Sunday, March 6, 2016

Inside the Oculus, New York's insane-looking, $4 billion train station and other top stories.

  • Inside the Oculus, New York's insane-looking, $4 billion train station

    Inside the Oculus, New York's insane-looking, $4 billion train station
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  • Peyton Manning to Retire After 18 NFL Seasons: Broncos

    Peyton Manning to Retire After 18 NFL Seasons: Broncos
    Peyton Manning #18 of the Denver Broncos celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after Super Bowl 50 at Levi's Stadium on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California. The Broncos defeated the Panthers 24-10. Peyton Manning will announce his retirement from the NFL on Monday, the Denver Broncos confirmed Sunday. "Peyton’s competitiveness, intensity and leadership helped us to one of the most successful periods in our history, highlighted by four consecutive division titles, two AFC Champions..
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  • New York's Sounds of Silence

    Dear Diary:We woke up on Blizzard Saturday to the strangest sound: silence. Yes, gusts of wind and snow softly brushing up against the windows. But no dump trucks thundering off building canyons. No delivery vans bleepingly backing up. Not one siren. Here and there the muffled rumple of snowplows trying their best.Like a spy, the quiet followed us all day. We made it to the Whitney — Gansevoort Street a mute, abandoned set to a long-forgotten film.Inside the museum we were practically alone. On..
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  • Do you live on one of New York's most dangerous blocks?

    Do you live on one of New York's most dangerous blocks?
    These are New York’s most dangerous blocks. If you don’t want to be mugged, don’t venture down Frederick Douglass Boulevard between 155th Street and Harlem River Drive in Washington Heights. There were 18 robberies reported there in 2015. Hold onto your handbag while strolling down West 34th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The block was Gotham’s capital of property crime, leading the city in both burglaries (44) and grand larcenies (244) last year, according to a block-by-block analys..
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  • Crosswords Seemingly Copied From The New York Times Questioned

    Crosswords Seemingly Copied From The New York Times Questioned
    Photo A New York Times crossword from 2006. A database has raised questions over whether crosswords that have appeared in USA Today and Universal Crossword, a syndicated service, were plagiarized from New York Times puzzles. Credit Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press In the world of crossword enthusiasts, a new puzzle presents a fresh challenge each day. But what if the puzzle was plagiarized from one that appeared years ago?A database created by a software engineer has r..
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  • Hillary Clinton Is Riding High — That's the Problem

    Hillary Clinton Is Riding High — That's the Problem
    Photo Leading Democrats are worried about Hillary Clinton’s recurring tendency, when she is leading, to show hubris. Credit Todd Heisler/The New York Times Hillary Clinton could be in for some political peril. Sure, by winning 11 of the 17 contests since her New Hampshire drubbing, and running away with the delegate count, she’s not far from sewing up the Democratic presidential nomination. It’s the Republicans, not the Democrats, who face bitter divides that endange..
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  • 'Old Guard' vets battling to keep historic headquarters

    'Old Guard' vets battling to keep historic headquarters
    Exterior of the Old Guard headquarters at West 91st street. Photo: Angel Chevrestt Howard C. Haider at the meeting house of the NYC Old Guard. Photo: Helayne Seidman 'Old Guard' vets battling to keep historic headquarters March 6, 2016 Members of one of the city’s oldest veterans groups are battling new enemies — each other. Infighting and mounting financial pressure has infested t..
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  • Your Weekend Briefing: Donald Trump, China, Scott Kelly

    Your Weekend Briefing: Donald Trump, China, Scott Kelly
    Here are the week’s top stories. Photo Credit Kathy Plonka/The Spokesman-Review, via Associated Press 1. Senator Ted Cruz decisively won caucuses in Maine and Kansas on Saturday, but Donald J. Trump triumphed in Kentucky’s caucuses and Louisiana’s primary, maintaining his lead in the delegate count. The results were a stinging setback for Marco Rubio, who finished distantly behind both. The schism between the Republican Party’s elite and its rank-and-file members is de..
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  • NYC's 'sex spa' is grossing people out

    NYC's 'sex spa' is grossing people out
    The Spa Castle in Queens is billed as a sprawling, 22-pool Disneyland of soaks and steams. But some patrons are anything but G-rated. On Sunday mornings, an army of exotic dancers getting off their Saturday-night shifts descends on the complex — and it’s not to do laps in the pool. “We open at 6 a.m., and lots of strippers come here after work to unwind,” an employee told The Post. “There’s lots of skinny dipping and the girls are making out with each other and partying. It looks like the set o..
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  • Islanders Gameday News: Battle of New York Escalates, Minus de ...

    Islanders Gameday News: Battle of New York Escalates, Minus de ...
    Time for more. - Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports The Islanders "road" trip concludes at the Garden, with de Haan and Lundqvist questionable. The Islanders and Rangers face off today at the NHL and AHL levels. Should be a fun Sunday. Leave your FIG picks (for the NHL game only, sorry) here. Islanders Reads It looks like the Islanders will be without Calvin de Haan tonight, who re-aggravated his recent injury between games. [Newsday] The first two New York derbies this season "were nice ..
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