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In the Hamptons, catering to the rich (and their dogs) is good business

Thomson ReutersMay 21, 2013 15:32

By Beth Pinsker EAST HAMPTON, New York (Reuters) - Judging by early demand for everything from doggie daycare to Ferrari rentals and fine art, rich Americans are going to make this a strong summer in one of their favorite playgrounds - the beach towns on the eastern end of Long Island collectively known as the Hamptons.

American Eagle flight from Detroit lands safely at NYC's LaGuardia after 2 lightning strikes

The Canadian PressMay 8, 2013 12:41

NEW YORK, N.Y. - An American Eagle flight from Detroit has landed safely at New York's LaGuardia Airport after being struck by lightning. American Airlines spokesman Matt Miller says American Eagle Flight 4563 was struck twice by lightning as it approached New York on Wednesday morning. Miller says the captain declared an emergency as a precaution. The plane landed safely at 10:41 a.m. The spokesman says a maintenance team is inspecting the aircraft. It was an Embraer 135 with 20 passengers and three crew members.

Analysis: New York preserves weapon against Wall Street in case of ex-AIG chief

Thomson ReutersMay 7, 2013 13:24

By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - When New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman gave up a claim for damages against former AIG <AIG.N> chief Hank Greenberg, he also likely neutralized a long-awaited challenge to his office's power. New York's highest court is scheduled to hear arguments later this month in the case, in which Greenberg is accused of defrauding AIG investors.

New York's MoMA moves to seven-day week

Agence France-PresseApril 30, 2013 17:46

New York's Museum of Modern Art plans to move to a seven-days-a-week schedule starting Wednesday, after a similar announcement by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The MoMA said it was ending its traditional Tuesday closings due to strong public demand. The expanded hours take the museum -- which houses collections of Picasso and other modern masters -- back to the schedule kept between its 1929 founding and 1975, when cost-cutting measures were introduced. Since renovations at MoMA in 2004, annual visitor numbers have grown from 1.5 to three million.

Possible human remains found near 9/11's Ground Zero

Agencia EFEApril 30, 2013 17:30

New York, Apr 30 (EFE).- Authorities found possible human remains where an airplane part was found last week that could have come from one of the passenger jets that crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, the New York medical examiner's office said Tuesday. A spokesperson for the office confirmed the finding to Efe and said the possible human remains were found Monday behind a building close to Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan.

Weather postpones 1 World Trade Center's ascent to tallest in Western Hemisphere

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 08:50

NEW YORK, N.Y. - One World Trade Center already is New York's tallest building. And when the last pieces of its spire eventually rise to the roof, the 104-floor skyscraper that replaces the fallen twin towers will be just feet from becoming the highest in the Western Hemisphere. Officials had hoped that would happen Monday, but the weather did not co-operate and it was postponed due to high winds. The event will be rescheduled when conditions permit.

Part of 9/11 plane landing gear found in lower Manhattan

Thomson ReutersApril 26, 2013 18:01

By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - A piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the commercial airplanes that crashed into the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, has been discovered, wedged between two lower Manhattan buildings, police said on Friday. The piece of landing gear found in a narrow alleyway behind 51 Park Place and 50 Murray Street in Manhattan's financial district includes a "clearly visible" Boeing identification number, New York City Police spokesman Paul Browne said.

'MAS*H' actor Allan Arbus dies at age 95

Thomson ReutersApril 23, 2013 15:16

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. actor Allan Arbus, best known for his role as Army psychiatrist Sidney Freedman on the 1970s hit television series "M*A*S*H" and as the husband of the late photographer Diane Arbus, has died at the age of 95. Arbus, who gave up his photography for acting, passed away from congestive heart failure at his home in Los Angeles on Friday, his second wife Mariclare Costello Arbus told Reuters.

Woodstock star Richie Havens dies, aged 72

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 22:30

Veteran US folk singer Richie Havens, who shot to stardom with his distinctive style at the iconic 1969 Woodstock music festival, died Monday, his agent said. He was 72. Havens' frenzied rhythmic strumming and searing vocal delivery on "Freedom/Motherless Child" mesmerized the crowds at Woodstock, which became a key symbol of 1960s counter-culture explosion.

Richie Havens, singer who opened Woodstock, dies

Agencia EFEApril 22, 2013 20:01

New York, Apr 22 (EFE).- U.S. singer-songwriter Richie Havens, the artist who opened the iconic Woodstock Festival in 1969 and one of this country's folk music legends, died Monday of a heart attack, according to his agent. He was 72. Havens died at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, Tim Drake of The Roots Agency told Efe. The singer released 29 albums during his long career. Born in Brooklyn in January 1941, Havens began his performing career on the Greenwich Village music stage in the early 1960s, when it was unusual to find African American artists.