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Speed Shrinking Offers Quicker Fixes

... And promotes shrinks' books, in 180-second encounters

(Newser) - Freud must be shuddering in his grave, but that doesn't bother Susan Shapiro, the author of Speed Shrinking and the cheerful organizer of speed-dating-style therapy sessions for New Yorkers. On a recent evening, 200 talk-therapy-seekers stood in line at a lecture hall for their turn to spill their problems and...

Triple Mugging Rattles Central Park

One man busted, cohorts on the loose

(Newser) - An armed mugging of three men in Central Park has rattled New Yorkers who were beginning to get used to feeling safe strolling in Manhattan's famous green space. Two park strollers were accosted before dawn yesterday by a gunman and two cohorts who emptied the men's pockets. When a third...

Most of Manhattan Is Single
 Most of 
 Manhattan 
 Is Single 
life imitates art
Oct 30, 2009 1:38 PM CDT

Most of Manhattan Is Single

Census shows 50.3% live alone

(Newser) - Depending on your point of view, New York is either a very lonely city or a great place to get laid. The number of singles in the Big Apple, already at a historic high, keeps rising, according to new Census data. In Manhattan, a whopping 50.3% of people live...

Go Green: Move to NY
 Go Green: Move to NY 
DAVID OWEN
Oct 27, 2009 2:00 AM CDT

Go Green: Move to NY

Space-guzzling homeowners in countryside exact bigger toll

(Newser) - Vermont has been hailed as the greenest place in America but its residents need to look to Manhattan for some real low-impact living, argues David Owen. Vermonters might feel green with all that countryside around, but they lack the public transport and low energy use that makes New York City...

Atheist Ads to Hit NYC Subways
 Atheist Ads to 
 Hit NYC Subways 
UNHOLY CAMPAIGN
Oct 21, 2009 5:36 AM CDT

Atheist Ads to Hit NYC Subways

Coalition to launch godless monthlong campaign

(Newser) - Eight atheist organizations are the creators of a unique month-long ad campaign beginning next week in Manhattan subways that will challenge the belief in God. "A million New Yorkers are good without God. Are you?" the ads will ask on posters featuring blue sky and clouds. Because the city's...

Inside the Madoff Homes
 Inside the Madoff Homes 
Slideshow
Sep 9, 2009 8:13 AM CDT

Inside the Madoff Homes

The government prepares to auction off the Ponzi penthouse

(Newser) - America’s most luxurious crime scene is for sale. The US Marshals Service will auction off Bernie Madoff’s 4,000-square-foot Manhattan penthouse duplex this week, and it gave AP photographers a look inside the premises, which Madoff valued at $7 million. For photos of the swank pad, along with...

Wildlife Group Disowns 9/11 Ad
 Wildlife Group Disowns 9/11 Ad 
Sep 2, 2009 11:28 AM CDT

Wildlife Group Disowns 9/11 Ad

WWF actually rejected 9/11-themed advertisement

(Newser) - The World Wildlife Fund has been blasted for an ad bearing its logo that shows a slew of planes bearing down on New York City. The latest twist: WWF never authorized it. In fact, it's just a spec ad created by a Brazil agency that was quickly rejected by the...

NY Park Cops Squeeze Kid's Lemonade Stand for $50 Fine

(Newser) - Manhattan's Riverside Park cops put the squeeze on a kid selling lemonade with a $50 fine for doing business without a permit yesterday. "It was such a hot day I figured people would want a cold drink," said Clementine Lee, 10, dreaming of liquidity. Thick-skinned police made Clementine...

'Dowdy' JCPenney Tries to Take Manhattan

Penney's Brings Size 16 Back to NYC

(Newser) - JCPenney recently invaded Manhattan, “and the most frequent question on New York’s collective lips seems to be: Why?” writes Cintra Wilson in the Times. “Why would this dowdy Middle American entity waddle into Midtown in its big old shorts and flip-flops without even bothering to update its...

Gal Pal Busted for Smuggling Heroin to Cam Douglas

(Newser) - The girlfriend of Michael Douglas' elder son has been busted after trying to smuggle 19 glassine envelopes of heroin to her boyfriend, police told the New York Post. The drugs were hidden in a black bag carrying an electric toothbrush and delivered to Cameron Douglas, 30, at mother Diandra Douglas'...

