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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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THE HUFFINGTON POST - BUSINESS

Manhattan Rental Prices In Kansas Boomtown

That could be how some residents of the state's Harper County are feeling as an influx of workers following an oil drilling boom has caused rent prices to skyrocket, CNNMoney reports.

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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.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - TECHNOLOGY

David Fagin: They're Baaack - The OWS Movie Goes Global With Help of Social Media

In a climate where most news stories are lucky if they're remembered for fifteen seconds, let alone fifteen minutes, the OWS movement has refused to go quietly.

manhattan News From the Web

06/02/12 Outer-Borough New York Livery Plan Is Blocked After... Source: Bloomberg.com A new state law allowing car services to pick up passengers who hail them in New York City 's outer boroughs was blocked by a judge after three taxi groups challenged the plan.
06/01/12 Nurse Practitioner (F/T) - Service Program for Older... Source: NurseWeek The Service Program for Older People, Inc. (SPOP) is an innovative geriatric mental health agency in Manhattan. hours/week) Nurse Practitioner to provide health care screening, assess clients, and interface with health providers; in order to monitor medical services, medication, and medical compliance of agency's geriatric patients.
06/01/12 Just How Suburban Is Manhattan These Days? Source: New York Observer - New York NY Is New York City becoming more suburban?
06/01/12 2012 Drama Desk Awards to be Streamed Live on June 3! Source: Broadway World This Sunday, the Drama Desk Award winners will be announced at The Town Hall on June 3 rd , 2012.
06/01/12 Manhattan Rental Prices In Kansas Boomtown Source: The Huffington Post - Business That could be how some residents of the state's Harper County are feeling as an influx of workers following an oil drilling boom has caused rent prices to skyrocket, CNNMoney reports.

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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