New York City News for 09/06/2010



Heritage Auction Galleries opens in New York City - LIVE AUCTIONEERS
NEW YORK (AP) EUR Heritage Auction Galleries, the Dallas-based auction house, is opening a gallery on Park Avenue in New York City. Heritage Auction Galleries' expertise includes rare coins, fine art, comics, movie ...

Greg Giraldo
Greg Giraldo is one of the hottest comics in the country. Socially provocative and yet broadly funny, Greg has become one of the most versatile and highly entertaining comics working today...

Celebrating labour when jobs are scarce
Last week the New York Times published an op-ed piece in which Reich wrote: "This promises to be the worst Labor Day in the memory of most Americans." Photograph by: File, Reuters Robert Reich is spoiling the great proletarian holiday...

No more adult services on Craigslist
Most people won't argue that the now-censored adult services listings on Craigslist weren't the most tasteful and some were out and out bad news...

Woman eats 180 chicken wings in 12 m.
News Woman eats 180 chicken wings in 12 minutes 2010-09-06 16:01 A Korean-American woman who calls herself the Black Widow of eating contests gobbled up 180 chicken wings in 12 minutes, devouring the national championship record , according to news reports...

SundayArts, New York's Premier Showcase Devoted to the Arts, Covers Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week . - Newsblaze.com
NEW YORK - (BUSINESS WIRE) - From September 9-16, thousands of fashion industry professionals including retailers, editors and fashionistas will gather here in New York to see more than 90 of the world's ...

New York City man alive for now after 39-story plunge - Boston Herald
. YORK - A New York . Thomas Magill tried to commit suicide by jumping from the high-rise on West 63rd Street on Tuesday. Witnesses saw him falling past their windows. He landed in the back seat of a Dodge Charger..

New York City Law Requires Landlords to Tell New Tenants About Bedbug Infestations
A new law in New York City aimed at helping prospective tenants combat the raging bedbug epidemic was signed into law Monday by Gov. David A. Paterson. Dubbed the Bedbug Disclosure Act, the measure requires owners and lessors to notify new rental tenants of bedbug infestations that have plagued the building and the tenant's individual unit during the previous year. The law comes amid a rash of ...

Coyote Attacks 2 In Town
A teen and a toddler have came face-to-face with a coyote in two separate incidents within about an hour in a New York City suburb...

New York City mosque debate will shape American Islam - Eagle-Tribune
NEW YORK EUR” Adnan Zulfiqar, a graduate student, former U.S. Senate aide and American-born son of Pakistani immigrants, will soon give the first khutbah, or sermon, of the fall semester at the University of Pennsylvania ...

The Muslim Mosque New York City - Dissident Voice
The precise location in New York City of a . last 27 years of a Lower Manhattan mosque a dozen blocks from ground zero, and his wife, Daisy Khan, Executive Director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement...

Coyote attacks injure toddler, teen
A teen and a toddler have come face-to-face with a coyote in two separate incidents within about an hour in a New York City suburb...

2 coyote attacks in 1 hour in NYC suburb; tot hurt
A teen and a toddler have come face-to-face with a coyote in two separate incidents within about an hour in a New York City suburb...

New York City on Alert for Earl
New York City officials say they are on alert ahead of the coming tropical storm, but they only expect to see side effects as the main activity stays out over open water...

N.Y. developer: Still ready to lease Harrisburg parking system
New York City developer Jacob A. Frydman this afternoon said that he still wants to lease Harrisburgs parking system for $215 million and could transfer the money to city coffers before Dec...

Do you know the meaning behind Labor Day?
LAKE CHARLES, LA The Labor Day holiday means a lot of people in Southwest Louisiana won't have to go to work on Monday...

Governor David Paterson: Support growing for new New York City mosque site - KSDK
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. David Paterson says he believes support is growing for a possible land swap to provide an alternate site for a mosque and Islamic center planned for near ground zero. He says the ...

Times Square Webcam - Live Streaming Feed in New York City - PRLog (free press release)
. tourist visitors alike going about their daily business in the most famous city in the USA: Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of ...

Happy Labor Day from WLTX
It's Labor Day, the final weekend of the summer holiday season and a chance for many to get a much-needed rest from work...

New York City Kids Still Overweight
That holier-than-thou attitude most New Yorkers carry about being healthy because we walk everywhere and have so many food options may have to change, as a study shows that city efforts to curb childhood obesity have not changed. In fact, city kids may be even heavier than the national average. Last year, NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley said , "When four out of 10 school kids are ...

