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Manhattan man vows to visit 365 city bars in 365 days!
A Manhattan man is fulfilling every alcoholic's dream-he has pledged to drink at 365 city bars in 365...


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Oprah Winfrey sees herself in Gabourey Sidibe
Oprah Winfrey has revealed she sees a bit of herself in Gabourey...
Demi Moore 'gives daughter pole dancing tips'
Actress Demi Moore reportedly handed out pole-dancing tips to her daughter Rumer Willis at a party in...
'Bachelor' contestant Rozlyn Papa in sex tape scandal
Ousted "Bachelor" contestant Rozlyn Papa has been placed at the centre of a scandal after a sex tape allegedly featuring the model found its way to the...
Simon Cowell on kids: It's 'important to have a lot of me's around'
After consistently saying no to kids for years, Simon Cowell might just end up having children with fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy after...
Computer power button design chosen as NYC's new condom logo
More than 15,000 online voters have chosen Luis Acosta's computer power button design as the new condom logo for New York...
Lindsay files 100m dlrs lawsuit over 'boyfriend-stealing', 'milkaholic' baby ad
Lindsay Lohan has dragged financial company E-Trade to court in a 100 million dollar suit claiming that a boyfriend-stealing, "milkaholic" baby - also named Lindsay - in its latest advert is modelled after...
America's 'Jihad Jane' charged for supporting terrorist plot
A Pennsylvania woman known as 'Jihad Jane' has been charged for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and plotting to kill in a foreign...
NY chef giving customers taste of cheese made from wife's breast milk!
A New York chef is offering diners at his restaurant to munch on cheese made from his wife's breast...
When Michelle Obama was ditched by her girlfriends on Inauguration Day!
Michelle Obama has recalled the time when her girlfriends ditched her in the presidential box on Inauguration Day to get ready for the time-squeezed evening...
John Travolta calls healing over son's death 'a lifelong project'
John Travolta has confessed that a lifetime may not be enough to get over the death of his teenage son...
Knicks Set Franchise Losing Record Against Spurs
New York Knicks' Toney Douglas, right, is called for a foul as he reaches between San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili, left, of Argentina, and Roger Mason, Jr. during the first half of an NBA...
Ginobili Helps Spurs Hold Off Knicks
San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Manu Ginobili poured in a game-best 28 points to go with six rebounds and five assists, as the San Antonio Spurs used a late surge to hold off the New York Knicks,...
Se Qns Electeds Help Fund Health Clinic
Southeast Queens elected officials handed over a check for more than $400,000 last week to a Springfield Gardens health care clinic that was on the verge of closing earlier this year.City Council...
Woman Leaves White Plains Psych Facility, Turns Herself In For Hit-and-run
The sister of the White Plains YWCA youth program administrator who was implicated in a hit-and-run accident in Brooklyn that has left a woman brain dead and on life support turned herself in on...
Live, From New York, It's ... Betty White Hosting 'snl'
Lorne Michaels says he has "always wanted" White to host. "Years ago, I turned it down three times," White says. "It's so New York, and I'm not New York at all. "But my agent said he'd divorce me if...
Eddy Curry Postpones Return To Knicks’ Lineup
San Antonio Spurs . He is now aiming to play Friday in Memphis. He has not played since Dec. 17. Since his arrival in New York in October 2005, Curry’s career has been measured in fits and...
Syracuse Superintendent Proposes Closing A School To Balance The Budget
File photo. This was in 2008, when Levy, formerly a middle school, was being converted to a K-8 school and got a new playground. The superintendent is proposing to close Levy K-8 next year to save...
Judge Rules Radisson Ymca Needs Another State Approval
Syracuse -- Plans to build a YMCA in Lysander will require another approval by the state economic development board, a judge ruled Wednesday. “The ruling is a major setback for the...
Yonkers Man Charged With Coke Possession After Fighting With Housing Cops
YONKERS— A 19-year-old city man who appeared to bite into a plastic bag containing cocaine was arrested Tuesday after he ran from and fought with officers in the city's public housing detail,...
Yonkers Cop Chase, Arrest Hot Rodder
YONKERS— A 26-year-old man hot rodding on his motorcycle — including driving it up on the sidewalk while police were chasing him — was arrested Tuesday and charged with assault,...
Photo Gallery: Blind Brook Boys Basketball Beats S.s. Seward 46-38
View a photo gallery from the Blind Brook vs S.S. Seward Class C semi-final boys basketball game at Vassar, March 10, 2010 by clicking the link...
Joba Working To Iron Out Wrinkles
LAKELAND, Fla. -- For the Yankees' brass, it's apparent that numbers at this point in Spring Training don't matter. The competition between Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes for the fifth spot in...
