'Ninja Burglar' Strikes Again

The most wanted man on Staten Island
broke into a Todt Hill home on Flagg Place Thursday night. But he
didn't stick around very long. The homeowners, a dentist and his wife,
scared him off. The hooded thief became known as the "Ninja Burglar"
after more than a dozen North Shore break-ins. Residents are so on
edge, our Glenn Schuck says one man answered the door Saturday morning
holding a baseball bat.

The hooded thief is suspected in more than a dozen burglaries on Staten Island since last Spring.

In one incident earlier this month, a man claimed he stabbed the burglar after confronting him in his Donagan Hills home.

Anyone with information about the 'Ninja Burglar' is urged to call the NYPD's CrimeStoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.


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The World's Fastest Limo?

Now here's something very much out of the ordinary. This unique black Ferrari 360 Modena carbon fibre stretch limousine will undoubtedly spin heads when it's unveiled at the European Limousine and Chauffeur Show in the UK this month. The fastest limo in the world according to owner Dan Cawley, the 23 feet long, 400bhp vehicle achieves 0-60mph in less than six seconds and has a top speed of 170mph.

Dan, of Style Limousines in Manchester, commissioned Carbonyte UK to build this outlandish vehicle spending over £200,000 on the modifications. Foregoing the mini bars found in other limos, the Ferrari has been equipped with an extra six seats and nine foot gull-wing doors so it can carry eight passengers in total.

Carbonyte UK is the pioneer of HotFusion Composite Manufacturing Technology that was used on the McLaren SLR Supercar.

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NYC Taxi Drivers Sue to Stop Installation of GPS Units

MANHATTAN (AP) -- A group of cabbies sued city regulators Wednesday in an attempt to block a new requirement that all taxis be outfitted with global positioning systems and software that will record where they drive. The move comes two weeks after thousands of cabbies went on strike for two days to protest the rule, which some have blasted as an invasion of privacy. In the suit, the drivers argue that the city overstepped its authority and acted unconstitutionally when it mandated the units. The suit also makes an unusual claim that the GPS devices will give away trade secrets by disclosing the cabbies' driving patterns. Most hacks, it explained, cruise routes of their own design that they believe lead to the most lucrative fares. "Each taxi driver regards his or her own pattern as proprietary,'' the suit said. Tracking those patterns would cause the drivers to give up their competitive edge, the suit claimed. Officials at New York's Taxi and Limousine Commission referred calls to the city's law department, which said it was reviewing the suit. The GPS units are among several pieces of new technology being phased into cabs this year, including credit card machines, a text messaging system and television screens for passengers. Taxi drivers and fleet owners are divided over the new equipment. Some have embraced it. Others have criticized it as costly and unnecessary. A faction of drivers, led by the Taxi Workers Alliance, struck for two days last month to call attention to the dispute. The Alliance also organized the lawsuit, which was filed at a federal court in Manhattan. The drivers are asking the court to block enforcement of the new technology requirements and reimburse drivers for the cost of installing any equipment already in place. It also seeks an injunction blocking the first round of enforcement of the rules. Cabs that don't have the technology will start failing city inspections as of Oct. 1. Within the past few weeks, the city has also begun fining cab owners who haven't yet signed contracts to install the equipment. Owners have also been threatened with suspensions for failing to comply.

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Tonylimo Sept 18

ASTORIA, I ADORE YA'

AFFORDABLE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY QUEENS AREA SEES ITS OWN CONDO BOOM

WITH numerous new developments and loft conversions - not to mention a slow but steady influx of new restaurants, bars and residents - Long Island City has generated the lion's share of buzz about Queens. But just north of that emerging district lies Astoria, an area that's long attracted a diverse mix of immigrants (Greeks, Italians, Arabs) and, in recent years, a steady stream of Manhattan rent refugees - young professionals drawn in by affordable prices, great restaurants and a quick commute to Midtown.

And now, a new trend is emerging in Astoria: shiny, new condo developments.

New construction is transforming this renter-friendly neighborhood into the city's latest, greatest 'hood for luxury residential buildings. Currently on the market are the Astoria Windsor at 30-80 21st St., with one-bedrooms with home offices starting at $530,000; the Ionian Condo, at 32-70 41st St., with three 923-square-foot one-bedrooms with balconies remaining for $516,544 and up; and Hoyt Terrace, at 25-47 23rd St., an eight-unit building with apartments starting at $259,000 for a 751-square-foot studio.

