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Park Service Inches Toward Reopening Liberty's Crown

Statue's top closed since 9/11, agency calls for proposals to increase safety

(Newser) - The National Park Service has posted an open call for proposals from engineering and architectural firms for opening the crown of the Statue of Liberty to visitors again, the New York Daily News reports. The agency has long contended that the narrow staircase leading to the monument’s observation deck,...

Brinkley Ex 'Fesses Up to Sex Mania
Brinkley Ex 'Fesses Up
to Sex Mania
Jul 3, 2008 10:52 AM CDT

Brinkley Ex 'Fesses Up to Sex Mania

Tearfully admits to affairs, $3,000-a-month porn habit

(Newser) - Cheating hubby Peter Cook was in tears during Christie Brinkley’s sensational divorce trial yesterday—which the supermodel insisted be open to the public—as he confessed to a laundry list of sexual excesses including spending $3,000 a month on porn, pleasuring himself on web cams, and trolling swinger...

Legendary New York Editor Dead at 82

New Journalism pioneer Felker defined city magazine format

(Newser) - Clay Felker, founder and editor of New York magazine, died today at 82. Felker was the pioneer of a distinctive format that has become the model for weekly magazines: long, novelistic features alongside short, spicy service pieces. "Clay was obsessed with power, and he invented a magazine in the...

Newlyweds Toasted at SF Gay Pride Parade

City celebrates same-sex marriage, families at annual march

(Newser) - Weeks after wedding bells began tolling for San Francisco's gay couples, revelers had extra reason to celebrate at today’s annual Pride Parade. Thousands watched a procession of kids, drag queens, politicians, and topless men shimmy along Market Street—where a small group of protesters demonstrated against California’s approval...

States to Motorists: Hang Up
 States to Motorists: Hang Up 
Jun 27, 2008 2:10 PM CDT

States to Motorists: Hang Up

Number of tickets issued soars since states make talking a primary offense

(Newser) - It might be time to get that hands-free cell: Tickets for phone use while driving are skyrocketing, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. States are increasingly making yakking behind the wheel a primary offense, meaning police can pull motorists over just for that. California and Washington next week join New York, Connecticut,...

City Plans to Test Every Bronx Adult for HIV

Bid to tackle highest AIDS death rate in NY

(Newser) - City officials aim to test every Bronx adult for HIV by 2011 under an ambitious initiative to tackle the high rate of AIDS deaths in the borough, the New York Times reports. The voluntary testing would become routine in emergency rooms and storefront clinics and would pare down consent requirements...

Silicon Valley, Big Apple, DC Remain Top US 'Cybercities'

51 of 60 major metro areas found by industry survey to have added tech jobs

(Newser) - Silicon Valley, New York, and Washington, DC, still have the most tech workers among US metro areas, a new report shows. New York has the most techies, but when San Francisco and the greater Bay Area are combined with Silicon Valley, it tops the list, MarketWatch notes. The Valley is...

Gay Sports Leagues Net Straight Players

Recruits say gay men nicer, just as tough

(Newser) - Gay and straight men in New York are teaming up, literally: The city’s many gay-sports leagues feature scores of heterosexuals looking for competition and friendship. “I was reticent,” admitted one straight footballer. “I was used to a high level of play.” But he and others...

Poll: New Yorkers Back Recognizing Gay Marriages

53% like recognizing same-sex marriages; NYC mayor tops among contenders

(Newser) - New Yorkers favor their governor’s order to recognize out of-state same-sex marriages by a 13-point margin, a new poll reveals. By 53%-40%, state residents agree with David Paterson's order—though only 43% said gays should be allowed to marry, the Times reports, with 31% favoring civil unions and 21%...

Sex in the City: 26% of New Yorkers Have Herpes

City well above national average

(Newser) - Sex in the Big Apple comes with a higher risk of herpes than the national average, the New York Post reports. A full 26% of the city's inhabitants carry the virus that causes genital herpes. The condition only manifests itself in 15% of carriers but health officials warn that herpes...

