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  • July 2008

    • Madonna 'Loves' A-Rod Scandal

      New York Post  |  Jul 15, 08 11:04 AM CDT

      Madonna 'Loves' A-Rod Scandal

      (Newser) - Madonna is reveling in the attention she's getting from the Alex Rodriguez scandal and is considering fueling the frenzy by attending today's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, the New York Post reports. "She doesn't care about the press it will get—she loves it,” a friend said. More »

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      New York City  • New York Yankees  • Alex Rodriguez  • Madonna  • celebrity divorces  • Yankee Stadium  • Guy Ritchie  • publicity stunt

    • Ledger's Dad: Dark Knight 'Very Good'

      People  |  Jul 15, 08 9:47 AM CDT

      Ledger's Dad: Dark Knight 'Very Good'

      (Newser) - Heath Ledger’s parents and older sister turned out for last night’s premiere of The Dark Knight but bypassed the red carpet where the cast paid tribute to the late actor and his performance, People reports. Ledger’s dad, Kim, left the theater giving thumbs up and saying the film was “very good.” More »

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      New York City  • movie review  • Heath Ledger  • celebrity parents  • The Dark Knight  • Kim Ledger  • Maggie Gyllenhaal

    • Wall Street's Wealthy Can't Nab Apartments

      New York Times  |  Jul 12, 08 1:50 PM CDT

      Wall Street's Wealthy Can't Nab Apartments

      (Newser) - Manhattan’s most rabid real estate buyers are finding that a million-dollar bonus doesn't cut it anymore, the New York Times reports. With markets in turmoil, Wall Street bankers' staggering bonuses are in jeopardy, and apartment sellers are taking note. “They’re looking for people who have stable incomes that are not so market dependent,” one mortgage company president said. More »

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      New York City  • Wall Street  • real estate  • Manhattan  • condominium  • investment bankers  • New York real estate

    • Blood Clots Killed Woman in Waiting Room

      CNN  |  Jul 12, 08 10:02 AM CDT

      Blood Clots Killed Woman in Waiting Room

      (Newser) - The death of a woman on the floor of a Brooklyn hospital was caused by blood clots from extended inactivity, CNN reports. Chronic deep vein thrombosis formed clots in her legs that eventually reached her lungs. The case has drawn international attention after security-camera footage showed the woman falling to the floor and convulsing, with no one checking on her for an hour. She had sat in the waiting room for more than 24 hours. More »

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      New York City  • health care  • hospital  • Brooklyn  • autopsy  • negligence  • blood clots  • psychiatric treatment center  • Esmin Green  • deep vein thrombosis

    • Raging Rangel Denies Rent Deal

      New York Times  |  Jul 12, 08 5:48 AM CDT

      Raging Rangel Denies Rent Deal

      (Newser) - A testy Charles Rangel yesterday brushed off accusations that he had enjoyed special treatment in occupying four rent-controlled apartments, reports the New York Times . The veteran Democratic congressman denied he had a "sweetheart" deal with his landlord and slammed the Times article that started the controversy. The 78-year-old chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee expressed pride in being a lifelong Harlem resident, and said he pays the "maximum legal rent" for the units. More »

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      New York City  • housing  • Charles Rangel  • Harlem  • rent  • congressman

    • Rangel Enjoys Sweet Deal on 4 Harlem Apartments

      New York Times  |  Jul 11, 08 2:35 AM CDT

      Rangel Enjoys Sweet Deal on 4 Harlem Apartments

      (Newser) - A powerful Democratic lawmaker is getting a sweet deal on four Harlem apartments, the New York Times reports. Charles Rangel has four rent-stabilized apartments, whose rents are controlled by city law. Three of the apartments are combined into one luxury unit, and the fourth is used as an office—despite the requirement that such apartments be used as a primary residence. More »

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      New York City  • housing  • Charles Rangel  • Harlem  • rent  • congressman