And many more are on the way. Developers are eyeing the formerly industrial buildings across from Socrates Sculpture Park and the area along the East River waterfront. TTW Realty is converting the former Sohmer & Co. Piano Factory - and, more recently, the home of the Adirondack Furniture Co. - to residences, while other projects (including a building designed by Karl Fischer) are in the works.

It all smacks of great things for the future. But with its busy commercial thoroughfares (Broadway, 30th Avenue, Steinway Street) packed with ethnic restaurants, supermarkets, fishmongers, green grocers and major retailers like the Gap and Victoria's Secret, Astoria already functions as a convenient, family-friendly neighborhood.

Unlike Long Island City's Hunters Point - where a hipster community is growing along Vernon Boulevard - Astoria is a sprawling, established area with a distinct personality of its own.

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Hands on: Getting down to iWork '08

Can Apple make even a spreadsheet cool? Our reviewer examines the new office productivity suite for the Mac.

September 17, 2007 (Computerworld) -- With iWork '08, the latest generation of its office suite, Apple has given Mac users a powerful alternative to Microsoft's Office for Mac. This new version finally offers an alternative to Excel called Numbers, a spreadsheet tool unlike any that has come before it. It also adds some great new features to iWork's other two applications -- the presentation program Keynote and the word processor Pages -- including a few that many users felt were lacking in previous releases.

For example, all the iWork applications now present a contextual Format Bar that displays only the controls or commands relevant to a selected item. This makes it easier to locate specific image effects, text styles or even spreadsheet functions based on what you are working with. In many cases, the Format Bar brings up commands that were always commonly needed but used to be buried somewhere in one of the tabs of the Inspector palette


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`Sopranos' Wins Emmy for Best Drama

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gone but not forgotten by
voters, "The Sopranos" claimed its final Emmy as best dramatic series.
Winners in other top categories were scattered across the prime time
landscape like the bodies of the show's fallen characters across New
Jersey.

A stunned James Spader felt like he
just "stole a pile of money from the mob" in winning best drama series
actor as a devilish lawyer on "Boston Legal" at Sunday night's
ceremony. And Sally Field was her flustered self as winner of best
actress in a drama for her matriarchal role in "Brothers & Sisters."

Spader rubbed out three-time winner James Gandolfini of "The Sopranos" and last year's upset victor, Kiefer Sutherland of "24."

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Simpson Arrested in Connection with Vegas Robbery

LAS VEGAS (1010 WINS)
-- O.J. Simpson was arrested Sunday and faces multiple felony charges
in an alleged armed robbery of collectors involving the former football
great's sports memorabilia, authorities said.


Prosecutors were planning to charge Simpson with two counts of robbery
with use of a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery, burglary
with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and
coercion, said Clark County District Attorney David Roger.

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Bonds' No. 756 ball generates more than initial estimates

SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run
ball was auctioned Saturday for $752,467, well more than the
estimates by memorabilia experts.

Home run No. 755, the ball that tied the record, went for
$186,750, according to Sotheby's/SCP Auctions. Both final prices
included the winning bid plus a 20 percent buyer's fee, according
to the auction houses handling the sale.

Bonds broke Aaron's record of 755 with a shot into the
right-center field seats on Aug. 7 off of Washington Nationals
pitcher Mike Bacsik in San Francisco.

Matt Murphy, a 21-year-old student and construction supervisor
from New York, emerged from a scuffle with the record-breaking ball
after paying $100 for a $12 ticket during a layover on his way to
Australia from his hometown.

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Rodriguez Is Worth a Few More Wins, but Not $30 Million

From the moment Alex Rodriguez signed his 10-year, $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers
in 2000, he became the emblem for baseball’s talent sweepstakes run
amok. The total package was worth more than twice as much as any deal
that had preceded it, and the conventional wisdom was that Rodriguez
had made out like a bandit.

