Monday, February 15, 2016

Snow, Rain Follow Record Valentine's Day Freeze and other top stories.

  • Snow, Rain Follow Record Valentine's Day Freeze

    Dave Price's forecast for Feb. 15. (Published 4 hours ago) Snow and freezing rain moved into the tri-state area Monday afternoon, as record-breaking cold temperatures from the weekend relented in time for the morning commute.   Extensive airport delays because of the weather were reported Monday afternoon. Delays of close to four hours were reported at Newark Liberty Airport, while John F. Kennedy International Airport was experiencing delays of close to two hours, authorities said.  A winter w..
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  • Snow, Rain Follow Record Valentine's Day Freeze

    Dave Price's forecast for Feb. 15. (Published 4 hours ago) Snow and freezing rain moved into the tri-state area Monday afternoon, as record-breaking cold temperatures from the weekend relented in time for the morning commute.   Extensive airport delays because of the weather were reported Monday afternoon. Delays of close to four hours were reported at Newark Liberty Airport, while John F. Kennedy International Airport was experiencing delays of close to two hours, authorities said.  A winter w..
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  • The weather is going to get worse

    The weather is going to get worse
    NEW YORK — A grab bag of weather conditions — including snow and sleet — will descend on communities from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, but with many people off for Presidents Day, it might be just another day to hunker down. After much of the Northeast experienced record cold on Valentine’s Day, the National Weather Service said Monday that it would be snowy in many areas before sleet or freezing rain started and rain finally arrived. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said she deployed the D..
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  • Win a Hollywood A-List Trip to New York!

    Win a Hollywood A-List Trip to New York!
    American Airlines and KTLA 5 want to give you a Hollywood “A-List” getaway!  Watch the KTLA 5 Morning News all this week between 6:30am and 9:30am for two code words, then come to this page (http://ktla.com/aa) and complete and submit the form for your chance to win.  The winner will receive 250,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® miles redeemable for 2 round-trip Business Class tickets to New York, two nights at Four Seasons Hotel New York in a City-View room,  two tickets to a Broadway show pl..
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  • Behind the music on “Vinyl”: Martin Scorsese's premiere gets the ...

    Behind the music on “Vinyl”: Martin Scorsese's premiere gets the ...
    Note: This is a recap; plot points and spoilers ahead.In the opening scenes of the new series “Vinyl,” which premiered in a two-hour episode on HBO last night, there’s a man in a Mercedes parked in an alleyway, chugging wine out of a bottle, with two suspicious looking characters loitering nearby. A business transaction takes place, where we learn that an eight ball of coke costs $180 in 1973, which is over $1,000 in 2016 dollars, so it’s not surprising that the dealer assumes “Wall Street man?..
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  • New York ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer accused of assault

    New York ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer accused of assault
    New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, participates in the first primary debate for New York City comptroller Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in New York.(Photo: James Keivom, AP)Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, whose political career collapsed following a 2008 prostitution scandal, is the subject of an assault investigation involving a young woman, New York City police said Monday.Manhattan detectives are investigating allegations of an assault and "the victim has indicated the suspect was Eliot Spitzer," D..
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  • "Massive" Fire Tears Through Greenpoint Home; No Injuries: FDNY

    More than 140 firefighters were battling a "massive" fire at a multi-story home in Brooklyn Sunday night into Monday morning, the FDNY said. Katherine Creag reports. (Published Monday, Feb. 15, 2016) More than 140 firefighters were battling a "massive" fire at a multi-story home in Brooklyn Sunday night into Monday morning, the FDNY said.  "I look out the window and it was all red," one resident named Steve said. "Fire coming out of the backyard, the whole building looked on fire."  Images from..
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  • Zika Virus in Colombia Presents Complicated Choice About Abortion

    Zika Virus in Colombia Presents Complicated Choice About Abortion
    Photo Marlenia Ortíz, center with blonde hair, at a camp for the homeless in Cúcuta, Colombia. She said that one of her five children had contracted Zika and that she feared the whole family would get the virus. Credit Juan Arredondo for The New York Times CÚCUTA, Colombia — Margarita Rosa Barrios was six weeks pregnant when she began to feel the symptoms that every expecting mother here has come to dread: swollen eyes, aching joints, three days of fever. Just as she ..
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  • Inside the Brand New, Beautiful Barneys New York Downtown ...

    Inside the Brand New, Beautiful Barneys New York Downtown ...
    Today, Barneys New York finally returns to Chelsea via a sprawling, four-floor flagship on Seventh Avenue. It feels surprisingly warm and inviting, or at least as warm and inviting as a department store can be, and it's significantly less overwhelming than the grand maze that is the uptown flagship. If Barneys Madison Avenue is the Met, — a sprawling labyrinth you should really devote an entire day (if not more) to — Barneys Chelsea is the new Whitney: a tight selection that's able to be seen a..
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  • Brrr! Valentine's Day of 2016 was the coldest in New York City's history

    Brrr! Valentine's Day of 2016 was the coldest in New York City's history
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  • New York Lawmaker: End Sales Tax on Tampons

    A New York state lawmaker says it makes no sense for the state to impose its sales tax on tampons and other feminine hygiene products when medicines, bandages and condoms are tax-free. Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal says her recently introduced legislation seeks to end what she calls "a regressive tax on women and their bodies." Rosenthal, a Manhattan Democrat, notes that 10 states currently impose no sales tax on the items. The push to end the taxing of tampons has gained traction in several st..
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