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Iconic Toy Store FAO Schwarz Closes Fifth Avenue Location

FAO Schwarz says it is the oldest toy store in the U.S., with a New York City location since 1870. Reported celeb sightings — Kim Kardashian and Kanye West before they were parents; Moms Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears and Victoria Beckham — have ... >> view original

Smooth Debut for New York Fashion Week: Men's

American menswear designers rallied this week to prove New York deserves a spot on the global men's fashion calendar, holding a new fashion week where major hiccups and major heat were simultaneously absent. Over four days, culminating on Thursday ... >> view original

Greece, Its Back to the Wall, Adopts Austerity Steps

ATHENS — Under threat from the nation's creditors to move quickly or lose any chance of obtaining a desperately needed new bailout package, Greece's Parliament approved painful new austerity measures early Thursday, virtually guaranteeing that life ... >> view original

Public Urination in New York Becomes Test Case for Policing

The culprits can be found in any neighborhood of New York City: the West Village or Williamsburg, Chelsea or Elmhurst. And teams of plainclothes police officers, unsympathetic to the urge, know where to lie in wait. Sometimes. “This is tradition ... >> view original

Investing in the Awesome, No Strings Attached

Chatter about New York these days is all about how the city has changed. It is full of banks, franchises and billionaires' condo towers blocking the sun from Central Park. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. compared one of its airports to something in ... >> view original

Marlene Sanders, Pathbreaking TV Journalist, Dies at 84

In New York, her acting career went nowhere, but in 1955 she found work as an assistant to Ted Yates, the producer of “Mike Wallace and the News,” a twice-daily report broadcast on a local DuMont Television Network station. She became an associate ... >> view original

'Welcome to New York'

I get to play in the NBA, and in a place like New York, where the fans are so passionate about their basketball. Knowing how passionate I am about the game and how much I love playing it, I think playing it in front of such a great crowd will be a ... >> view original

Flash Flooding Swamps Parts of Brooklyn, New York | The Weather Channel

By late morning, a pencil-thin pocket of heavy rain had broken out over Brooklyn and remained parked over the New York City borough for more than an hour. The National Weather Service in Upton, New York, said Doppler radar estimated rain rates up to 1 ... >> view original

New York City man charged in heat deaths of two dogs

A 41-year-old New York City man faces a misdemeanor charge after two dogs he left in a sport utility vehicle suffered from the heat and died, City of Poughkeepsie police said. The man on Saturday attended the The Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival ... >> view original

Huge 95-year-old lobster featured at New York restaurant

CBS New York reports that Jordan Lobster Farms owner Stephen Jordan is no stranger to large lobsters. Restaurant owners and diners routinely come to his wholesale and retail business for five, seven and sometimes even 10-pound lobsters. But this ... >> view original