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Marc Jacobs

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Marc Jacobs

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Marc Jacobs outside the Mercer Hotel where he is living on 9/13/07

America at Home: Millions of Simultaneous Snapshots Will Show What 'Home' Means to Americans

America at Home: Millions of Simultaneous Snapshots Will Show What 'Home' Means to Americans

Yellow cabs celebrate 100 years

All hail the taxi: 2007 marks the 100th anniversary of the metered cab.

City officials yesterday marked the centennial by unveiling the
first yellow cab decorated with panels painted in floral patterns by
schoolchildren.

"What better way to celebrate the New York taxi's centennial than to
emphasize the creativity of our children and to display that creativity
for the enjoyment of millions of people every day," said Taxi and
Limousine Commission Chairman Matthew Daus.

It's the latest look for the iconic New York City yellow cab, which
originally was red. Businessman Harry Allen in 1907 assembled a small
fleet of 65 shiny red French Darracq cabs, equipped with meters, and an
industry was born.

Allen launched the business after becoming incensed when a hansom
cab driver charged him and a female companion what he saw as an
excessive amount of money - $5 - for a three-quarter-mile trip in
Manhattan, according to taxi historian Graham Hodges, author of "Taxi!
A Social History of the New York City Cabdriver."

"One hundred years of New York City wreaks many changes in our
lives," Hodges said yesterday. "The taxi driver and his cab are
enduring symbols of New York for tourists and denizens alike. Times may
change, but the hackmen, their virtues and their problems go on
forever."

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Is a Third N.Y. Baseball Team Feasible?

Imagine a baseball playoff race involving the Yankees, the Mets, and another team anchored in northern New Jersey. The Mets or Yanks would battle with the third team, sort of like the Dodgers and Giants of the Golden Era of New York baseball a half-century ago. Those two teams played their last New York City home games exactly 50 years ago this month and then departed for California. One present-day owner thinks that it is time for baseball to rectify its mistake and get a third team in the area.

The National League abandoned New York and squelched any plans for the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates
to take the Dodgers' and Giants' place. Indeed, the league had no plans
to return to New York until plans for a rival league, the Continental
League, were unveiled in the late 1950s. In October 1960, after there
was some congressional pressure put on the separate entities of the
American and National Leagues, the NL expanded into New York and Houston.

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AirPort Extreme Base Station with Gigabit Ethernet

Apple has made fast even faster. The AirPort Extreme Base Station (4.5 mice), in its first incarnation, achieved unprecedented speeds for Wi-Fi network transfers, topping 90 Mbps of actual throughput in ideal circumstances. Even in less-than-perfect conditions, the Extreme—with a recently updated draft version of the 802.11n standard—beat its 802.11g predecessor.

Apple has refreshed its previous Base Station by upgrading Ethernet from 10/100 Mbps to 10/100/1000 Mbps, offering Gigabit Ethernet in parity with the speed found on almost the entire Mac lineup. The lack of Gigabit Ethernet was our biggest carp in our last review

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NYC Health Officials: Rise in HIV Infections

NEW YORK (AP) -- Infection rates for AIDS rose over the past six years among gay men under 30. The New York city Health Department says new diagnoses of HIV among gay men under 30 increased by 33 percent during the past six years, from 374 in 2001 to 499 in 2006.

Gay males aged 13 to 19 also saw an increase in H-I-V rates: from 41 new cases six years ago to 87 in 2006.

The majority of new cases were among black and Latino gay men.

Every borough except Staten Island saw an increase in infection rates.

The health department did not offer explanations for why rates among young gay men under 30 or teens between the ages of 13 and 19 have increased.

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Remembering The Lost on Sept 11.

Victims' families huddled under umbrellas Tuesday in a park on the
sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the first remembrance
ceremony held away from ground zero, an event that failed to evoke the
same emotions as the hallowed ground of the World Trade Center site.

"I guess they mean well, but I really wasn't happy,'' said Sal
Romagnolo, whose son, Joseph Romagnolo, worked in the trade center's
north tower. "I never got my son back. That's the only place we have,''
he said of the site of the fallen towers.

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In 3 Months, iPhone Sales Top a Million

Apple Inc. has sold its millionth iPhone less than three months after the device’s debut, allaying investor concerns that demand had slowed.

Last week, the company, which had set out to sell a million iPhones by the end of this month, cut the price of the handset, which doubles as an iPod music player, by a third, to $399.

It took almost two years for Apple to sell a million iPods, the chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, said in a statement yesterday.

