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Three Online Poker Houses Face Fraud Charges in NYC

NEW YORK -- The multibillion-dollar business of the three biggest Internet poker companies became a target of federal authorities before an indictment was unsealed Friday, charging 11 people with bank fraud and illegal gambling. Prosecutors in Manhattan said they've issued restraining orders against more than 75 bank...

Bloomberg, Clinton to Merge Environmental Efforts

NEW YORK -- The air in Times Square is cleaner since cars were banned from two stretches of Broadway in 2009 and a pedestrian plaza created, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday as he announced an environmental collaboration with former President Bill Clinton. Bebeto Matthews, AP New York Mayor Michael...

Lawyer: NYC Man 'Remorseful' After Stabbing Death of Sarah Coit

The man accused of fatally stabbing his 23-year-old girlfriend with a kitchen knife and fracturing her skull in their New York City apartment turned himself in at his father's urging and is remorseful and upset, according to published reports. Raul Barrera was ordered held without bail on a second-degree murder charge in...

Man Gets 20 Years to Life in Death Wish Murder of Motivational Speaker

The man convicted of murdering a debt-ridden motivational speaker who prosecutors say wanted to arrange his own death was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison today in New York. Kenneth Minor, 36, had been found guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 52-year-old Jeffrey Locker. Minor argued that Locker...

Sewer Gators: Swamp Creatures Invade New York City

New Yorkers grow up hearing stories about the alligators that supposedly live in the sewers -- but no one ever expects to actually see one. Sewer gators are an old myth ... but this week, that myth got a little more real when gators began crawling out of and back into manholes throughout the city. Thankfully, however,...

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Spinal Tap Actor Michael McKean Breaks Leg in Manhattan Car Accident

Actor Michael McKean , perhaps best known as fictional rock band Spinal Tap 's David St. Hubbins, is in stable condition after being struck by a car yesterday afternoon along Manhattan's Upper West Side.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - ENTERTAINMENT

Carole Mallory: Review: MIB3 Works

I didn't want to see a rehash of the Men in Black series and how wrong I was.

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Play as Stan Lee, Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man pre-order perks

One has players rampage through Manhattan as Rhino, the hulking, horned villain, and the other has players run around as an old man as he tries to collect some papers he's misplaced, yapping non-stop about "kids these days" and Liza Minelli's golden era.

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Official: New York City rolls out new apple green Boro Taxi fleet

The Boro Taxis will bring legal taxi service to the seven million New Yorkers who live outside Manhattan's Central Business District by licensing 18,000 livery vehicles to, for the first time, legally pickup street hail passengers in the boroughs outside of Manhattan and in Northern Manhattan.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - BUSINESS

MAY DAY! Series Of Occupy Protests Planned Throughout The Bay Area

May Day protests may disrupt the morning commute in major U.S. cities Tuesday as labor, immigration and Occupy activists rally support on the international workers' holiday.

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05/29/12 Rural grocery summit scheduled for June 5-6 in... Source: ABC - KTKA 49 - Topeka KS The summit is scheduled June 5-6 at the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center in Manhattan.
05/29/12 New York City adopts LED lighting Source: Digitimes New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced the installation of LED fixtures in Central Park, the East River Bridges, Eastern Parkway and the underdeck of Manhattan's FDR Drive - significant upgrades to the City's lighting infrastructure that will provide substantial energy- and cost-savings while providing quality light to these public spaces.
05/29/12 First take Manhattan, then what? Go south Source: Seven News Ltd The first visit to New York is a milestone in anybody's life.
05/29/12 Men's Waxing Specials -- Free Underarm Waxing at... Source: PRWeb New York City, New York (PRWEB) May 29, 2012 For Father's Day, Dyanna Spa in Manhattan, New York is offering, among other deals, a men's waxing special that includes a free underarm wax treatment for those who spend over $60.00 on their waxing services.
05/29/12 Will New York Comic-Con Move to Queens? Source: ICV2.com A new 3.8 million square foot convention center, the largest in the country, is being privately developed at the Aqueduct Raceway in Queens, and the Manhattan land on which the Javits sits is coveted for redevelopment.

Background on Manhattan

Manhattan () is the most densely populated and the oldest of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the U.S.

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