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See Crazy Photos From Coney Island's New Year's Polar Bear Swim

Emerald Catron — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:06:57 +0000

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club’s annual New Year’s swim looks like a great time. People in costumes, swimming, having fun. We probably should’ve gone, but there was that whole hangover thing to deal with. Which makes us wonder, does jumping into the freezing Atlantic ocean cure a hangover? If so, we’re totally there next [...]

Freaky, Unidentified 'Monster' Washes Ashore In New York City [NSFW Photos]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:00:22 +0000

In July of 2008, the carcass of a bloated, chimera-like animal washed ashore in Long Island. The ‘Montauk Monster‘ terrified and fascinated the nation that summer, with zoologists eventually concluding the beast was probably a water-damaged raccoon, rather than some sort of byproduct of a top-secret experiment gone horribly wrong.

Four years later, it looks like we have another monster on our hands.

Would You Pay $1 Million for a Parking Spot?

Shauna Wright — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:12:40 +0000

A million dollars sure doesn’t go as far as it used to. In fact, in New York City, it’ll just buy you a premium place to park your car. The pricey spot, which measures 12 feet wide and 23 feet long, is in a garage attached to an eight-story building which will soon house several [...]

Paul Simon Gives Poignant Performance of 'The Sound of Silence' at Ground Zero [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:09:56 +0000

During Sunday’s ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Paul Simon gave a haunting acoustical performance of ‘The Sound of Silence’ while some onlookers wept. The song that first propelled Simon and his former musical partner Art Garfunkel into the national spotlight in 1965 was originally written by [...]

President Obama Visits Ground Zero

Matt Brubaker — Thu, 05 May 2011 20:22:56 +0000

With the death of Osama Bin Laden, our thoughts are with the victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001. President Obama paid tribute to the victims with a visit to Ground Zero today. READ THE STORY

James Taylor Salutes Carnegie Hall

Big Bear — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:27:11 +0000

The pop, country and jazz music history of New York’s historic Carnegie Hall was celebrated Tuesday night. JAMES TAYLOR was the host for the night! James Taylor as the host for the 120th anniversary event which left the hall’s usual classical music tradition aside for the evening. Famous debuts on that legendary stage were saluted, including STING paying [...]