Manhattan

Stories 201 - 220 | << Prev   Next >>

San Francisco Waiters Push for 25% Tips

Turns out some NYC bars, clubs already add 20% to checks

(Newser) - Are you tipping enough when you go out to eat? The San Francisco restaurant industry apparently doesn’t think so. A column from Ed Arnow of the Contra Costa Times reports that “there’s a move on” among local restaurant workers to “make 25% the standard tip in...

O'Reilly: NYC Protesters Are Crackhead Drug Dealers

Randy demonstrators are drawing rats, he grouses

(Newser) - Members of the Occupy Wall Street protest are growing skeevier and skeevier—at least in Bill O'Reilly's eyes. To hear him tell it, the "crackheads" are dealing dope, having al fresco sex, and drawing rats by the hordes in their festering campsite at Manhattan's Zuccotti Park,...

NY Protesters to Target Millionaires' Homes

Rupert Murdoch, David Koch on list

(Newser) - No wonder the super rich are freaked out about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Now protesters are planning to target millionaires' homes for demonstrations. They plan to head this afternoon in a "Millionaires March" to the tony Manhattan digs of Rupert Murdoch, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, financier...

Number Protesting 'Ground Zero Mosque' Opening: Zero

Well, that was anticlimactic

(Newser) - The definition of anticlimactic: Following almost two years of clashes between those who planned the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” and those who protested it, the Park51 Islamic cultural center opened its first exhibition in New York yesterday without incident. Spectators, not protesters, viewed an exhibit featuring photos of New...

Megachurch Pastor Found Dead in Times Square Hotel

Police awaiting Zachery Tims' autopsy results

(Newser) - The founder of an 8,000-member church in central Florida was found dead in a W Hotel room in New York's Times Square this weekend, reports the New York Daily News . The cause of death will be determined by an autopsy. Criminality is not suspected, said police. Zachery Tims,...

NYC's Storied Chelsea Hotel Closes Doors

Guests barred in landmark that once housed legends like Dylan and Hendrix

(Newser) - It looks as though rock and roll could lose one of its most storied landmarks. The Chelsea Hotel in New York City will be closed to guests for an indefinite period of time, reports the New York Times . A developer is set to spend $80 million on the dingy throwback...

Pacino&#39;s Daughter Busted for DUI
 Pacino's Kid Busted for DUI 
Aug 1, 2011 4:43 AM CDT

Pacino's Kid Busted for DUI

'I had a few beers and pot,' cops say Julie Pacino confessed

(Newser) - Al Pacino's 21-year-old daughter admitted she drank a few beers and smoked some weed before climbing behind the wheel for a spin in Manhattan with an unidentified male companion, according to cops. Julie Pacino was stopped at a police checkpoint over the weekend when cops noticed her California driver'...

America's 40 Worst-Dressed Cities

Even New York, LA embarrassing

(Newser) - US fashion is as diversified and geographically distinct as food or accent, but as GQ found when ranking 40 American cities based on fashion, our bad taste in clothing is rampant regardless of which coast you’re on. Take a look at the results of their “deeply scientific, irrefutable...

Swimmer Takes Dip in Central Park Reservoir

He's lassoed by firefighters

(Newser) - It apparently got a little too hot yesterday for a guy who decided to take a leisurely swim—through New York City's Central Park Reservoir. The swimmer, in his 40s, scaled a chain link fence surrounding the 40-foot-deep reservoir. He refused firefighters' orders to get out, so three of...

NYC Pad With Living Room Pool: $11M

It's a 'bragging-rights property': owner

(Newser) - Want a pool in your living room—but can’t bear to leave the Big Apple? You’re in luck: Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood is home to a townhouse with a 15- by 30-foot pool inside. It was listed earlier this year for $11 million. “This is definitely a...

Strauss-Kahn Tried to Claim Diplomatic Immunity

He later dropped strategy, asked to call attorney

(Newser) - So much for the consensual sex argument. Ex-IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn didn't make that claim when he was busted for sexual assault of a Manhattan hotel maid , but declared that he had diplomatic immunity. He also complained his handcuffs pinched, according to new details revealed yesterday in court documents....

New York Times Gets 'Dirt' on Strauss-Kahn Accuser

And here it is: She's devoted, dutiful, quiet

(Newser) - After a thorough investigation, the New York Times has uncovered the "dirt" on the hotel maid who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape : She's a quiet, devout, dutiful mom who was born in a mud hut in Guinea. Strauss-Kahn's attorneys have said for weeks that they...

Were There 'Irregularities' in Strauss-Kahn Arrest?

He's due in court today for arraignment on attempted rape charges

(Newser) - A defense source is claiming "irregularities" in the arrest of former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn just as he's to be arraigned today on charges that he sexually assaulted a Manhattan hotel maid . The source hinted at the possibility that local cops illegally intercepted a telephone call because they...

Woman Faints Onto Subway Tracks, Killed by Train

Commuters stunned

(Newser) - A woman apparently fainted on the platform in a hot, humid Manhattan subway station and tumbled onto the tracks, where she was struck and killed by a train. "It was terrible. I was in shock," a witness told the New York Daily News . Fatoumata Diallo, 21, fell just...

NYC Awestruck by 'Manhattan-henge'

Setting sun sets east-west streets aglow twice a year

(Newser) - Centuries from now historians will speculate about the ruins of a once-great city whose buildings lined up perfectly for a semi-annual celestial occurrence. But for now, New Yorkers merely stand, agog for once, awestruck by "Manhattan-henge." It's the twice-annual happening when skyscrapers are lined up just right...

Take a Tour of DSK's Über-Luxe 'Jail'

Could Dominique Strauss-Kahn's house arrest be any more splendiferous?

(Newser) - You have to see it to believe it. Former IMF boss and accused sex attacker Dominique Strauss-Kahn is doing "confinement" the way only a fallen world leader could— under house arrest with a spa, movie theater, granite-countered kitchen, and a giant terrace with a spectacular view of Manhattan. As...

NYC Breast-Feeding Shop Sued by Condo
NYC Breastfeeding Shop
Sued by Condo
May 26, 2011 12:46 AM CDT

NYC Breastfeeding Shop Sued by Condo

Upper Breast Side owner doesn't know what condo boobs are up to

(Newser) - A Manhattan shop that specializes in bras and supplies for breastfeeding is being sued by the condo where it's located. The condo board boobs say they're just trying to stop a commercial use that isn't allowed. "I'm past the point of trying to understand this...

Will Smith's Luxe Megatrailer Causes Uproar in Soho

He's there filming 'Men in Black III,' and residents weren't happy with his digs

(Newser) - Will Smith's tricked-out trailer was sent packing yesterday after complaints from residents in the New York neighborhood where his new film, Men in Black III, is being shot. The shoot has clogged the narrow streets of Manhattan's Soho district for several days. But among the two dozen trucks...

Apple to Build Megastore in Grand Central Terminal

It won't replace the original Apple Store, just ease the traffic

(Newser) - Bust out the Big Apple jokes: Steve Jobs and company will open their largest store yet in the fall—inside Grand Central Terminal in New York City, reports Cult of Mac . The store will be called "Apple, Grand Central" and is expected to start doing business in September, insiders...

Castrated Reporter's Ashes Scattered Over NYC Subway

Sisters claim they had permission

(Newser) - In an unusual burial ritual, relatives scattered the ashes of a castrated murder victim over a Manhattan sidewalk grate to the subway below. Two sisters of 65-year-old Portuguese journalist Carlos Castro sprinkled his remains over a Times Square station. They said they had permission to scatter the ashes there, but...

Stories 201 - 220 | << Prev   Next >>
Most Read on Newser