The American Dilemma by Gilad Atzmon WorldNews.com On January 12th at a Martin Luther King Birthday Concert I joined the NYC Meeting House Orchestra to perform a set of my music. The event was the annual fundraiser for a local homeless shelter and it took place at the auditorium of the Friends Seminary, an elite Quaker private school in Lower Manhat...
NYPD on high-alert to protect city from Iranian-backed terrorists The Examiner | New York's Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has increased security at the Israeli consulate, synagogues and other Jewish cultural institutions throughout all five boroughs of the city as a result of Iranian threats against Israel and the Jews. | Besides threats against Israel, Iran co...
Yemeni president's visit to U.S. draws protest in New York City Denver Post | Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh waves to people protesting his presence in the United States as he leaves his New York City hotel Sunday. Saleh arrived in the U.S. on Jan. 28 for treatment of burns sustained during an assassination attempt in J...
House GOP mass transit proposal comes under fire Lower Hudson Online | WASHINGTON — A controversial proposal to eliminate guaranteed federal money for mass transit will head to the House floor later this month after clearing a key House committee on Friday. | The proposal to strip mass transit money from the Hig...
Chris Canty knew what he was talking about Newsday | Chris Canty told New York to get ready for this. | The Giants confirmed that they will participate in a ticker-tape parade through the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan beginning at 11 a.m. Tuesday. The parade will be followed by another celebrat...
A whistle-blower — unheeded Times Union | ALBANY — A California businessman warned federal regulators and New York law enforcement officials six years ago about possible fraud at an Albany brokerage whose co-founders were indicted last month in the region's largest financial fraud ca...
Betty's Blacklisting and Beyonce's Birth WorldNews.com Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Sitting across from the table the young mother, "that was supposed to be," sat sobbing, sometimes uncontrollably. This last year of...
Meet the judge who is driving Wall Street and the SEC nuts Seattle Times | NEW YORK - | From a courtroom in Manhattan, not far from the epicenter of the nation's financial crisis, a longtime federal judge is becoming a hero to many and a nightmare to so...
Volunteering Time and Clicks to Bridge Generations The New York Times | Last month, in a computer lab at Baruch College in Manhattan, a group of high school students became teachers for a morning. Their pupils were adults hungry to learn about Gmail, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Ángel Franco/The New York Times | Moh...
Protesters Hurl Jeers and a Shoe at the Yemeni President The New York Times | A man was arrested on Sunday after a protest at which at least one shoe was thrown at the Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, outside a hotel on Central Park South. Seth Wenig/Associated Press | President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen waved to prot...
Interview with Brian Meeks, author of Henry Wood Detective Agency The Examiner | We’re talking today to Brian Meeks, author of the mystery novel Henry Wood Detective Agency. | Brian D. Meeks found a love of writing through a random act of blogging. On Jan 2, 2010, he was overcome by boredom and found blogger.com. Wi...
Manchester United fight back from 3-0 down to draw at Chelsea DNA India | Manchester United fought back from three goals down to draw 3-3 with Chelsea in a thrilling Premier League match at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. | Two penalties from Wayne Rooney and a header by Javier Hernandez kept the champions in touch with leaders Manchester City after Chelsea had built a 3-0 lead six minutes into the second half through an ow...
'Soul Train' Fans Dance on Broadway to Celebrate Late Creator, Don Cornelius The Hollywood Reporter share Getty Images Less than a week after Cornelius, 75, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, fans of the '70s dance show, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, met in New York to honor him and boogie through Harlem. | NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of "Soul Train" boogied down Broadway wearing afro wigs and bell bottoms on Saturday ...