“As far as dispelling the fears that the iPhone was off to a bad start, this should help that,” said Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis.

Yesterday’s announcement showed that the price cut was strategic, he said. “It’s not anything wrong with the phone.”

Last Wednesday, Apple stock fell more than 5 percent in trading after the price cut, which analysts said suggested that orders had stalled. Mr. Jobs said last week that the discount would increase sales in this winter’s holiday season. He is counting on the phone to be Apple’s third main business alongside Macintosh computers and iPods.

Shares of Apple, based in Cupertino, Calif., jumped $4.94, or 3.8 percent, to $136.71.

Mr. Jobs said last week that Apple would give a $100 store credit to customers who paid $599 for the iPhone when it came out June 29. Customers sent hundreds of e-mail messages complaining about the price cut so soon after the phone’s debut, he said.

Demand for the iPhone has increased since the price cut, a UBS analyst, Benjamin Reitzes, said yesterday in a research note.

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ROSIE AND TRUMP 'SLUG' IT OUT AGAIN...

ROSIE O'Donnell isn't done with The Donald. Page Six has
obtained pages from her new book, "Celebrity Detox," hitting shelves
Oct. 2, in which she calls Donald Trump "a torn scarecrow" and "a slug."

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Sept. 11, 2007 Events & Ceremonies

NEW YORK CITY
World Trade Center Site Memorial Ceremony
Tuesday morning, September 11
Zuccotti Park -- Adjacent to World Center Site at Liberty Street.
First responders will read the names of victims this year

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Interfaith Remembrance Service
St. Peter's Church, Barclay and Church streets in Lower Manhattan
2 p.m., Tuesday, September 11
The service will honor the 84 Port Authority employees who were killed on September 11, 2001, in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, as well as the victims of the 1993 WTC bombing.

NY Disaster Interfaith Services Co-Sponsors Buddhist's 9/11 WTC Interfaith Memorial
Floating Lantern Ceremony
Annual 9/11 Commemoration on the Water in Lower Manhattan
Tuesday, September 11, 6 p.m. at Pier 40
On the Hudson River at West Houston and West Streets
Free and Open to the Public

New Ipod's , iTunes changes highlight Apple Event

Appearing before the press today at San Francisco’s Moscone West expo hall, Steve Jobs took the wraps off an entirely revamped iPod line, highlighted by the addition of the iPod touch. Like the iPhone, the widescreen iPod touch is driven by a touch interface and features wireless networking capabilities. Apple also unveiled its new iTunes Wi-Fi Store and a custom ringtone maker for the iPhone. Get all the details in our live coverage of Steve Jobs’s presentation.

Apple did it , There Here New IPODS

The first look at the Nano's from Apple.....live from the Moscone Center West

NEW IPOD NANO'S HIT THE MARKET !!!!!

This is the first look at the new Apple Nano's that Steve Jobs is talking about now at Moscone Center West. "It's incredibly tiny, this is the new nano, it's incredibly thin. It's REALLY nice." Huge applause. "Let me show you some bigger pictures of it... comes in beautiful colors. So what's the...

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Who Founded Facebook? A New Claim Emerges

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 29 Mark E. Zuckerberg is considered the founder of Facebook, the popular social networking Web site estimated to be worth upward of $1 billion. A screenshot of Aaron Greenspan's college project, FaceNet. Three Harvard classmates, the founders of ConnectU, have long...

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Fox News Anchor Slips Up and Says Blow Job on Air

While talking about J. Lo and her acceptance in her home town.

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Prostitution Targeted on CraigslistGARDEN CITY, N.Y., Sept. 4 The eight wo

GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Sept. 4 The eight women visited Long Island this summer along with vacationing families and other business travelers, staying in hotels and motels in commercial strips in middle-class suburbs like East Garden City, Hicksville and Woodbury. Their ages ranged from 20 to 32....

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Fatal Shooting at Queens Subway Station in Astoria

Police are looking for a group of four or five men seen running from the Brooadway train station in Astoria, Queens, where a 19-year-old man was shot in the head and killed. Police say the shooting was reported at 1:15 a.m. Monday. Police are questioning a number of people who were at the train...

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Original Macintosh User Manual with Pictures.

