NEW YORK — Pattycake, the first gorilla born in New York City, has died at the Bronx Zoo. She was 40 years old and suffering from chronic cardiac problems. The Wildlife Conservation Society, which operates the zoo, made the announcement on Sunday and said a necropsy would be performed to determine the cause of death. [...]
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Pattycake, gorilla at NYC’s Bronx Zoo, dies at 40
By admin on Monday, April 1st, 2013 | Comments Off
Dolphin seen in NYC’s East River
By admin on Sunday, March 17th, 2013 | Comments Off
A bottlenose dolphin is seen swimming near New York City and people have been amazed by the sight. WCBS reports. CNN.com – Top Stories
Read More...NYC’s Bloomberg gives $350 million to alma mater
By admin on Sunday, January 27th, 2013 | Comments Off
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving $ 350 million of his multibillion-dollar fortune to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, in a gift that will bring his total lifetime donations to the institution to over $ 1 billion, the school said on Saturday. NBCNews.com: US news
Read More...How NYC’s Bloomberg Influenced Calif. Rep. Race
By admin on Friday, November 23rd, 2012 | Comments Off
Many SuperPACs and other outside groups are still tending their wounds after spending millions of dollars in the presidential and senate campaigns with little to show for it. But New York Mayor Michael Boomberg’s SuperPAC helped to defeat a seven-term incumbent in a district outside L.A. Politics
Read More...Jay-Z readies 1st show at NYC’s Barclays Center
By admin on Friday, September 28th, 2012 | Comments Off
In this Sept. 26, 2011 file photo, entertainer Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter gestures during a news conference in front of Barclays Center, under construction in the background, as Brooklyn borough President Marty Markowitz, right, applauds in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y. Jay-Z, who is also the co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets, will open the team’s new 18,000-seat … [...]
Read More...Hudson Yards: NYC’s urban town within a city
By admin on Sunday, August 5th, 2012 | Comments Off
NEW YORK — New York lost the 2012 Olympics, but the city’s bid for the summer games spurred another, visionary venture: building up the largest undeveloped parcel in Manhattan. While London got the games, New York was left with the best opportunity for development remaining in town. On Manhattan’s West Side, the old Hudson rail [...]
Read More...NASA to Broadcast Mars Rover Landing From NYC’s Times Square Sunday Night
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NEW YORK — NASA's biggest Mars rover landing yet is about to hit Broadway. Science News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...‘Freedom Tower’ is NYC’s tallest
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One World Trade Center, under construction at the site of the 9/11 attacks, becomes the tallest building in New York. BBC News – Home
Read More...1 World Trade Center Set To Claim Spot Atop NYC’s Skyline Today
By admin on Monday, April 30th, 2012 | Comments Off
When workers add some steel columns, it will be 21 feet taller than the observation deck at the Empire State Building. That’s a symbolic return to the sky for a site destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. News
Read More...NYC’s Algonquin closes legendary Oak Room
New York City’s famous Algonquin Hotel has permanently shuttered the Oak Room, its fabled supper club that helped launch careers of many top-shelf jazz and cabaret stars. Music News
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