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NY Cops Probe 2 Similar Bombings
NY Cops Probe
2 Similar
Bombings
Mar 7, 2008 5:10 AM CST

NY Cops Probe 2 Similar Bombings

Serial bomber could be at work in Manhattan

(Newser) - Police and federal agents are looking into striking similarities between yesterday's Times Square bombing and two earlier explosions to determine if there could be a serial bomber at work, the New York Times reports. The device, timing, method of delivery and suspect in the Times Square attack at a military...

Letters Linked to NYC Bombing Claim 'We Did It'

They were sent to Capitol Hill; bomber remains unknown

(Newser) - As many as 10 Capitol Hill offices received letters today with a photo of a man standing in front of the Times Square military recruiting office before it was struck by a small bomb. A message with the photo reads, “Happy New Year, We Did It,” the AP...

Explosion Hits Times Square Recruiting Office

None injured in blast that damaged entrance

(Newser) - Police are investigating an explosion that shattered the entrance to an Army recruitment office in Times Square early this morning, the AP reports. No one was injured, but police cordoned off the area, and prevented subway trains from stopping in the square briefly. “I was up on the 44th...

All the News That's Fit to Invent: The Onion Hits 20

From a Wisconsin dorm to a NYC highrise, satirical newspaper's key lies in lies

(Newser) - When a wisecracking newspaper was born in a Wisconsin dorm room in 1988, no one predicted it would one day be installed in sleek Manhattan offices, producing fake print and television news, and rolling in dough. But the Onion's president isn’t surprised, CBS reports. The paper “attracts this...

Philip Glass: Trained By Life
Philip Glass: Trained By Life
Feb 29, 2008 7:24 PM CST

Philip Glass: Trained By Life

Minimalist composer talks odd jobs, '60s NYC, making money and using drugs

(Newser) - Philip Glass paid $30 in rent in 1960s New York City, drove a cab to support his composing, and didn't make a dime on his work until he was 41. "I was trained by life," Glass tells Details of working at the kitchen table while his kids watched...

Berkshire Hathaway's Q4 Income Off 18%

Insurance-industry woes mean 'that party is over,' Buffett says

(Newser) - Citing a decline in gains from insurance underwriting and sluggish investment returns, holding company Berkshire Hathaway said today that fourth-quarter income was off 18%—to $2.95 billion, from $3.58 billion—from a year earlier, the Wall Street Journal reports. Billionaire chairman Warren Buffett snuck in digs at Wall...

Previewing What's Next in Social Networks

NY meeting introduces new services to new media leaders

(Newser) - What’s next for online social networking? A heavy dose of geography, writes David Kirkpatrick in Fortune’s Fast Forward. At a real-life meeting for 100 new-media notables in New York, one hot topic was adding location information to user-driven sites so that “not only will you know what...

Leap Day Cocktails Lost to Time
Leap Day Cocktails Lost to Time
OPINION
Feb 29, 2008 11:27 AM CST

Leap Day Cocktails Lost to Time

Drinks passé, along with Sadie Hawkins-style man-chasing

(Newser) - Feb. 29 still comes once every four years, but celebratory cocktails marking the bissextile have gone out of fashion—along with a leap-year tradition that requires plenty of liquid courage, Eric Felten notes in the Wall Street Journal. Women who proposed marriage during the leap year could not be denied;...

Bloomberg: I'm Not Running
Bloomberg: I'm Not Running
Feb 27, 2008 11:12 PM CST

Bloomberg: I'm Not Running

NYC's mayor ends long flirtation with independent bid

(Newser) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he will not run for president but will remain active in the campaign and try to "steer the national conversation away from partisanship and toward unity." In an op-ed piece in today's New York Times, Bloomberg puts to rest the long-running...

'Net Runs Messengers Off Road
'Net Runs Messengers Off Road
Feb 26, 2008 3:10 PM CST

'Net Runs Messengers Off Road

Pedal pushers have less and less work

(Newser) - Bike messengers, nearly ubiquitous in many cities in the '90s, are declining in numbers as internet transmission of documents cuts into their business. Seattle has fewer than half the number of active messengers it did 10 years ago, and New York has lost more than 1,000 couriers in the...