Brooklyn Bar Proves Inescapable

Overserved patron, locked in, surfs web and phones owner's mother

(Newser) - Most 20-something New Yorkers are accustomed to getting shut out of bars, but how about getting shut in? A young paralegal who now knows far more than he wanted to about Williamsburg's Trophy Bar shares his tale of overnight captivity with the New York Times, recalling that when he realized...

A Bridge By Any Other Name? Triborough No More

New York landmark changing to RFK

(Newser) - New York’s Triborough Bridge will soon be no more. Gov. Patterson is expected to sign a law renaming the landmark the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. But will anyone actually call it that? “It connects three boroughs,” one skeptical Manhattanite told the New York Times. “That’s...

LiLo's Mom a Leech: Ex
 LiLo's Mom a Leech: Ex 
Jun 3, 2008 10:11 AM CDT

LiLo's Mom a Leech: Ex

Michael Lohan accuses ex-wife Dina Lohan of drinking and using kids as 'bankable commodity'

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s mom Dina must appear in Family Court this morning or face “immediate arrest and imprisonment," the New York Daily News reports. Ex-con and ex-hubby Michael has reopened their divorce case, citing the E! reality star’s drunkenness in front of their children and her failure...

Tight Economy Leaves Wealthy Vexed in the City

NY's richest tremble as they cut back on life's luxuries

(Newser) - Think you’ve got it bad in these tough times? Then consider the swarms of Wall Street bankers and Upper East Side developers whose income has slid along with the nation’s economy. Lawyers, art advisers, personal trainers, and hairstylists to the privileged say their clients gripe about having to...

Weld Faulted in NYC Crane Collapse
Weld Faulted
in NYC Crane Collapse
May 31, 2008 6:20 AM CDT

Weld Faulted in NYC Crane Collapse

Probe centers on equipment, not operators

(Newser) - City officials investigating a crane accident that killed two workers yesterday think a bad weld may have been to blame, the New York Times reports. The top of the crane, which met all the city's regulations, snapped off and hit a building. The city has suspended all crane construction until...

Second Man Dead in NYC Crane Wreck
 Second Man Dead
 in NYC Crane Wreck 
UPDATED
May 30, 2008 2:31 PM CDT

Second Man Dead in NYC Crane Wreck

Both were construction workers; one was operating the crane

(Newser) - The construction crane accident in New York this morning has claimed a second life, that of a 27-year-old construction worker. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the builders were apparently up to snuff with regulations, AP reports, but added, “What has happened is unacceptable and intolerable.” The project was slapped...

NYC Crane Collapse Kills at Least 1
 NYC Crane Collapse
 Kills at Least 1 
UPDATED
May 30, 2008 8:14 AM CDT

NYC Crane Collapse Kills at Least 1

At least four pulled from the wreckage

(Newser) - A construction crane collapsed on the Upper East Side of Manhattan today, killing the cab operator and injuring several others, the New York Times reports. The collapse came at 8 am, just 24 hours after a stop-work order on the site was rescinded. The cab of the crane fell 12...

New York State to Recognize Gay Marriages

Out-of-state same-sex unions win equal treatment

(Newser) - New York's governor has directed all state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries, the New York Times reports. Terms like "spouse," "husband," and "wife" will now legally apply to same-sex partners in state regulations concerning everything from income tax filings...

Obama's Campaign Manager Denies Being a Lobbyist

Does David Axelrod qualify for the title?

(Newser) - As John McCain struggles to purge his campaign staff of lobbyists, Barack Obama’s campaign manager is denying he fits the bill, too. "I've never lobbied anybody in my life," says David Axelrod, who is the senior partner at a consulting firm that has done what Newsweek calls...

NYC Institution Bidding Final Bon Appetits

Night owls, celebs, hookers mourn the closure of Florent

(Newser) - Few places encapsulate New York's transformation from crime-ridden metropolis to Sex and the City-fied playground than Florent, a French restaurant housed in an old diner in the meatpacking district. A 24-hour hangout for slumming A-listers and transvestite prostitutes, Florent is closing after 23 years in the face of a 2,...

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