Thoughts on (and pics of) the original Macintosh User Manual... One of the more striking things was how every chapter is introduced with a full-color photo of Macintosh being used. Here they are (click on them to see bigger sizes)...

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Battle at Kruger

Family of Water Buffalo fight for their baby back...

A post about Marathon Swimmer Storch Hospitalized After Setting Record for

Marathon swimmer Skip Storch was in stable condition Friday in Nyack Hospital, where he was being treated for muscle tears, abrasions and hypothermia following his record-setting swim around Manhattan.

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NYC BIG WEEKEND GATAWAY....

Fewer Americans plan to travel by car this Labor Day weekend, AAA says, despite gas prices that are about a dime lower than a year ago.

The auto club's annual Labor Day survey, conducted by the Travel Industry Association, found that 28.9 million people will travel by car over the long weekend, down from 29 million last year.

Apple's new store

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Apple's new store

Apple's new store, originally uploaded by tonylimo.

Apple computer will open up its 3 rd NYC store, and this is where its going to be. In the meatpacking area, 14st and 9 ave.

Yankee Stadium last night

Yankee Stadium, originally uploaded by tonylimo.

taken last night while they where playing Boston from the VIP parking area.

iMovie '08

Apple redesigns and simplifies its desktop video program as an iPhoto for movies

Summary
Pros: Convenient centralized video library; much improved interface for new users; fast, no-render, no wait performance while editing; wide and seamless support of video formats; easy exporting and sharing of movies to YouTube and the improved .Mac Galleries.

Cons: Unfamiliar interface and workflow for those used to other video editing programs; slow load time for large media libraries; simplification means the loss of themes, third-party plug-ins, and advanced audio controls; decreased video quality due to single field processing; steep hardware requirements.

Processor Compatibility: Universal

OS Compatibility: 10.4 (Tiger)

Price as rated: $79 (as part of iLife ’08 suite); bundled free with new Macs. Best Current Price: $69.98 (via ProductFinder)

Company: Apple, www.apple.com

iPhone's is for sale by teen....lastest news

This is the phone that was unlocked live here this morning. It includes the phone, the worlds first serial dock, and the official unlock switch from the blog.

As a note, if you are only bidding on this to get an unlocked iPhone, don't. There are much cheaper and easier ways to get one. This is a piece of cell phone history. I have no intention of ever starting an unlocking service.

THIS IS THE EBAY SITE FOR THE TEEN

Unlocked iPhone

iPhone's Network Lock Hacked By Teen

A 17-year-old hacker has broken the lock that ties Apple's iPhone to AT&T's wireless network, freeing the most hyped cellphone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones.

George Hotz of Glen Rock, N.J., confirmed Friday that he had unlocked an iPhone and was using it on T-Mobile's network, the only major U.S. carrier apart from AT&T that is compatible with the iPhone's cellular technology. In a video posted to his blog, he holds an iPhone that displays "T-Mobile" as the carrier.

While the possibility of switching from AT&T to T-Mobile may not be a major development for U.S. consumers, it opens up the iPhone for use on the networks of overseas carriers.

"That's the big thing," Hotz said in a phone interview from his home.

Taxi Union Announces September 5th Strike

The Taxi Workers Alliance says that at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, September 5th its members will go on a 48-hour strike.

"No taxis would be operating on the roads,” said Taxi Workers Alliance Executive Director Bhairavi Desai. “We're asking drivers to keep their cars parked either on the streets or leave them at the garage.”

At issue is a new GPS system, a satellite-tracking technology the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission is requiring in all 13,000 of the city's yellow cabs. It's just one in a package of technology improvements that also includes a credit card reader and a video screen in every backseat.

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Cabbies Turning Up Strike Talk Over Technology

NEW YORK -- Taxi drivers who oppose having global positioning systems in their cabs have set a strike date. The New York Taxi Workers Alliance, which has more than 8,400 members, will call for drivers to strike on September 5th and 6th if city leaders don't drop plans for a GPS system that the group fears could be used to track drivers' movements.

All 13,000 city cabs will be required by the Taxi and Limousine Commission to install touch-screen and global positioning systems. The commission initially called for the technology while approving a 26 percent fare increase in 2004. Starting on October 1, as taxis come up for inspection, they will be required to have the technology.

