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World Trade Center Finally Gets Its Spire (Photos)

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:24:53 +0000

One World Trade Center, which will soon become the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, received one of its final pieces today: the spire that will sit atop the skyscraper. A crane raised the 408-foot, 700-ton spire from the ground on Thursday, in a process watched by dozens at the Lower Manhattan site where the [...]

Ring In 2013 With Your Favorite Mix Artists On TV

Lucky Larry — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:03:58 +0000

Dick Clark started the New Year's Eve party to ring in the new year in New York City more than forty years ago and even after his passing, the tradition continues with Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve on ABC. Since then, a lot of other TV networks have put together their own New Year's Eve parties and with so many of them it's hard to keep track of what artists are playing on what show.

Another Day, Another Arrest For Lindsay Lohan [POLL/VIDEO]

Lucky Larry — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:53:50 +0000

There was a time in history when a Hollywood star was arrested it would be big news, well that’s kinda true still, but becoming more routine for Lindsay Lohan it seems these days. She was arrested in New York City again this morning for fighting with another woman in a club. It all began around [...]

See the 'Apocalyptic' Moment the Lights Went Out in New York City [VIDEO]

Leslie Reynolds — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:30:30 +0000

Hurricane Sandy has caused the most destruction to the north east that anyone has ever seen. Some of the most popular cities in the country are deserted. There is no one in sight, no lights to be seen for miles. It's desolate and devastating. As if the storm and flooding wasn't bad enough, there are almost a million people without power. One man was filming the flood and the storm, and happened to catch the moment the brightest city in the country went black.

After Sandy, a Major Above-Ground Rat Invasion May Be Next for New York

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:30:02 +0000

If you've spent time in New York City, you've seen your share of rats. The most common place to spot the unpopular rodents is in the city's subways. Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, many of the subway tunnels are currently flooded, leaving the rats nowhere to go but up.

And according to experts, they will have no problem doing so.

See Eerie Photos of New York City's Abandoned Subway Stations

Emerald Catron — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:00:56 +0000

In case you missed it -- there's a storm a-brewin'! Hurricane Sandy is lurching her way up the coast, heading for us all. Yesterday, the MTA announced it was shutting down trains in NYC at 7 pm and buses at 9pm. Here are some pictures from their official Flickr page taunting us with how delightfully empty all the stations are right now.

FBI Foils Plot to Bomb Federal Reserve Building in New York

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:15:59 +0000

A man drove from Long Island, New York, into Lower Manhattan earlier today in a van he thought was filled with explosives. He parked the van close to the Federal Reserve building, just a few blocks from the World Trade Center, and planned to detonate it using a cell phone from a nearby hotel.

The explosives, however, were fake.

Two Wall Street Guys Fight Over NYC Cab Like Children

Donald Deane — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:00:14 +0000

In amateur video that will gladden the hearts of the 99%, two apparent Wall Street-types engage in a silly fight over a New York City cab. But maybe we shouldn’t judge. You know how hard it is to find a cab in Manhattan sometimes? The two businessmen fight like children as they attempt to make [...]

Jeffrey Johnson Identified As Empire State Building Shooter

Shauna Wright — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:54:58 +0000

A man who shot and killed a former co-worker near the Empire State Building on Friday morning has now been identified as 53-year-old Jeffrey Johnson. Police say that about a year ago, Johnson was laid off from Hazan Imports, where he’d worked as women’s accessories designer. During his tenure with the company, he and a [...]

Several Shot, Two Dead Outside Empire State Building

Dave Goldman — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:56:00 +0000

Two law enforcement officials in New York City say a recently fired store worker shot a former colleague to death and then randomly opened fire on others near the Empire State Building. They say the gunman was shot and killed by police. The officials say eight other people were struck by bullets but those injuries [...]

Lady Gaga Fame Billboard Dominates Times Square

Amy Sciarretto — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:00:13 +0000

We always knew Lady Gaga was larger-than-life in a metaphorical sense. But she is literally just that in the towering billboard for her upcoming Fame fragrance, which utterly dominates Times Square. The billboard, which is the same image as the first print ad, featuring a naked Gaga being scaled by dozens of mini-men while wearing a latex mask and slicked back blonde hair, stretches across 7,400 square feet of the tourist haven’s southeast corner.

New York Is the City Where Americans Would Most and Least Like To Live — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:30:51 +0000

A new survey has found that New York is the city Americans where they would most and least like to live. Harris Interactive asked 2,463 adults what city they would prefer to live in or near, not including the city they currently reside. Following the Big Apple on the best city to live list was [...]

Billie Joe Armstong Back On Broadway

Lucky Larry — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:45:59 +0000

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day will begin his final run on Broadway this week as “St. Jimmy” in Green Day’s American Idiot theater production. Armstong told Vh1 radio network what he thinks of the musical someday becoming a film