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Katie Holmes in New York after filing for divorce from Tom Cruise
NEW YORK — Katie Holmes was spotted in New York on Monday without her wedding ring after filing for divorce from fellow actor Tom Cruise. The 33-year-old Hollywood star left a shoot for a television series in Times Square, her hair pulled back conservatively in a sleek pony tail and…
Ex-Horace Mann teacher admits having sex with young students
A former teacher at New York’s Horace Mann prep school has admitted to having sex with “maybe three” of his former students. Tek Young Lin, now 88 and living in California, told The New York Times his advances towards students “did not seem really wrong.” Lin’s admissions come on the…
Soda wars fizz in New York after proposed ban
A soda war fizzed in New York on Tuesday as the city health department began to consider a proposal by health-conscious Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban super-sized soft drinks. Bloomberg’s proposal on May 31 triggered a wave of reactions from the media, shop keepers, anti-obesity campaigners and New Yorkers who…
Asian markets lifted by U.S. and Europe stimulus hopes
Asian markets mostly rose for a third successive day on Thursday, posting strong gains on hopes for stimulus measures in the United States and Europe as well as promises of help for Spain’s banks. The euro also held up against the yen and dollar after impressive gains in New York…
O’Reilly: ‘Racial profiling’ ban would increase ‘street crime’
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday warned that halting New York City’s controversial “stop-and-frisk” policy, which he called “racial profiling,” will lead to an increase in the city’s crime rate. On Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) proposed decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana as a way to cut…
You are the target of stop-and-frisk, not some mythical ‘other person’
In 2011, the New York Police Department stopped and frisked 700,000 people in a city of 8.2 million — that’s about 8.6 percent of the population, if you’re a numbers person — and 87 percent of those people who were stopped were African-American or Latino. About 45 percent of New…
CNN contributor: N.Y. police trick marijuana users into getting arrested
CNN legal contributor Paul Callan explained on Monday how police in New York were tricking marijuana users into getting themselves arrested. Under current New York law, individuals in private possession of 25 grams or less of marijuana only face a finable violation. But if the same amount of marijuana is…
NY woman charged with lewd conduct after walking naked into 2 stores
Ballston, New York District Attorney James A. Murphy lll said that 48-year-old Barbara LeFleur’s decision to doff her clothes and run errands in the buff on Wednesday may have been a form of “free expression,” but it was a little too free for the law. Police have arrested the woman…
Lesbian leads top cop in New York mayor polling
NEW YORK — New York could get its first woman — and lesbian — mayor next year, according to a poll Thursday that showed influential city legislator Christine Quinn well ahead of popular Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. Neither has declared their candidacy, but Quinn, a Democrat, has long been expected…
Francis Bacon work fetches $44.9 million in New York
NEW YORK — A Francis Bacon painting of a man and his reflection brought in $44.9 million at Sotheby’s in New York, capping a week of breathtaking sales in the luxury art market. Bacon’s “Figure Writing Reflected in a Mirror” was one of the three pillars at the Manhattan auction…
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