Once On Death Row, He Now Fights To Defeat The Death Penalty
Maryland is about to become the 18th state to abolish the death penalty.A bill has passed the state Senate and is expected to pass the House of Delegates easily with the governor's ardent support. The...
View ArticleAt 'Stop-And-Frisk' Trial, Cops Describe Quota-Driven NYPD
Police officers testifying at a federal trial challenging New York City's stop-and-frisk policy say they were ordered to increase their number of arrests, summons and 250s — the code for stop, question...
View ArticleYou Can't Put A Headline On William Klein
Try to put him in a box and he'll find his way out. Still working at nearly 85 years old, William Klein has gone rogue in at least four different fields: abstract painting, photography, filmmaking and...
View ArticleNew York: A Concrete Jungle And 'City Of Trees,' Too
You expect to find great trees in city parks and botanical gardens. But you might not expect to find ancient or unusual trees in the inner city or smack dab in the middle of a highway.Benjamin Swett...
View ArticleTimes Square's Naked Cowboy Wrangles Some Co-Workers
In the bustle and craziness of New York's Times Square on a busy afternoon or night, you will see scores of costumed figures: Batman, Elmo, the Statue of Liberty.But for more than a dozen years,...
View ArticleCourt Case Winds Down In New York's Stop-And-Frisk Challenge
Closing arguments are set to take place Monday in the federal class action trial involving New York City's stop-and-frisk policy. The trial has been going on for two months in Manhattan.Plaintiffs in...
View ArticleDiscovering A Family Member's Lost Time In Amsterdam
When I found out that one of my cousins — now 88 — had hidden from the Nazis in Amsterdam, just like Anne Frank, it was a revelation. It made me want to know more about my cousin's life and story."I...
View ArticleOld Safe Reveals Historical Relics For Women's Suffrage Group
Started in 1888 by suffragettes like Susan B. Anthony, the National Council of Women of the United States still exists today in a small office near the United Nations.On the organization's 125th...
View ArticleGrowing The Latest In 16th-Century Medicine
The Renaissance Garden at the New York Botanical Garden, a re-creation of a 16th-century medicinal garden, is so lush and colorful, it takes only a stroll through to absorb its good medicine.The...
View ArticleThe Occupy Movement At 2: Many Voices, Many Messages
By 10 a.m. Tuesday, several hundred people had already gathered in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park to mark the second anniversary of the movement known as Occupy Wall Street.With many people coming and...
View ArticleThis Elegant, Whimsical Pop-Up Dinner Party Had 4,000 Guests
On a gorgeous night, some 4,000 people, dressed all in white, have come to dine in a public, yet secret place in New York's Bryant Park.They have come for Diner en Blanc, an unusual pop-up event that...
View ArticleFashion Designer Mark Jacobs To Leave Louis Vuitton
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And in other business news, Marc Jacobs is packing his bags. The fashion designer is leaving Louis Vuitton after 16 years. He is expected to focus on an eventual IPO...
View ArticleDoes Capitalism Work? A True/False Quiz In Times Square
I'm walking through Times Square, the crossroads of the world. Just when I reach the line for cheap Broadway tickets, I see it: a giant billboard with the word "capitalism" in bright white lights and...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner (The Myth, Not The Man) Takes The Stage
The sexting scandal surrounding former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner has been fodder for comedians, punsters and those who love double entendres. Now it's the source material for a play, The...
View ArticleForget The Lottery; You Have Better Odds Of Winning This Picasso
Imagine buying a genuine Pablo Picasso painting valued at $1 million — and paying only $135.That's the prize if you win the "1 Picasso for 100 Euros" raffle Sotheby's is currently putting on.
View ArticleCan Starbucks Do For Tea What It Has Done For Coffee?
Starbucks, which revolutionized the coffee industry, is now taking on tea. It has opened its first tea bar, and it's creating mixed tea beverages, some even more complex and customized than the coffee...
View ArticleInvestigation Of New York Train Derailment Continues
Transportation officials are investigating what caused a Metro-North Railroad passenger train to derail along the Hudson River in New York on Sunday morning. The crash left four dead and injured dozens...
View ArticleAssessing Bloomberg's Legacy Is A Complex Task
At the end of this month, Michael Bloomberg ends his three terms as mayor of New York City. Assessing Bloomberg's legacy, a man who went from Republican to Independent, is not a simple thing to do. His...
View ArticleTiny Museum Preserves Proof Of Creators' Crazy Stories
Imagine a museum that's only 6 square feet. It's called, simply, Museum and it's housed in an old elevator shaft in an alley near New York City's courts. It has some odd exhibits on 18 small shelves,...
View ArticleNew York's Medical Marijuana Experiment Begins With Caution
New York is one of the only states in the Northeast without a medical marijuana program.Gov.
View ArticleSmall Museum Shows Off Weird Objects
In this encore report, we hear about a small museum in an elevator shaft in lower Manhattan. It's only six feet square, and only about three or four people can enter it at a time. The exhibits document...
View ArticleBefore He Fell To Earth, 'The Little Prince' Was Born In N.Y.
One of the world's most beloved books is The Little Prince by Antoine Saint-Exupery. Published in 1943, almost two million copies are sold every year, in about 250 languages.If asked where you think...
View ArticleA Plan To Eliminate Wild Mute Swans Draws Vocal Opposition
A plan in New York state to eliminate all wild mute swans there by 2025 has drawn protests and petitions on all sides. While some see elegant white birds gliding across the water, others see a...
View ArticleA Beer Backlash To LGBT Exclusion In St. Patrick's Parades
Beer makers Guinness and Sam Adams withdrew sponsorship from New York and Boston's St. Patrick Day parades, respectively, over the exclusion of openly gay, lesbian and transgender participants.
View ArticleEccentric Heiress's Untouched Treasures Head For The Auction Block
She had three apartments on New York's Fifth Avenue, all filled with treasures worth millions, not to mention a mansion in Connecticut and a house in California. But the enigmatic heiress Huguette...
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