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The Fight to Find John Wilkes Booth’s Diary in a Forgotten Subway Tunnel
On a quiet evening in December 2010, Robert Diamond was watching television in his apartment, tucking into a bowl of franks and beans, when the telephone rang. There was an angry voice on the other end of the line: “You’re trying to dig up that damn locomotive again!” It was an official at New York City’s Department of Transportation
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N.Y. strippers accused of drugging rich patrons, stealing $200,000
Four female strippers in New York have been charged with spiking the drinks of rich men and then taking the impaired victims to clubs where as much as $200,000 in charges were billed to their credit cards, officials said Wednesday.
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N.Y. City to pay $40 million to end 'Central Park Jogger' lawsuit: source
New York City has agreed to pay $40 million to five men who were convicted, and later exonerated, of brutally raping a female jogger in Central Park in 1989.
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Chinese millionaire set for lunch with 1,000 homeless in NYC
A wealthy Chinese businessman who tried to buy the New York Times planned to serve a free lunch to 1,000 homeless people in New York's Central Park on Wednesday with 250 of them dining in the park's Loeb Boathouse restaurant. Chen Guangbiao, who made his fortune in the recycling business, took out newspaper advertisements last week inviting "poor and destitute Americans" to lunch in the park.
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2 men throw out $1M ticket, sue New Jersey Lottery
Two New York men are suing the New Jersey Lottery after they threw out a Powerball ticket worth $1 million.
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The New York real-estate market is now the premier destination for wealthy foreigners with rubles, yuan, and dollars to hide.
The buyer, an Italian, was in town for a week, with a million or so dollars to spend. We met one Sunday morning at 20 Pine, a Financial District condo building. She wore a red scarf, jangly jewelry, and a pair of lime-green sunglasses perched atop her curly hair, and she told me she would prefer to remain anonymous. Working through a shell company, she was looking to anchor some of her wealth in an advantageous port: New York City.
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Why New York Real Estate Is the New Swiss Bank Account
The New York real-estate market is now the premier destination for wealthy foreigners with rubles, yuan, and dollars to hide.
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HAPPY CANADA DAY 2014, NEW YORK from Mike Myers, Bryan Adams, Paul Shaffer, Dave Thomas, and more!
HAPPY CANADA DAY (July 1st), NEW YORK! from the CONSULATE GENERAL OF CANADA, NEW YORK.
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Time Warner Cable customers beg regulators to block sale to Comcast
New York is shaping up as a major battleground for Comcast's proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable (TWC). While the $45.2 billion merger will be scrutinized by federal officials, it also needs approval at the state level.
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Jay Shells Drops "Rap Quotes," His Most Site-Specific Street Art Project Yet
Artists Posts Street Signs At Places Referenced In Famous Rap Lyrics
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For Sale: Apartement Packed with Taxidermy
A two-bedroom co-op at the Beresford enters the market, but selling this Classic Six can be tricky, especially with the 200 stuffed animals displayed throughout. When Gregory Speck opens the door to his Classic 6 apartment at the Beresford, an Emery Roth-designed co-op at 211 Central Park West, he greets guests with a Southern lilt: “Welcome to Animal House.”
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Police helicopter was chasing our drone, arrested men say
Two men were arrested early Monday morning for flying a small drone too close to a New York Police Department (NYPD) helicopter. Detective Mark Nell, an NYPD spokesman, told Ars that a police helicopter was on routine patrol near the George Washington Bridge in the northwestern part of Manhattan when the pilot spotted the drone orbiting above the bridge.
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Busy NYC Restaurant Solves Major Mystery by Reviewing Old Surveillance
A recent Craigslist post has proven to be an eye opener about how the behavior of restaurant goers has changed over the years. The restaurant was trying to figure out why their service had slowed so much over a 10 year period of time – you’ll be surprised by what they found after reviewing their old surveillance tapes.
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Here Is A Gorgeous Visualization Of A Day In The Life Of A New York City Cab Driver
Short version: They drive a lot.
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Staten Island Man Dies After He Is Put in Chokehold During Arrest
The New York Police Department has launched an internal investigation into the death of a 43-year-old man whose final moments were captured in a video in which he can be heard gasping “I can’t breathe” over and over again after an officer is seen placing him in a chokehold, officials said.
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The Pickpocket’s Tale
Wilfred Rose, 58, spent a career studying the pants pockets of New Yorkers, always on the lookout for “a nice stiff wallet” full of cash, or better yet, the fainter outline of a dozen folded bills.
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To make elite schools 'fair,' city will punish poor Asians
In 2004, 7-year-old Ting Shi arrived in New York from China, speaking almost no English. For two years, he shared a bedroom in a Chinatown apartment with his grandparents — a cook and a factory worker — and a young cousin, while his parents put in 12-hour days at a small laundromat they had purchased on the Upper East Side.
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One in every 25 New Yorkers is a millionaire, study says
Walk down the street in New York and you're virtually guaranteed to see several millionaires. That's because more than 1 in every 25 New Yorkers is a millionaire, according to a study released Tuesday.
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Building Will Have a Separate Door for Poor
New York City moved just a little closer to all-out class warfare over the weekend, when the Department of Housing Preservation and Development approved a plan for an Upper West Side condo building with a separate door for the poorer people who are being allowed to live there
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2,500 Ground Zero workers have cancer
More than 2,500 Ground Zero rescuers and responders have come down with cancer, and a growing number are seeking compensation for their illnesses, The Post has learned The grim toll has skyrocketed from the 1,140 cancer cases reported last year.
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