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Weiner disrupts mayor race, but can he win it?
Photo credit: Anthony Weiner (Getty Images)
Experts say Anthony Weiner's road to City Hall is a tortuous one.
The newest Democratic candidate for mayor will have to convince voters to listen to his message, instead of focusing on how he lied about his sexting proclivities when they accidentally became public. Weiner resigned from Congress in June 2011 amid the Twitter scandal.
"People are going to vote for you based on what you...
Read more »In time for summer, Nathan's reopens after Sandy
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Damaged by Superstorm Sandy, Nathan's Famous flagship restaurant in Coney Island will officially reopen Thursday.
The storm put the restaurant out of business for seven months when it filled Nathan's, on the corner of Surf and Stillwell avenues, with six feet of water.
"That was the first time an event occurred that caused the closing of Nathan's," Wayne Norbitz, president and COO of...
Read more »Spotted: Anne Hathaway shopping at Haute Hippie, more
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Anne Hathaway buying silk pants and a T-shirt at Haute Hippie in SoHo
Dakota Fanning walking along Greene Street with a group of friends ...
Read more »Zack Wheeler back after missing last start
Photo credit: Zach Wheeler #65 of the New York Mets (Getty Images)
The good for Mets top prospect Zack Wheeler on Wednesday was that his fastball reportedly clocked in at 97 mph after missing his start last Thursday due to inflammation in his shoulder.
The bad news? He surrendered two solo home runs and recorded just two strikeouts in five innings of work for the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s. He also allowed seven baserunners (five hits, two walks) and got the...
Read more »NY Public Library, PA gov announce deal to display Bill of Rights
Photo credit: Attendees look at a copy of the Bill of Rights at the New York Public Library. (Jason DeCrow)
After years of dormancy, a copy of the Bill of Rights will be on view in the Big Apple , but New Yorkers are going to have to wait awhile and share it with our Philly counterparts.
Under the arrangement library administrators made with Pennsylvania government Wednesday, the document will on display at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia starting in 2014 and three years later return...
Read more »Fashionista Samantha Marcus Yanks on style, NYC haunts and family
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Titles mean a lot in business, but for Samantha Marcus Yanks, who holds a lot of titles, such as editor-in-chief of Hamptons magazine, editor-at-large of Gotham magazine and executive fashion director for all of Niche Media, the titles mean a whole lot of fun. Born and raised in New York City, Yanks has a beautiful family, her own jewelry line and a toy line. At Niche Media, Yanks celebrates and...
Read more »Here are the highest-paid coaches in US sports: Forbes
Photo credit: Giants' head coach Tom Coughlin ranked No. 8 with an annual salary of $6.67 million. (Getty)
The NFL dominated Forbes’ list of the highest-paid coaches in American sports in a report released Wednesday. Eight of the top 10 call the shots of football teams, including Giants coach Tom Coughlin at No. 8. The other two on the list are from the NBA. Here’s the full top 10.
1. Sean Payton -- New Orleans Saints -- $8 million 2. Bill Belichick -- New England Patriots -- $7.5 million 3. Andy...
Read more »Authorities bust drug store in Brooklyn selling heroin, cocaine and guns, and bilking Medicaid
Photo credit: Three of the five arrested worked at Malik Pharmacy at 2981 Fulton Street. (Brooklyn DA)
A pharmacy in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn was a one-stop shop for a stunning array of illegal drugs and guns and also the source of a Medicaid fraud that attempted to bilk the system for $9,000 in phony prescriptions, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney.
Five people, three of them employees of Malik Pharmacy at 2981 Fulton St., were arrested Monday as a result of the six-month investigation....
Read more »Theater Review: 'The Master Builder' -- 3 stars
Photo credit: John Turturro and Wrenn Schmidt in " The Master Builder"
The Master Builder 3 stars
Andrei Belgrader’s new production of Henrik Ibsen’s 1892 tragedy “The Master Builder,” which stars John Turturro and is now playing at Brooklyn Academy of Music, manages to make a difficult, highly symbolic, rarely staged play feel fresh, focused, sinister and unapologetically erotic.
Halvard Solness (Turturro), a middle-aged architect who fears he will soon...
Read more »Behind the Curtain: St. James Theatre being used for new Keaton flick, more
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Keaton flick Although the St. James Theatre on 44th Street is vacant, its marquee is advertising “Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” which was adapted by, directed by and stars Riggan Thomson, who actually looks a lot like Michael Keaton. Well, it actually is Keaton, and the sign is just being used as part of the filming of “Birdman,” in which Keaton plays a film actor...
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