Columbus :: OH :: USA
| about 19 hours ago
New York Mayor Michael R...Coleman placed a friendly wager Saturday on the outcome of Sundays Major League Soccer Cup between the New York Red Bulls and the Columbus Crew. If the Red Bulls win, Mayor Coleman will send a package of Ohio State Buckeye candies...
Tags: Red Bulls, New York, Columbus Brewing Co., Columbus Crew
New York City :: NY :: USA
| 1 day ago
Hillary Clinton's decision to accept President-elect Barack Obama's offer to become secretary of state unleashes a scramble for her Senate seat. Filling her shoes won't be easy. "She's done a very good job, especially redeveloping depressed areas" in...
Tags: clinton, secretary of state, president, obama, hillary, barack, Hillary Clinton, won, hilary clinton, New York
Albany :: NY :: USA
| 2 days ago
Betting is down at New York's horse tracks and Off-Track Betting parlors this year amid a weak economy. The amount bet on races, called handle, is down 4% to $527 million through October at New York's thoroughbred and harness tracks compared last year.
Tags: New York, harness tracks, weak economy
Buffalo :: NY :: USA
| 2 days ago
On the face of it, "Synecdoche, New York" has a lot of things going against it. There's the title, for one the ridiculously complex spelling of the real-life town makes for a tongue twister. Then there's the fact that it's veteran screenwriter Charlie...
Tags: New York, Charlie Kaufman, movies
Moscow :: Russia
| 2 days ago
A New York court has found units of Russia's Alfa Group in contempt of court, ordering potentially heavy fines in a long-running dispute between Alfa and Norway's Telenor ASA over a Ukrainian cellphone company...District Court in the Southern District...
Tags: Telenor ASA, Alfa Group, Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce, Alfa denounces court, New York, Russian
Halifax :: Canada
| 3 days ago
Conjoined twins flying to New York for treatment stopped breathing while the plane was over the Atlantic Ocean. A vacationing doctor on board the Delta flight was unable to save them. The airliner was about half-hour away from Halifax and was diverted...
Tags: New York, Halifax, conjoined twin
New York City :: NY :: USA
| 3 days ago
Kennedy is being honored in New York for his life of service — even as a prophecy he made in the months before his death comes true. The Triborough Bridge, which connects the New York boroughs of the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens, was renamed during a...
Tags: New York, Triborough Bridge Renamed, Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
Tampa :: FL :: USA
| 3 days ago
Attorneys for Mafia scion John A. "Junior" Gotti are arguing that his trial on federal racketeering charges should take place in New York instead of Tampa. Attorneys for the 44-year-old son of the former Gambino crime boss John Gotti will try to persuade...
Tags: John Gotti, New York, Tampa, New York Mafia, John A.
Toronto :: Canada
| 3 days ago
Four weeks later came the liaison that would lead to one of the most sensational political scandals in New York history. She tells Sawyer she didn't know the man she met at the Mayflower Hotel, although "He looked familiar," she said. "But I was 22 years...
Tags: Ashley Dupre, New York, Eliot Spitzer, ashley dupre, Ashley Dupre Hacks Time.com
Schenectady :: NY :: USA
| 4 days ago
Perhaps more pertinent, if the implication is that Caden Cotard suffers from this rare condition, why does he so painstakingly record and relive his life? Caden’s aim is to create a truly living theater, a theater where actors don’t act but behave. With...
Tags: New York, Caden Cotard