The touch-screen monitors will let passengers pay by credit card, check on news stories, map their taxi's current location and look up restaurant and entertainment information.

The Taxi Workers Alliance opposes the GPS system -- saying it is an invasion of drivers' privacy.

Apple Gaining Marketshare, Mindshare

The latest numbers are looking good for Apple, especially in the Laptop market.

According to a ChangeWave survey, Apple's laptop share gained 5% over the past 90 days and is roughly 5% higher than a year ago, now sitting at 17%. The survey also indicates that 28% of potential buyers over the next 90 days will be choosing an Apple Laptop, and 23% choosing an Apple desktop.

In addition to the survey's findings, NPD data reported by Macworld pins June 2007 notebook retail market share at 17.6%, an increase of 2.2% over last year.

Overall, NPD places Apple as the 3rd largest US computer manufacturer, with a 5.9% U.S. market share, up 1.1% from last year's numbers.

Apple Update iMovie '08 to 7.0.1

Apple released iMovie '08 with iLife '08 in August. The new version rewrote iMovie from scratch, leading to some transition pains

Deutsche Bank Building Dropped After Deadly Fire

NY1 has learned that Bovis, the contractor at the former Deutsche Bank building site, moved Wednesday to fire its subcontractor, John Galt, following Saturday’s deadly blaze that claimed the fire of two firemen.

Bovis, along with the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, claims Galt demonstrated an inability in terms of its supervision and maintenance of the project.

This comes a day after the Manhattan district attorney announced the launch of a criminal investigation into the fire.

The investigation so far has revealed a building with a history of Department of Building violations, including several fines this year for failure to properly remove combustible materials and debris.

Space Shuttle Lands Safely Despite Gouge

— The space shuttle Endeavour glided to a safe landing here at 12:32 p.m. Eastern time, apparently not much worse for wear.

After two weeks of analyzing, worrying and ultimately taking no action to repair a small but deep gouge in the Endeavour’s underside, NASA flight controllers cleared the shuttle to return to Earth this morning.“You are go for the de-orbit burn,” Christopher J. Ferguson, an astronaut at the NASA’s mission control center in Houston, radioed to the Endeavour crew at 11:05 a.m. Eastern time.

Starting at 11:25 a.m., with broken clouds but otherwise blue skies over the landing strip and a steady breeze blowing near the ground, the Endeavour fired its maneuvering thrusters for 3 minutes and 35 seconds, to slow the aircraft and drop it out of orbit towards Earth’s atmosphere. The craft cruised southwest to northeast high over Costa Rica and Cuba, and then over southern Florida, as it descended.

Rapper Foxy Brown Accused of Lying to Police During N.J. Traffic Stop

There's another addition to rapper Foxy Brown's legal woes. This time, Brown is accused of lying to police during a New Jersey traffic stop.

The Record of Bergen County reports that Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, was driving a sport utility vehicle in Mahwah on Wednesday.

Authorities told the newspaper that the rapper was stopped for talking on a handheld cell phone and failing to stop at a stop sign.

Authorities say a check showed the SUV's registration had been suspended, and that the 27-year-old rapper gave officers a variation of her real name and a date of birth that was a year off.

Leona Helmsley, Hotel ‘Queen,’ Is Dead at 87

Leona Helmsley, the self-styled hotel queen whose prison term for income tax evasion and fraud was greeted with uncommon approval by a public who regarded her as a 1980s symbol of arrogance and greed, died yesterday at her home in Greenwich, Conn. She was 87.

HOT IN NY

HOT IN NY, originally uploaded by tonylimo.

when the temperature rises in NY last week, we se all sorts of strange people coming out of the woodwork.

Taken on 48st and 5thave.

The House..built in 1740's

The House..built in 1740's, originally uploaded by tonylimo.

From the pedestrian walkway on the Triboro bridge. it still stands today in Astoria NY. Astoria had mansion all along the East River at that time, this is where the weathly and privilege vacation before the Hamptons

christie brinkley ???

christie brinkley ???, originally uploaded by tonylimo.

this woman resembles the famous model
what do you think ?

Woman looking at the Met.

Woman looking at the Met., originally uploaded by tonylimo.

SKATERS in Central Park

SKATERS, originally uploaded by tonylimo.

this is what they do at the Band Shell at 72st every weekend.