Labor Day History
Labor Day Parade in Buffalo, N.Y., approximately 1900. From the U.S. Department of Labor "Labor Day differs in every essential way from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor...

9 years gone, everyone's a ground zero stakeholder
This April 20, 2010 aerial photo shows the skyscrapers of lower Manhattan surrounding the World Trade Center site...

York City firefighter to be promoted to captain
York City firefighter Ronald L. Dennis will be promoted to captain at a ceremony held in his honor Tuesday afternoon, city officials announced...

York City: Decision to leave not easy - Brodie INTERVIEW
Richard Brodie and York City are now a thing of the past EUR the striking sensation settling into his big money move to Crawley Town. (06/09/2010 13:11:14)..

Andrew Garfield Talks Spider-Man and the Social Network
With Andrew Garfield doing press for Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go at this weekend's Telluride Film Festival, I knew we'd finally get a few quotes on getting cast in Spider-Man and The Social Network ...

Coyote Attacks 2 In Town
A teen and a toddler have came face-to-face with a coyote in two separate incidents within about an hour in a New York City suburb...

2 coyote attacks within 1 hour in NYC suburb; 2-year-old gets medical help, 14-year-old unhurt
A teen and a toddler have come face-to-face with a coyote in two separate incidents within about an hour in a New York City suburb. The toddler's father took her to get medical care, but the tee...

Built by labor
The first Labor Day was celebrated on Sept. 5, 1882, when the Central Labor Union marked it with a demonstration and picnic in New York City...

Future jobs will welcome the skilled
Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities...

Saluting a workforce of millions
Americans are an industrious people. They like to work. And they are unhappy when they can't -- as shown with the unrest over the current 9 percent-plus unemployment, a rate many countries would take in a second...

Plan would put NYRA, harness tracks in charge of New York City OTB - Thoroughbred Times
. New York City Off-Track Betting Corp.s phone and Internet account wagering system under a reorganization plan outlined on Friday by New York City OTB President Greg Rayburn. The . Unions, however,..

Telluride: Natalie Portman triumphs in Darren Aronofsky's riveting 'Black Swan'
Standing in line for the Telluride Film Festival screening for Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" today, I was introduced to a distribution exec from a major independent studio who was extremely curious about the new Fox Searchlight thriller...

2 In 5 Kids in New York Are Overweight Or Obese
According to a new report, 2 out of every 5 of New York City's children from kindergarten to eighth grade, are either overweight or obese. This figure, released in a report on Sunday, comes from the latest New York City (NYC) Fitnessgram assessment, a new program that was piloted in 2005-06 and is now in place across the city. The program uses height and weight measures collected through a ...

Grand Rapids-area Boy Scouts prepare for annual salute to honor emergency responders, 9/11 victims
As Sean Sehl-meyer describes it, an annual "Scout Salute" in remembrance of the Sept...

Benicia honors 9/11 fallen
Local firefighters will gather Saturday, Sept. 11, to commemorate emergency responders who died nine years ago in the World Trade Center attack...

2 coyote attacks in 1 hour in NYC suburb; tot hurt
A teen and a toddler have come face-to-face with a coyote in two separate incidents within about an hour in a New York City suburb. The toddler's father took her to get medical care, but the teen was unhurt. New York - Suburb - United States - Metro Areas - New York City..

SundayArts, New York's Premier Showcase Devoted to the Arts, Covers Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in . - Newsblaze.com
NEW YORK - (BUSINESS WIRE) - From September 9-16, thousands of fashion industry professionals including retailers, editors and fashionistas will gather here in New York to see more than 90 of the world's most ...

For Ramadan, Mohammad Boota Plays Drums in Queens
Mohammad Boota, who is New York Citys foremost EUR” and perhaps only EUR” Ramadan drummer, is exploring new territory where he can awaken the faithful...

Real Housewives of New York City TV - Hollyscoop.com
Great news for Real Housewives of New York City fans, despite contrary reports, Bethenny Frankel IS returning for the fourth season of the hit Bravo show. Sources close to Bethenny tell Hollyscoop exclusively, "She's ...

Exhibit explores trust in medi.
A visitor to the press opening of Media City Seoul, formerly known as the Seoul International Media Art Biennale, looks at Sindoan, a video by Korean artist Park Chan-kyong, at the Seoul Museum of Art on Jeongdong street near Deoksu Palace in central Seoul yesterday...



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