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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...

Can You Walk on Fire? Swallow Swords? Eat Glass? Ripley's Launches Search for Sideshow Talent

Times Square -- the infamous Manhattan haven for misfits and grifters -- is about to become a little freakier as oddballs from all over the world descend on the Ripley's Believe It or Not Odditorium to compete for a gig with the sideshow. Ripley's is looking for the cream of the wacky crop to show off their bizarre skills...

Missing Wallet Returned to New York Man, 40 Years Later [VIDEO]

Four decades after it was stolen, a battered leather wallet containing family photos and an American Express card is back in the hands of its grateful and astonished owner. Rudolph Resta was an art director at The New York Times in 1970. He left his wallet in a jacket pocket in a coat closet at work one day back when the...

NYC Stabbing Spree Suspect: I'm Victim of 'Setup'

NEW YORK -- A man accused of going on a 28-hour stabbing rampage through the city shouted that he was the victim of a "setup" as he was led from a police station Sunday. Maksim Gelman was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court on charges that he hacked three people to death, then stalked the city for more than a day,...

All Around the World, Partiers Usher In 2011

NEW YORK -- Revelers smooched and cheered the famous ball drop in New York's Times Square as the largest New Year's Eve celebration in the U.S. ushered in 2011. Most tried to set aside concerns about the worldwide economic downturn as partiers from New Zealand to Asia to Europe toasted to hopes of a more prosperous year to...

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06/01/12 Happy National Donut Day! Dunkin' Donuts Offers Free... Source: PR Newswire CANTON, Mass., June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, June 1 , is National Donut Day, and to celebrate, Dunkin' Donuts , America's all-day, everyday stop for coffee, donuts and baked goods, is treating guests to a delicious, free donut of their choice (while supplies last) with the purchase of any beverage. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110224/NY53806LOGO ) Dunkin' Donuts is also celebrating on Twitter, with the National Donut Day Twitter Sweepstakes .
06/01/12 Twin Shadow to premiere new video in Times Square Source: The Four Oh Five 'Five Seconds,' the first single from Twin Shadow 's July 10th (July 9th in the UK) release Confess , will be given its video debut treatment in the center of New York City's Times Square, plastered all over the massive LED screens.
06/01/12 PRINCE OF BROADWAY and Dunkin' Donuts Launch Digital... Source: Broadway World Today, June 1, Dunkin' Donuts celebrates "National Donut Day" by unveiling its first digital billboard in Times Square in collaboration with iconic Broadway producer and director Harold Prince.
05/31/12 CurbedWire: Times Square To Receive Update; The George... Source: Curbed NEW YORK CITY âDetails are emerging about the upcoming renovation to Times Square, set to introduce a permanent pedestrian way, paved with some slick looking stone tile, along with broadcast technology.
05/31/12 Twin Shadow to Premiere âFive Secondsâ Music Video... Source: Under The Radar Magazine On June 18 at 8 p.m. Twin Shadow 's George Lewis Jr. will broadcast himself in way that is typically reserved for Broadway shows and mass conglomerate advertising, premiering the music video for his Confess lead single "Five Seconds" on a Jumbotron in Manhattan's Times Square.

Background on Times Square

Times Square is a major commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets.

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