Phil Rizzuto, Yankees Shortstop, Dies at 89

Phil Rizzuto, the sure-handed Hall of Fame Yankees shortstop nicknamed the Scooter who extended his Yankee life as a popular, even beloved, broadcaster, punctuating his game calls with birthday wishes to fans and exclamations of “Holy cow!” died Monday night. He was 89.

Don Imus back ?.....ho,ho,ho

The voice of Don Imus could resurface somewhere on the radio dial as soon as this fall, after he and CBS announced yesterday that they had settled the remaining differences surrounding his firing in April over remarks deemed insensitive to women and blacks.


Neither Martin Garbus, the lawyer representing the radio host, nor CBS, which owns WFAN, the AM station that had been the flagship for his morning talk show, would comment on the terms of their agreement, citing a confidentiality clause. Had he not been dismissed, Mr. Imus would have been paid nearly $40 million over the nearly four years that remained on his contract. While some Imus associates suggested yesterday that his final payment was at least $20 million, Karen Mateo, a spokeswoman for CBS Radio, characterized that figure as too high.

In fact, it was impossible for an outsider to know for sure yesterday how much CBS had agreed to pay him. It was also unclear yesterday where on the radio Mr. Imus might be heard next. Two people who had been apprised directly of his plans, but who would only speak on condition of anonymity, said he had yet to line up a deal elsewhere. But his agreement with CBS does not, apparently, set any restrictions on how long he must wait before restarting his morning show elsewhere. (It does, however, preclude his making disparaging remarks about Leslie Moonves, the president and chief executive of CBS, and vice versa.)

Feds Backing Bloombergs TraFFIC Plan....ouch...

Mayor Bloomberg's plan to charge drivers $8 to drive below 86th Street in Manhattan has taken a big step forward. Washington has agreed to give New York City hundreds of millions of dollars for the congestion pricing plan.

If implemented, the congestion pricing scheme proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg would be the first of its kind in the nation. London and Singapore have similar toll programs.

For weeks, New York officials haggled over whether to approve the mayor's idea in time to qualify for a share of $1.2 billion in federal aid. State leaders eventually struck a compromise keeping the plan alive, but it was unclear if the squabbles and delays soured federal transportation authorities on New York's novel attempt to reduce gridlock.

Bloomberg's plan would charge cars $8 and trucks $21 to enter Manhattan south of 86th Street on weekdays between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has been considering which five out of nine cities will receive a major infusion of cash for local traffic reduction plans, and Secretary Mary Peters was scheduled to make an announcement Tuesday morning.

Saturday Night Fever (Queens,NY)

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!
This is what tony does on in his spare time.

Any ?? for tonylimo...

If you have any questions about NY for tony to report on just drop me a line.

Hello Moto...

Ad in NYC, originally uploaded by tonylimo.

new ad in nyc on 34st and 8ave.

The NEW MET STADIUM

ON the left is the cranes on the new construction in Flushing, NY..click on pic for better view.

A man name Carey

A man name Carey, originally uploaded by tonylimo.

This is a bus Driver i met from the south, he had a group of people at the theatre on last Thursday. HIs last name was Carey.

Lastest on Yankee Stadium

latest update on the building on the new stadium in the Bronx

Willie Mays in NYC....

Willie Mays, originally uploaded by tonylimo.

Willie Mays in New York today

Willie Mays, originally uploaded by tonylimo.

Willie in town ??.....maybe went to the game last night to see A-Rod hit his 500......

Megu in Tribeca

Megu in Tribeca, originally uploaded by tonylimo.

62 Thomas St. .....is where the big bucks go....bring plenty for lunch and dinner. Stll a hot spot to go....

Magu restaurant

Magu restaurant, originally uploaded by tonylimo.

leaving the event at Magu this afternoon for lunch

LOVE ME DO

YANKEES FANS KEY TO A-ROD’S DECISION

JOE Torre was asked yesterday if he thinks Alex Rodriguez has won over Yankee fans.
“I think so,” Torre said at his Safe At Home Foundation Golf Classic. “Yankee fans like to see explosiveness. They’re used to having big boppers.” Now he imagined A-Rod bopping until the age of 40, probably past Barry Bonds, and said: “God only knows where he’s gonna wind up.”
Torre may as well have been referring to A-Rod’s future home. Because the $30 Million Question hanging high over The Bronx is this one:
Have Yankee fans won over Alex Rodriguez?
After three years of crying and moaning about his October failings, after boobirds mocking him at every opportunity because he is not Derek Jeter, Yankee Stadium gets its chance to show A-Rod the love.
Maybe it’s too late now. Maybe A-Rod has made up his mind to opt out of Pinstripes.

