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Manhattan stories: 71 news summaries

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life imitates art

 Most of 
 Manhattan 
 Is Single 

Census shows 50.3% live alone

Oct 30, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Depending on your point of view, New York is either a very lonely city or a great place to get laid. The number of singles in the Big Apple, already at a historic high, keeps rising, according to new Census data. In Manhattan, a whopping 50.3% of people live... More »

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New York City • Manhattan • marriage • US Census • Census data • single people • singles • women's issues

DAVID OWEN

 Go Green: Move to NY 

Space-guzzling homeowners in countryside exact bigger toll

Oct 27, 09 2:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vermont has been hailed as the greenest place in America but its residents need to look to Manhattan for some real low-impact living, argues David Owen. Vermonters might feel green with all that countryside around, but they lack the public transport and low energy use that makes New York City... More »

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environment • New York City • Manhattan • Vermont • cities • environmental impact • population density

UNHOLY CAMPAIGN

 Atheist Ads to 
 Hit NYC Subways 

Coalition to launch godless monthlong campaign

Oct 21, 09 5:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight atheist organizations are the creators of a unique month-long ad campaign beginning next week in Manhattan subways that will challenge the belief in God. "A million New Yorkers are good without God. Are you?" the ads will ask on posters featuring blue sky and clouds. Because the city's... More »

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New York • Manhattan • religion • God • church • advertisements • atheism • NYC Subway • New York City Subway • atheists • ad campaign • god is dead

Slideshow

 Inside the Madoff Homes 

The government prepares to auction off the Ponzi penthouse

Sep 9, 09 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - America’s most luxurious crime scene is for sale. The US Marshals Service will auction off Bernie Madoff’s 4,000-square-foot Manhattan penthouse duplex this week, and it gave AP photographers a look inside the premises, which Madoff valued at $7 million. For photos of the swank pad, along with... More »

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real estate • Manhattan • Palm Beach • Bernard Madoff

 Wildlife Group Disowns 9/11 Ad 

WWF actually rejected 9/11-themed advertisement

Sep 2, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The World Wildlife Fund has been blasted for an ad bearing its logo that shows a slew of planes bearing down on New York City. The latest twist: WWF never authorized it. In fact, it's just a spec ad created by a Brazil agency that was quickly rejected by the... More »

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advertising • Manhattan • World Wildlife Fund • offensive • 9/11 attacks

(Newser) - Manhattan's Riverside Park cops put the squeeze on a kid selling lemonade with a $50 fine for doing business without a permit yesterday. "It was such a hot day I figured people would want a cold drink," said Clementine Lee, 10, dreaming of liquidity. Thick-skinned police made Clementine... More »

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Manhattan • ticket • fine • Riverside Park • lemonade

OPINION

 'Dowdy' JCPenney 
 Tries to Take Manhattan 

 Penney's Brings Size 16 Back to NYC 

Aug 12, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - JCPenney recently invaded Manhattan, “and the most frequent question on New York’s collective lips seems to be: Why?” writes Cintra Wilson in the Times. “Why would this dowdy Middle American entity waddle into Midtown in its big old shorts and flip-flops without even bothering to update... More »

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fashion • New York City • Manhattan • department stores • J.C. Penney • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - The girlfriend of Michael Douglas' elder son has been busted after trying to smuggle 19 glassine envelopes of heroin to her boyfriend, police told the New York Post. The drugs were hidden in a black bag carrying an electric toothbrush and delivered to Cameron Douglas, 30, at mother Diandra Douglas'... More »

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Manhattan • heroin • house arrest • arrest • smuggler • crystal meth • Michael Douglas • Diandra Douglas • drug smuggling • Cameron Douglas • drug arrest

 Fear Saved Helicopter Mom 


Aug 10, 09 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Italian mom too frightened to take a helicopter tour of Manhattan saved her life—but lost most of her family as the copter collided with a plane over the Hudson River, reports the New York Daily News. Silvia Rigamonti got cold feet at the last minute. The tour was... More »

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New Jersey • Manhattan • Italy • plane crash • helicopter • Hudson River • helicopter crash • Bologna • Hoboken

 Rihanna, Brown 
 Spend Weekend 
 in Same Hotel 

Coincidence, or covert meeting?

