New York Times Hoax Fit to Prank
Phony vendors handed out a hoax edition of The New York Times with the headline, "Iraq War Ends." The elaborate stunt initially fooled some New Yorkers.
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FBI Kept Tabs on NY Reporter Halberstam
The FBI amassed a dossier on the late journalist David Halberstam for more than two decades – keeping tabs on his reporting, tracking his marriage to a Polish actress and preparing background reports on the Pulitzer Prize winner for other federal agencies, documents show.
Scenes From a Marathon
Some 39,000 runners competed in the 26.2-mile ING New York City Marathon on…
via AM New York
Campaign T-Shirts Fit to a 'T'
Campaign T-shirts – ranging from "Blondes For Obama" to the canine-inspired “Bark for Obama” – are for sale in Union Square.
via Huff Post's Off The Bus
Mavericks Lost in Translation
Joe Sixpack. Hockey Mom. Maverick. Even for those passionately followin…
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Tompkins Square Playground in Limbo
Some East Village residents are upset over what they call the slow pace of a playground overhaul project in Tompkins Square Park.
via The Queens Courier
Queens Temple Reborn as Mosque
So a politician, a Sikh and a rabbi all sat down in a mosque… This was no…
‘Waterfalls’ Has Trickle-Down Effect
The Waterfalls installation already has attracted 340,000 viewers – about a quarter of them tourists – boosting the local economy, officials say.