Fear Saved Helicopter Mom
 Fear Saved Helicopter Mom 
Aug 10, 2009 4:46 AM CDT

Fear Saved Helicopter Mom

(Newser) - An Italian mom too frightened to take a helicopter tour of Manhattan saved her life—but lost most of her family as the copter collided with a plane over the Hudson River, reports the New York Daily News. Silvia Rigamonti got cold feet at the last minute. The tour was...

Rihanna, Brown Spend Weekend in Same Hotel

Coincidence, or covert meeting?

(Newser) - Rihanna and Chris Brown spent this weekend at separate rooms in the Trump Tower Hotel in Manhattan, the New York Post reports. The two weren’t seen together—which would be a violation of a restraining order issued against Brown—but left and returned to the hotel several times in...

Wedding Military Means Divorcing Manhattan
Wedding Military Means Divorcing Manhattan
OPINION
Jul 22, 2009 2:12 PM CDT

Wedding Military Means Divorcing Manhattan

High society is into service, Army wife says, but not armed forces

(Newser) - When her Manhattan colleagues found out Chloe Kamarck was marrying an Army officer, she got a lot of questions: “But why? So he supports the war? Is he a Republican?” This generation is into service—the recession has driven many to the Peace Corps, Teach for America, and the...

Gawker Catches HuffPo Falling for Hoax
 Gawker Catches HuffPo 
 Falling for Hoax 




OPINION
Jul 22, 2009 7:51 AM CDT

Gawker Catches HuffPo Falling for Hoax

Arianna must be thrilled, Gawker blogger muses

(Newser) - An airport in Central Park? Sounds ridiculous, but the Huffington Post fell for it yesterday—much to the delight and amusement of Gawker. HuffPo ran a satirical story on its homepage last night (caught in a screenshot by Gawker before it was removed) with what appeared to be a straight...

Kate Dodges Paps, Jon Moves In to New Digs

(Newser) - Jon and Kate Gosselin were both in Manhattan this weekend—but decidedly not together. While Kate's security guards fended off a mob of paparazzi as she headed with the kids to a photo shoot, Jon was moving into his tony new digs near Lincoln Center—solo. The wayward hubby picked...

Brangelina Shop NYC Digs
 Brangelina Shop NYC Digs 
Jul 12, 2009 11:27 AM CDT

Brangelina Shop NYC Digs

Hollywood royalty looking to spend $25M for Upper West Side condo

(Newser) - Tired of renting when in the Big Apple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie just want a place of their own, the New York Daily News reports. The power duo has been quietly checking out the Apthorp, a historic Upper West Side landmark, and is ready to spend as much as...

NYC Prep Paints Sad Picture of City's Excess

Parents, schools angry at 'manipulative' show

(Newser) - Post-crash New York City has become a symbol of spiritual emptiness, writes Vanessa Grigoriadis for New York magazine. NYC Prep is the latest reality show to exploit this symbolism, allowing the rest of America to watch Manhattan’s lost souls—this time, teenagers—pursue decadence and social standing. In the...

Marshals Seize Ruth Madoff's Penthouse

She 'left voluntarily': lawyer

(Newser) - US Marshals seized Ruth Madoff’s $7 million Manhattan penthouse today after she made a deal to give it up last week, the New York Post reports. Madoff “left voluntarily and in an orderly manner to which all sides agreed,” said her lawyer. “We’re not here...

How Will Ruth Madoff Survive on Just $2.5M?

With $125K to spend yearly, time to trade in the pair of Mercedes

(Newser) - With just $2.5 million at her disposal as her husband heads to jail, Ruth Madoff won't exactly be sentenced to penury, but she'll have to cut her annual expenses to the low six figures if she wants it to last her lifetime, reports Brett Arends of the Wall Street ...

Where's the Money, Bernie?
Where's the
Money, Bernie?
Jun 29, 2009 4:21 AM CDT

Where's the Money, Bernie?

(Newser) - Investigators have only recovered $1.2 billion of the $13.2 billion bilked from investors by Bernard Madoff since 1995, reports the Wall Street Journal. Eligible victims may be compensated up to $500,000 by the Securities Investor Protection Corp., but the rest will have to come from whatever investigators...

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