New York Loves Euros
New York
Loves Euros
Feb 25, 2008 11:35 AM CST

New York Loves Euros

Awash in tourists, Big Apple shops welcome stronger currency

(Newser) - Wander through the Big Apple these days and you’ll see signs like “Euros accepted!” and even “Euros Only.” The latter is a joke—dollars are accepted, as are British pounds—but many New York City merchants are more than willing to accept visitors' currency, the...

10 Must-See Big Apple Buildings
10 Must-See Big Apple Buildings 
Feb 25, 2008 6:35 AM CST

10 Must-See Big Apple Buildings

There's plenty of NYC beyond the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty

(Newser) - Headed to New York for a burst of sightseeing? Trade the Statue of Liberty for a tour of the Big Apple’s 10 must-see buildings, as compiled by the Center for Architecture:
  1. Conde Nast Building
  2. Brooklyn Museum
  3. Prada New York
  4. Rose Center For Earth And Space
  5. Apple Store Soho
 

Storm Snarls NE Flights
Storm Snarls NE Flights
Feb 22, 2008 7:03 PM CST

Storm Snarls NE Flights

Snow falls from Ohio to New England; icy roads kill 5 in Missouri

(Newser) - A nasty winter storm swept across the country today, forcing major flight delays at New York City airports, closing schools from Ohio to Connecticut, and causing road accidents in Missouri that left 5 dead, the AP reports. Heavy snowfall in the New York metro area grounded 900 flights and led...

Ashton's A-List Pals Exposed to Hepatitis A?

Vaccinations urged for party guests like Madonna, Liv Tyler

(Newser) - Guests at Ashton Kutcher's birthday bash may have brought home more than just goodie bags, E! Online reports. The big shots celebrating the star's 30th birthday at a swanky New York club are being urged by the state health department to get vaccinations—turns out, one of the bartenders working...

You've Got No Mail: DC Techies Ponder Life After AOL

Relocation is struggling sector's latest setback

(Newser) - AOL is moving its HQ to New York, cutting nearly half of its 5,700 DC-area jobs, and leaving serious questions about the Washington, DC area’s tech industry in its wake. AOL’s declining fortunes have already hurt the sector, but local techies and VCs have fought back with...

Shrink Killer Suspect Acts Up at Hearing

Accused derides lawyer, asks for food as charges are read

(Newser) - The suspected killer of a New York psychologist shocked observers at a hearing today by ridiculing his lawyer and asking for food, the New York Post reports. The judge ordered a psychiatric evaluation of David Tarloff, who was charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of Kathryn Faughey and attempted...

Cops Arrest Suspect in Shrink Slaying
Cops Arrest Suspect in Shrink Slaying
UPDATED
Feb 16, 2008 4:20 PM CST

Cops Arrest Suspect in Shrink Slaying

Patient claims he only planned to rob his psychiatrist

(Newser) - Police arrested an "emotionally disturbed" patient today for brutally slaying a New York psychologist earlier this week, the New York Post reports. Suspect David Tarloff "made statements implicating himself in the homicide," police said, and was identified by four witnesses as the killer of psychologist Kathryn Faughey....

Meat Cleaver Murder Hunt Hits Roadblocks

Cops can't check patient files; top suspect has alibi

(Newser) - Yesterday police thought they had found the man who viciously stabbed a Manhattan psychologist to death. But after 9 hours of questioning, the prime suspect in the murder of Kathryn Faughey was released after his alibi checked out. Frustrated investigators turned to Faughey’s patient records, only to learn that...

'Get Some' Condoms Free in NY
'Get Some' Condoms Free in NY
Feb 14, 2008 1:49 PM CST

'Get Some' Condoms Free in NY

City hopes hipper packaging, dispensers encourage residents to 'get some'

(Newser) - Last Valentine’s Day, New York City unveiled the “NYC Condom,” a free prophylactic designed to make safe sex cool. Today, the program gets a facelift with new packing for the condom—and an ad campaign that urges New Yorkers to "get some." “Good design...

Man Hacks Shrink to Death in NY Office

Police hunt killer who wielded meat cleaver in furious assault

(Newser) - Police are urgently hunting an unidentified man who walked into a New York psychologist's office Tuesday night and hacked her to death with a meat cleaver. Another doctor, who came to her rescue, was also slashed and left in critical condition, the New York Post reports. The killer pinned him...

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