Amid Storm Over Slurs, Fire Chief Plans Exit

Anthony LoGiudice retires after firefighters said he made anti-Semitic remarks about Paul J. Feiner, the town supervisor of Greenburgh, N.Y. ...read more Via:...

The People’s Palaces at the Beach

Once grand structures, which drew thousands of bathers a day, bathhouses built during the Depression are now ruins that would ...read more Via:...

Star-Ledger Announces Big Staff Reductions

The Newark newspaper is cutting 167 jobs, including 40 newsroom positions, as part of a plan by the owner to ...read more Via:...

Woman Arrested in Attempted Kidnapping of 8-Month-Old

Tara Anne McDonald, suspected several times in similar cases, tried to take the boy from his nanny in Manhattan, the ...read more Via:...

Morsi Calls Trial in Egypt ‘Illegitimate,’ and Case Is Delayed

The deposed Egyptian president, Morsi, much like the former Romanian president Ceausescu, called his trial for murder ‘illegitimate.’ Unlike the Romanians, the Egyptians delayed...

Gotham: For a Ground Zero Developer Seeking Subsidies, More Is Never Enough

Larry A. Silverstein's prospective tenant for 3 World Trade Center, GroupM, has been promised $15 million and tax breaks of ...read more Via:...

City Room: New York, Keeper of Secrets

Metropolitan Diary: The city is a silent witness to even the most ephemeral events. ...read more Via: City Room:...

Building Blocks: Culinary Institute of America Takes In Mural Made for CBS

Artwork created in the 1960s for the network's cafeteria, then removed, has found a new home north of New York ...read more Via:...

NYT: Plus-Size Fashion Moves Beyond the Muumuu.

Muumuu, as in Mamma, you fat.

Terror and Terror-er: ISIS and Boko Haram

Boko Haram Ranked Ahead of ISIS for Deadliest Terror Group, read Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Fantasy Sports Section correspondent. A new report tracking terrorist attacks around the world...

Writing Essays, Instead of Applications, to Win a Place at Bard College

Fifty students, 17 of whom were admitted, participated in an experiment that invited prospective freshmen to compose four long essays Via:

Big City: Standing Up to Testing

A number of parents have taken an activist stance against annual standardized tests by having their children opt out of ...read more Via:...

David Tarloff Found Guilty of Bludgeoning and Stabbing Psychologist, Kathryn Faughey

David Tarloff, a schizophrenic whose two previous trials ended without a verdict, bludgeoned and stabbed Kathryn Faughey in 2008 on ...read more Via:...

Parachutists Admit Jumping From Trade Center Tower

Three men with parachutes jumped from the top of 1 World Trade Center in September, while another kept watch. The ...read more Via:...
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