Jul 26, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna and Chris Brown spent this weekend at separate rooms in the Trump Tower Hotel in Manhattan, the New York Post reports. The two weren’t seen together—which would be a violation of a restraining order issued against Brown—but left and returned to the hotel several times in... More »

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Donald Trump • Manhattan • celebrity • assault • Rihanna • restraining order • Chris Brown

OPINION

Wedding Military Means Divorcing Manhattan

High society is into service, Army wife says, but not armed forces

Jul 22, 09 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - When her Manhattan colleagues found out Chloe Kamarck was marrying an Army officer, she got a lot of questions: “But why? So he supports the war? Is he a Republican?” This generation is into service—the recession has driven many to the Peace Corps, Teach for America, and the... More »

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military • Manhattan • wife • class divide • class

OPINION

 Gawker Catches HuffPo 
 Falling for Hoax 




Arianna must be thrilled, Gawker blogger muses

Jul 22, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - An airport in Central Park? Sounds ridiculous, but the Huffington Post fell for it yesterday—much to the delight and amusement of Gawker. HuffPo ran a satirical story on its homepage last night (caught in a screenshot by Gawker before it was removed) with what appeared to be a straight... More »

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online media • New York City • Manhattan • airport • hoax • Gawker • Central Park • Huffington Post

(Newser) - Jon and Kate Gosselin were both in Manhattan this weekend—but decidedly not together. While Kate's security guards fended off a mob of paparazzi as she headed with the kids to a photo shoot, Jon was moving into his tony new digs near Lincoln Center—solo. The wayward hubby picked... More »

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television • divorce • Manhattan • TV ratings • TLC • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

 Brangelina Shop NYC Digs 

Hollywood royalty looking to spend $25M for Upper West Side condo

Jul 12, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tired of renting when in the Big Apple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie just want a place of their own, the New York Daily News reports. The power duo has been quietly checking out the Apthorp, a historic Upper West Side landmark, and is ready to spend as much as... More »

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Angelina Jolie • real estate • New York real estate • Brad Pitt • Manhattan

GLOSSIES

 NYC Prep Paints Sad 
 Picture of City's Excess 

Parents, schools angry at 'manipulative' show

Jul 6, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Post-crash New York City has become a symbol of spiritual emptiness, writes Vanessa Grigoriadis for New York magazine. NYC Prep is the latest reality show to exploit this symbolism, allowing the rest of America to watch Manhattan’s lost souls—this time, teenagers—pursue decadence and social standing. In the... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • New York City • wealth • Manhattan • money • Real Housewives of New York City • NYC Prep

 Marshals Seize 
 Ruth Madoff's 
 Penthouse 

She 'left voluntarily': lawyer

Jul 2, 09 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Marshals seized Ruth Madoff’s $7 million Manhattan penthouse today after she made a deal to give it up last week, the New York Post reports. Madoff “left voluntarily and in an orderly manner to which all sides agreed,” said her lawyer. “We’re not here... More »

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New York • Manhattan • eviction • Ponzi scheme • U.S. Marshals Service • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff

How Will Ruth Madoff Survive on Just $2.5M?

With $125K to spend yearly, time to trade in the pair of Mercedes

Jun 29, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - With just $2.5 million at her disposal as her husband heads to jail, Ruth Madoff won't exactly be sentenced to penury, but she'll have to cut her annual expenses to the low six figures if she wants it to last her lifetime, reports Brett Arends of the Wall Street ... More »

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Florida • fraud • crime • Manhattan • lifestyle • federal prison • settlement • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff

Where's the
Money, Bernie?


Jun 29, 09 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators have only recovered $1.2 billion of the $13.2 billion bilked from investors by Bernard Madoff since 1995, reports the Wall Street Journal. Eligible victims may be compensated up to $500,000 by the Securities Investor Protection Corp., but the rest will have to come from whatever investigators... More »

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Manhattan • investors • sentencing • Ponzi scheme • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff

(Newser) - Calvin Klein has ditched a controversial Manhattan "foursome" billboard after angry New Yorkers complained that the ad was too much even for them, reports the New York Daily News. The ad, showing a teenage girl wearing only her Calvins making out with two stud muffins on a couch, as... More »

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New York City • Manhattan • jeans • Calvin Klein • bikini • orgy • billboards

(Newser) - As foreclosure sales begin to lure buyers back to the housing market in some parts of the country, realtors in New York are finding the market crisis has come home to roost, Reuters reports. Things are bad and could soon be much worse. Condo sales in Manhattan have plummeted 71%... More »

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New York City • Manhattan • housing market • home sales • housing crisis • luxury condo • Hamptons

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