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  THEEE Yankees Win (And Their Fans Do, Too)

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Nov 5, 2009 11:39 AM ET

  player Shane Victorino to ground out. "I have never had a greater feeling," Nick Kakaribes, who traveled two hours to watch the game on big Times Square screen, told the New York Daily News. "This is the best moment in the whole world." Lifelong Yankees fan Cheryl Rodriguez almost agreed Read More

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  Manhattan Light Rail

  By Darragh Worland | Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:51 PM ET

  Bloomberg."But Bloomberg's office doesn't support the plan. The mayor wants to move forward with the extension of the 7th Avenue subway to connect Times Square with the Hudson Yards area on the West Side. According to the Times, that project was projected to cost $2.1 billion back in 2005 - Read More

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  Art That Really Pops

  By Courtney Rubin | Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:54 PM ET

  the Venice Biennale.He hasn't been able to quit his day job yet, though."Even just this past January, you know, from time to time I had to go out to Times Square and twist balloons in freezing weather for grocery money," he told TED. "But the exposure is good."And yes, he does get asked abou Read More

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  Take Heart - Even Wax Figures Age and Fail

  By Kirk Bromley | Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:00 PM ET

  approval prior to unveiling, otherwise, well, you might end up on this site, which is a lot like eternity, only suckier.Photo via Wikimedi Read More

  More like this in: Las Vegas, Bette Midler, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Tina Turner, Madame Tussaud's, Life & Style, Celebrity, Culture
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  A Call to Service in Times Square

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:56 PM ET

  Serve America Act's call to action."Today is an exciting day for service in America," said New York's Mayor Bloomberg.Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: ABC, Television, CBS, Volunteerism, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Michael Bloomberg, Fran Drescher, Katie Couric, NBC, Call to Action, Randy Jackson
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  Plastic Fantastic

  By Courtney Rubin | Fri Sep 4, 2009 9:48 AM ET

  photographs in Lego. Among his works: the lone man confronting tanks in Tiananmen Square (picture below) and the sailor kissing his girlfriend in Times Square on V-J Day (a day that commemorates the US victory over Japan in WWII). He posts his efforts on his Web site, which has developed Read More

  More like this in: Japan, Photography, World War II (1939-45), Legos, World, Entertainment, Europe
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  eBay WTF of the Day - Another Shoe Purse

  By Annie Scott | Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:00 PM ET

  What does this go with? Why would you want to walk around carrying what appears to be an ill-conceived souvenier that was probably overpriced at a Times Square I Love New York shop? It's like announcing to the world that you have impulse-purchase problems.Perhaps this purse is everything yo Read More

  More like this in: New York, Shopping, eBay, Marilyn Monroe, Life & Style, Fashion
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  Vienna Watered-Down

  By David Jenison | Fri Aug 7, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  doesn’t surprise me. America might not have as many walking cities as Europe, but we do have some. How about distilled drinking water centers in Times Square and Central Park in NYC? Los Angeles could use one at the Santa Monica pier or boardwalk. Even Miami could use one on Ocean Dr. Here’ Read More

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  A Hairy Situation in the Big Apple

  By Rachel Felder | Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  the city's best) and plenty of free samples too. Where will this, um, hair-raising promotion take place? At key locations across the Big Apple, from Times Square to Soho, outside Crunch on Lafayette.Certainly, getting some freebies and a deal on one of summertime's inevitable necessities shoul Read More

  More like this in: New York City, Hair, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Life & Style, Fashion, Health & Fitness
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  Transparent Politics

  By Lisa Germinsky | Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:16 PM ET

  Cher can secure posts in public office, who's to say the Naked Cowboy can't be the Mayor of New York City?Robert Burck, better known as the dude in Times Square who strums the guitar in nothing but briefs and boots, officially announces his candidacy for the New York Mayor's office today.Th Read More

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