC's landmark Grand Central Terminal turns 100
Grand Central station, once in danger of being demolished, is celebrating its 100th birthday with speeches, a brass band and a rollback to 1913 prices ...
Fights have spiked in another shortened NHL season
Wanna fight? If you're an NHL player, you can probably find somebody to drop the gloves. A lockout-delayed and shortened season has created a spike ...
Former NYC mayor Koch moved to intensive care
Former Mayor Ed Koch has been moved to intensive care for closer monitoring of the fluid in his lungs and legs, his spokesman said Thursday.
Constellation sinks as US sues to block beer deal
Shares of Constellation Brands sank Thursday after the U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging Anheuser-Busch InBev's proposed ...
Heat blow out Nets in 2nd half, win 105-85
LeBron James arrived in Brooklyn to an unfriendly welcome from the Nets' Reggie Evans, who downplayed Miami's title and James' talents. Bad idea, ...
Latest A-Rod troubles have team frustrated
Alex Rodriguez was speaking on a conference call. "A huge debacle," he said. "Distasteful." That was on Dec. 13, 2007, when he re-signed with the New ...
Review: Examining anger, empathy in 'All The Rage'
In the opening of Martin Moran's new solo play, "All the Rage," an introspective but lively memoir, the performer tells the story of a bitter family ...
Operator, contractor cited in NYC crane collapse
A crane operator and a contractor didn't inspect equipment, failed to take proper precautions and ran the rig unsafely before it collapsed while ...
Syracuse-St. John's series still on through '14-15
Syracuse and St. John's started their basketball rivalry more than a century ago, and it will go for at least two more years even as the original ...
A-Rod implicated in PED use again as MLB probes
Alex Rodriguez is in the middle of Major League Baseball's latest doping investigation after an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball's ...
Billionaire (not that one) announces NYC mayor bid
From one billionaire mayor of New York City to another? Businessman John Catsimatidis is hoping so. Catsimatidis, whose business interests include ...
3 months after Sandy, victims waiting for relief
Devon Lawrence neatly stacked bricks on the gas burner of his kitchen stove and turned up the blue flame, creating a sort of radiator that warmed the ...
NJ man in Hudson plane crash called wife, then 911
A man who was plucked from a plane crash in the icy Hudson River said Tuesday that he wasn't sure he'd survive, and he'd contacted 911 only after ...
A final '30 Rock' showcases its unsung music man
"When stuff is coming to an end, people freak out and they act crazy," says Liz Lemon. Liz and all the characters of "30 Rock" are doing just that on ...
Pacino's late comedic turn also a homecoming
Al Pacino, energized by a conversation that has inevitably turned to the intricacies of acting, is snapping his fingers. "When you get me on the ...
NYC pulling down 'Don't Honk' signs
New York City's "Don't Honk" signs are coming down, but it's still against the law to blow a car horn unnecessarily. The city Department of ...
Rockets hand Jazz worst home loss, 125-80
The Houston Rockets had plenty of trouble getting to Salt Lake City as a blizzard left them grounded for a while in western Colorado. Once they ...
TV veteran developing news show for Fuse
The Fuse television network has turned to news veteran Rick Kaplan, who has run CNN and MSNBC and produced programs like "Nightline," to develop a ...
Jeter on field for 1st time since breaking ankle
Derek Jeter worked out on a baseball field Monday for the first time since breaking his left ankle last October. The 38-year-old New York Yankees ...
35,000 more NYC-area buildings in flood zones
Twice as many homes and businesses in and near the city would be in flood zones under new maps that may force more property-owners to buy flood ...
Pavano hospitalized following spleen removal
Carl Pavano's spleen was removed last week after the pitcher was injured when he fell in the snow. The 37-year-old right-hander was hurt in ...
Anthony's 9 3s, 42 points lead Knicks over Hawks
Carmelo Anthony was so locked in, he didn't even realize how far he was shooting from. Those 3-pointers put him in the record book. A drive to the ...
A new market, black as ink, in NYC: printer toner
Manhattan hospital clerk Marque Gumbs was doing so well moonlighting as a peddler of stolen property that he drove a BMW, shopped at designer stores ...