    • Family Wants $25M Over Hospital Death

      CNN  |  Jul 9, 08 11:03 AM CDT

      Family Wants $25M Over Hospital Death

      (Newser) - The family of the woman who died on the waiting-room floor in a Brooklyn hospital plans to sue for $25 million, CNN reports. Esmin Green’s relatives are also pushing for criminal charges against the hospital staff, who they say ignored her and falsified records to say she was up and about when she was actually lying ignored on the floor, dying. More »

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      lawsuit  • New York City  • hospital  • Brooklyn  • patient  • negligence  • psychiatric treatment center  • Esmin Green

    • Wolfe on Felker: New York Was His Invention

      New York  |  Jul 8, 08 2:12 PM CDT

      Wolfe on Felker: New York Was His Invention

      (Newser) - Tom Wolfe writes with great fondness—and more than a little self-indulgence—about the giddy heyday of the New Journalism, when he and Clay Felker, the legendary magazine editor who died last week, collaborated on the invention of New York magazine. With a gimlet eye for status and boundless social appetites--one year he claimed to have eaten dinner at home only eight times—Felker created a sociology of the fabulous and stylish, enabling Wolfe to write some of his best and most influential work. More »

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      New York City  • Tom Wolfe  • Clay Felker

    • NYC Biz Leaders Search for Next Mayor/CEO

      New York Times  |  Jul 7, 08 9:32 AM CDT

      NYC Biz Leaders Search for Next Mayor/CEO

      (Newser) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will vacate his office in 18 months, the New York Times reports, and local business honchos are already hunting for a replacement candidate who shares Bloomberg's financial independence and city-as-a-business approach. "What the business community wants is not just a businessman but a Bloomberg-type businessman, who is not beholden to special interests," said one corporate bigwig. More »

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      New York City  • business  • politics  • Michael Bloomberg  • mayor  • Donald Trump  • billionaires  • Richard Parsons

    • 'Cupid's Cabbie' Rings Up First Engagement

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 5, 08 11:40 AM CDT

      'Cupid's Cabbie' Rings Up First Engagement

      (Newser) - A New York City couple will soon be walking down the aisle thanks to a taxi driver who moonlights as a matchmaker, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ahmed Ibrahim, who offers his services for free, has been trying to match up the singles who jump in his cab ever since the day in 2004 when a tearful young female passenger asked him to find her a new beau. More »

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      New York City  • love  • dating  • taxi  • taxi driver  • matchmaking

    • Israel to Proceed Directly to Jail

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 3, 08 1:50 PM CDT

      Israel to Proceed Directly to Jail

      (Newser) - A federal judge in New York ordered white-collar fugitive Samuel Israel to start serving his 20-year fraud sentence immediately, the Wall Street Journal reports, and ruled that his $500,000 bail be forfeited. "My hope is it will be applied to the resources taxpayers incurred to find Mr. Israel," the judge said. The former hedge-fund manager could face an extra 10 years for fleeing. More »

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      New York City  • prison  • fraud  • fugitive  • bail  • Samuel Israel  • white collar crime  • federal judges

    • A-Rod Keeping Madonna Company

      Us Magazine  |  Jul 2, 08 9:17 AM CDT

      A-Rod Keeping Madonna Company

      (Newser) - With her marriage to Guy Ritchie reportedly on the rocks, Madonna is entertaining nighttime visits from hunky Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, US Weekly reports. A-Rod has dropped by the singer’s New York apartment several times and left “as late as midnight,” a source said, but the Material Girl's rep yesterday strongly denied either a pending divorce or any dalliances. More »

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      celebrity  • New York City  • divorce  • Alex Rodriguez  • Madonna  • celebrity divorces  • affair  • Guy Ritchie

    • Woman Dies, Ignored, on Waiting Room Floor

      CNN  |  Jul 2, 08 7:22 AM CDT

      Woman Dies, Ignored, on Waiting Room Floor

      (Newser) - Recently uncovered surveillance footage shows a woman collapsing in a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital, then lying on the floor for more than an hour while hospital staff ignored her. Esmin Green, 49, had been waiting for treatment for almost 24 hours when she collapsed at 5:32am and lay convulsing on the floor. She stopped moving at 6:07am, and was found dead at 6:35. More »