Steinbrenner Mourns Passing Of Old Friend
George Steinbrenner issued a public statement on Wednesday in reaction to the loss of an old friend and colleague. Steinbrenner, the principal owner of the Yankees who has receded from the spotlight...
Court Upholds $26m Award Against Sabres Owner
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A state appeals court has upheld a $26 million award in a fraud lawsuit against the owner of the Buffalo Sabres hockey team and a company he...
Pataki Endorses Gop's Rick Lazio For Governor
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Former Gov. George Pataki, perhaps the most popular Republican in New York, is endorsing Rick Lazio in his GOP bid for governor this...
Woman, 69, Fends Off Sexual Assault In Her Syracuse Home
Syracuse, NY -- A 69-year-old Syracuse woman fought back against a sexual attack in her own home Monday morning and police are looking for help finding the suspect in the case. According to police,...
Study: Farmers Willing To Try Growing Crops To Use As Biomass Fuels, But Aid Needed To Speed Adoption
Syracuse, NY -- Available land and amenable farmers make Central New York a prime location for biomass fuel production, says a study released Wednesday. But the renewable energy source would likely...
North Syracuse Pub Owner: Costly Sprinkler Rule Will Shut Me Down
Barbara Karazuba, owner, and Steve Patrick, co-founder of ShamROCKS Rock and Roll Irish pub, 109 E. Taft Rd., North Syracuse, have a fire suppression system above the kitchen stove that cost about...
One-time Syracuse Resident Honored At White House For Work In Haiti
Mia Beers at the White House. Syracuse, NY -- She didn’t like heat, bugs, strange food or not sleeping in her own bed as a child, according to her mother, but on Wednesday Mia Beers was...
Central New York Officials React To Ravitch's Proposal
Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch proposed a plan to control state spending and alter the budget process Wednesday. Local reactions: “It calls for borrowing, and borrowing is part of the problem that...
Smith Presents Plan For Group To Look At Jobs
State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans) conceded the state will take some time to get out of its financial crisis, but he said plans are underway to bring together leaders at other venues to help New...
Subprime Crisis Still Grips Boro, Comrie Says
City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) told St. John’s University students last week that he still is fighting predatory lenders in the wake of a subprime mortgage crisis that has caused...
Borough On Alert To Fight Sex Traffickers
Now that Queens has become a gateway for sex and human trafficking in part because of its two international airports, law enforcement, nonprofits and the media need to work in concert to combat the...
Newtown Creek’s New Labs
The city’s largest wastewater treatment plant keeps coming up with ways to better treat our waste.On March 8, Department of Environmental Protection officials announced the opening of a new...
A Kefi Cafe In ‘burg?
Is popular Greek chef Michael Psilakis, of the Upper West Side institution Kefi (505 Columbus Avenue and 84th Street), looking to bring warm feta salad, pork souvlaki, and walnut ice cream to...
Queens College Professor A Pakistani Rock Star
When Salman Ahmad stepped onto the stage at Queens College last week, he was promoting the same message that has long defined his career and vaulted him into stardom as one of Pakistan’s...
Lines Wrap Around Block As Stores Open In New Mall
Queens residents packed into the Rego Center shopping complex last week, forming lines that snaked around the Kohl’s and Century 21 stores shoppers praised for bringing hundreds of jobs to the...
Dot Pulls Plug On Ferry To Rockaways
The city said it is shutting down the Rockaway ferry this month for what it concluded was a failing experiment, but community leaders are chastising the mayor and the city Department of...
Library Chief Resigns After Botched Booting Plan
If it were a book, Brooklyn Public Library head Dionne Mack-Harvin’s fall from grace would have been a tragedy in which the main character falls on her sword.That’s exactly what she did...
Two Stabbed In Columbus Circle
Two high school students were hospitalized after being stabbed the in the Columbus Circle subway station this afternoon, authorities said. A fight involving students from nearby Independence HS broke...
P.s.1 Entrance Plan Draws Cb 2 Anger
It appears the wall between Long Island City’s P.S. 1 and Community Board 2 will not be crumbling any time soon.Members of the board were furious with the art museum after it presented plans to...
Hold That Coffee! Starbucks Not Coming To ‘burg
A williamsburg bagel store’s rent will double next year, leaving its owner scrambling, and sparking fresh concerns from local merchants that another chain could soon be taking its place.The...
Anti-gay Attack Stuns Carroll Gardens
Last week’s anti-gay attack on Luquer Street has put a stain on Carroll Gardens, as well as the entire borough, residents and elected officials said last week as they encouraged the police to...