2 Are Critically Injured in Bronx Fire The New York Times | Two people were hospitalized with critical injuries after a fire in a Bronx apartment building Saturday evening. | Just before 7 p.m., firefighters arrived at the building, a seven-story brick structure in the Bruckner neighborhood, according to a fire department spokesman. It took 60 to 65 firefi...
Bronx kids take on MTA: Plead for discounted MetroCards to stay Newsvine | The Paradise Theater on the Grand Concourse was no paradise for Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials Wednesday night, as outraged students and straphangers protested proposed service cuts at a rowdy public hearing. | Among the indignant ...
Donnie McClurkin brings gospel to the Bronx The Examiner | Minister and gospel singer Donnie McClurkin supplied by artist | Gospel singer and pastor, Donnie McClurkin, claims that every success he has experienced in life happened because he stumbled into it. His fans wont stumble but can run to Lehman Cent...
Man Trying to Break Up a Fight Is Killed in the Bronx The New York Times | A Bronx man who the police said was trying to be “a good guy” by breaking up a fight early Saturday was fatally stabbed by one of the people involved in the fight, according to the authorities. | The stabbed man, Marcos Cruz, 27, was pr...
Irish tenor Tynan leaving Bronx for Boston Newsday | March 6, 2010 | For almost a decade at Yankees games, Irish tenor Ronan Tynan belted out "God Bless America." But he's been gone from the Bronx ballpark since October after a woman accused him of making an anti-Semitic remark. | And now Tyna...
Irish tenor Ronan Tynan leaving Bronx for Boston Newsday | March 6, 2010 | For almost a decade at Yankees games, Irish tenor Ronan Tynan belted out "God Bless America." But he's been gone from the Bronx ballpark since October after a woman accused him of making an anti-Semitic remark. | And now, Tyn...
Gay Jesuit priest Robert Carter dies in Bronx The Examiner Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - Robert Carter, a Jesuit priest who helped found what today is the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, has died. He was 82. | Gay activist Brendan Fay said Carter died Feb. 22. The cause was not immediately known. | In...
Cops in Bronx find body of missing Scarsdale doc The Boston Globe | SCARSDALE, N.Y.-Police say the body of a Scarsdale doctor has been found by divers in waters off the Bronx. | They say the cause of death has not been determined. | The doctor, 55-year-old Mona Shimshi (SHIM'-shee) was reported missing on Sunday. H...
Hollywood tough guy Wesley Snipes The Boston Globe | Wesley Snipes claims he could take on anyone in a fight. | The 'Blade' actor - who is currently on bail and appealing a conviction against a three-year prison sentence for tax evasion - believes he would win any brawl hands down because of where he...
Review: Travolta plays action hero in `Paris' Inquirer | In the space of just a few weeks, we have movies starring Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson and John Travolta. It is like the early '90s all over again. | Nostalgia is on Travolta's mind...
2008's quirkiest baby names, Bronx to Zuma Newsvine | Remember the uproar over Gwyneth Paltrow's naming her daughter Apple? In 2008, that seems downright quaint. Check out the new additions in the category of quirkiest baby names. | ...
Stars rock out for Tibet at Carnegie Hall The Wichita Eagle | NEW YORK - Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Regina Spektor and many others contributed to a potent sonic cocktail that rocked Carnegie Hall at the 20th Annual Benefit Concert for Tibet House US, a non-profit organization charged with preserving Tibetan cultu...
Sienna Miller moving for Jude China Daily | Sienna Miller will reportedly spend the summer in America because she doesn't want to be away from Jude Law, who is shooting a movie there. | Sienna Miller is moving to America for the summer. | The 28-year-old actress - who reconciled her romance with actor Jude Law at the end of last year while they were both staring in theatre productions on N...
Obama appeals to public for push on health care Newsday | March 6, 2010 | WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is trying to persuade a weary public and wavering Democrats to get behind his frantic, late-stage push on health care, while Republicans dig in and demand starting from scratch after a year's worth of work. | "Now, despite all the progress and improvements we've made, Republicans in Congr...