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      New York City  • hospital  • Brooklyn  • patient  • negligence  • psychiatric treatment center

    • Madonna, Ritchie in Crisis Talks

      Daily Mirror (UK)  |  Jul 1, 08 10:01 AM CDT

      Madonna, Ritchie in Crisis Talks

      (Newser) - Guy Ritchie followed Madonna to New York yesterday to save his marriage—and also huddle with the family accountant in case his attempts fail. Ritchie could land $100 million of his wife’s $800 million fortune so “the lawyers will want to go through the assets with a fine-tooth comb,” a source told the Daily Mirror . More »

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      celebrity  • New York City  • divorce  • Madonna  • celebrity divorces  • Guy Ritchie  • money management  • financial planning

  • June 2008

    • WTC Project Years Behind, Billions Over

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 30, 08 5:59 AM CDT

      WTC Project Years Behind, Billions Over

      (Newser) - The problem-plagued World Trade Center rebuilding project will be completed years behind schedule and up to $3 billion over budget, reports the Wall Street Journal . Construction of the various elements of the $15 billion complex—which includes a sprawling 9/11 memorial, office towers, a performing arts center, and a transportation hub—have been poorly coordinated, triggering a cascade of delays. More »

    • NYC Waterfalls Make a Splash

      New York Daily News  |  Jun 26, 08 7:30 PM CDT

      NYC Waterfalls Make a Splash

      (Newser) - New Yorkers can feast their eyes on an unusual site over the next four months—waterfalls. Four manmade falls, each about 100 feet high, came to life yesterday at different sites along the East River, the Daily News reports. City officials hope the structures—the work of artist Olafur Eliasson—will bring in loads of tourists before they come down in October. More »

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      New York City  • public art

    • The Standoff Over Central Park

      New York  |  Jun 24, 08 1:16 PM CDT

      The Standoff Over Central Park

      (Newser) - Central Park is an oasis in the middle of Manhattan, but it’s also an early-morning battleground. New York magazine surveys the battlefield and finds open hostility. Cyclists shake their fists in rage at headphone-impaired joggers, dogs and owners fear for life and limb at bike crossings, and everyone nurses a hatred of cars. More »

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      New York City  • dog  • running  • bicycling  • Central Park

    • Naked Cowboy to M&Ms: See You in Court

      Reuters  |  Jun 23, 08 5:57 PM CDT

      Naked Cowboy to M&amp;Ms: See You in Court

      (Newser) - The New York street performer known as the Naked Cowboy can sue Mars Inc. for trademark infringement, a judge ruled today, over a singing blue M&M wearing his signature costume on a Times Square billboard, Reuters reports. In seeking $6 million in damages, Robert Burck "plausibly alleges that consumers seeing defendants' advertisements would conclude—incorrectly—that he had endorsed M&M candy," the judge wrote. More »

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      New York City  • Times Square  • Robert Burck  • M&Ms

    • In the Heights Tops Tonys

      New York Times  |  Jun 16, 08 5:22 AM CDT

      In the Heights Tops Tonys

      (Newser) - Last night’s Tony Awards featured an eclectic mix of new shows and revivals, an acceptance-speech rap from a first-time writer, and performances from a variety of musicals young and old. The winners: Best Musical: In the Heights Best Play: August: Osage County Best Revival of a Musical: South Pacific Best Revival of a Play: Boeing-Boeing More »

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      New York City  • theater  • Broadway  • Tony Awards

    • Boy George to Sing for NYC Street Sweepers

      New York Daily News  |  Jun 12, 08 9:32 AM CDT

      Boy George to Sing for NYC Street Sweepers

      (Newser) - Boy George is planning a private gig as a thank-you to the people who helped him keep New York's streets clean during his week of court-ordered community service, the New York Daily News reports. The singer, who says city workers treated him very kindly during his 2006 punishment for wasting police time, will play the sanitation department's family picnic this summer. More »

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      New York City  • concert  • singer  • sanitation  • community service  • Boy George

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