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NYC club where Chris Brown, Drake fought is closed
Police have shut down a New York City nightclub where singer Chris Brown and rapper Drake's entourage got into a bottle-throwing brawl. A New York ...
Phil Jackson says 'there might be' a job he'd take
Phil Jackson says "there might be" an NBA job that would lure him out of retirement. The 11-time NBA champion coach tells HBO's "Real Sports" that the ...
Copper heiress' huge gifts spotlighted in NY court
Her nurse was showered with almost $28 million in gifts, including three Manhattan apartments, two homes elsewhere and a $1.2 million Stradivarius ...
What do you call that new skyscraper in New York?
When President Barack Obama came to New York City this week, his first stop was at that tall building under construction at the corner of West and ...
NYPD probe report of gunshots in Chris Brown brawl
New York City police are investigating whether shots were fired inside a nightclub during a bottle-throwing brawl involving singer Chris Brown and ...
Perilous new Vegas water pipeline claims a life
Just six miles from where the Hoover Dam holds back the largest reservoir in the nation, workers are struggling against solid rock, geologic faults ...
Bugs, rain and magic - Shakespeare in the Park
Liev Schreiber will never forget the beautiful white bird that showed up mysteriously during a performance of "Othello." It was the summer of 1991 and ...
Comparing prices for tourist itinerary in 5 cities
The Associated Press sent reporters out with a tourist's itinerary on a weekday in June in five cities around the world — New York, Paris, Tokyo, ...
A tourist's day in 5 cities: Expensive, exhausting
It's an hour on line to the top of the Empire State Building and $82 for a cab from Haneda Airport in Tokyo. The Louvre Museum is closed on Tuesdays, ...
Obama turns to NYC celebrities for campaign cash
President Barack Obama soaked in the support — and the campaign cash — of Manhattan's elite entertainers Thursday as his re-election team sought to ...
Matt Cain gem gives Giants a perfect game at last
Matt Cain tossed and turned and managed all of about four hours of sleep following his history-making gem for the Giants. Perfectly understandable.
Brown, girlfriend and bodyguard injured in brawl
Singer Chris Brown, his girlfriend and his bodyguard were injured when a dance floor showdown with members of hip-hop star Drake's entourage turned ...
Torre to manage USA at World Baseball Classic
Joe Torre is returning to the dugout next year — to manage the United States at the World Baseball Classic. Torre, who turns 72 next month, guided the ...
NYC ban on big sodas could face legal test
If New York City bans big sodas, what's next on the list? Large slices of pizza? Double-scoop ice cream cones? Tubs of movie-theater popcorn? The ...
USTA plans massive makeover for US Open facilities
The U.S. Tennis Association plans to give the home of the U.S. Open a makeover that will cost it hundreds of millions of dollars, but does not include ...
Mets' Dickey holds Rays to 1 hit for 10th win
R.A. Dickey nearly gave the New York Mets their second no-hitter in two weeks. Now that would have been something — especially considering it took ...
Q&A on plans to expand the Internet address system
Proposals for Internet addresses ending in ".pizza," ''.space" and ".auto" are among the nearly 2,000 submitted as part of the largest expansion in ...
Dems, GOP claim national meaning in House election
Based on recent precedent, Democrat Ron Barber's special election triumph in a Republican-heavy Arizona congressional district portends little or ...
Parise wants to stay a Devil, says no to Rangers
With free agency looming in less than three weeks, New Jersey Devils captain Zach Parise has crossed the rival Rangers off his list of potential ...
NYC officer pleads not guilty to manslaughter
A police officer was indicted Wednesday in the death of an unarmed drug suspect, the first time a New York City officer has faced criminal charges in ...
Lucky, a little dog with a big mission, dies in NY
A little dog with a big mission and a pack of celebrity sidekicks has lost her battle with cancer. Lucky Diamond died Tuesday, in her dog bed at her ...