Skyline , NYC

 

Manhatten Skyline

 

Taxi Drivers' Group Upset Over New Technology

NEW YORK -- A major New York City taxi drivers' group says it might strike over new technology that's being required in all the city's cabs.

The executive director of the Taxi Workers Alliance says the group may call for a strike in September -- if city leaders don't address drivers' concerns about their privacy and income. The group has more than 7,000 members.

The city Taxi and Limousine Commission is requiring all 13,000 city cabs to install touch-screen monitor and mapping systems. Taxis must have the systems when they come up for routine inspections, beginning October 1.

The technology allows riders to pay by credit card, check on news, map out where a cab is going and find information about eateries and entertainment.

Many drivers say the systems are expensive and would let officials check up on them. Taxi officials say the new technology could boost ridership by eliminating the need for cash, while giving drivers information about traffic and lost items.

The commission originally called for the technology while approving a 26-percent fare increase in 2004.

Traffic Congestion plan for NYC PT. 2

Tonylimo with limo cam in nyc

talks about Mayor Bloomberg and Leo Laporte,twit

OFFICER LOSES GALLANT FIGHT

DIES FIVE DAYS AFTER BEING HIT IN WILD SHOOTOUT


July 15, 2007 -- Officer Russel Timoshenko, who was shot in the face Monday while confronting a trio of vicious thugs in Brooklyn, ended his brave battle for life yesterday afternoon.
"Officer Timoshenko made the ultimate sacrifice with unflinching bravery and dedication to duty," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said outside Kings County Hospital last night.
His doctor, Robert Kurtz, struggled to hold back tears as he told reporters that the NYPD lawman died while on life support at 4:14 p.m.
In the dramatic final moment of Timoshenko's life, a line of nearly 150 fellow officers filed past him to pay their respects. His devastated family huddled near by.
Friends outside the hospital room could hear his heartbroken mother muttering "god help, god help" between her gut-wrenching sobs.
"People were kissing his hands and his feet," said George Kallaur, an archpriest at the Russian Orthodox Church of the New Martyrs and the Confessors of Russia in Bensonhurst.

Nothing slowing A-Rod's historic march

Yankees slugger still in prime as he nears 500 career homers Life with Alex Rodriguez is loud. It has to be.
From deafening roars after 450-foot home runs to ever-present tabloid turmoil that follows the slugger's every movement, noise is a constant of A-Rod's existence. It's anticipated and expected, with the only sure bet that there will be plenty of it.

Perhaps that's why a man who strides to home plate behind Mims' "This Is Why I'm Hot," a modern rap anthem, spends so much time blocking the world with rubbery plastic earphones, sending his iPod back to a simpler decade with the musical styling of Pat Benatar, John Cougar Mellencamp and Hall & Oates.

iPhone Buyer have no regrets today..at least in NYC !!!

iDay: iPhone Buyer and Fuze Sampler People, originally uploaded by Rukii.

Early iphone owner are very very happy with their devices, which is what i surveyed out in NY TODAY. PLUS APPLE and AT&T are luring customers way, or are they?

lets us know...

Google Lets Users Overlay Data on Personalized Maps

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. will introduce on Wednesday a new feature that lets users create personalized maps which plot the locations of everything from cheap gas locally to the latest earthquakes worldwide.

MyMaps, as the new feature is known, allows consumers to select from more than one hundred mini-applications created by independent software developers. These allow users to overlay data on top of Google's popular online map service.

Visitors to http://maps.google.com after Wednesday at 6 a.m. PDT (1300 GMT) will find a new tab that contains links to dozens of the mini-applications, which Google calls Maplets.

One map application allows users to watch YouTube videos based on the locations where they are uploaded. One could switch from the video confessions of a teenager in Ohio to tourist videos shot in the Andes mountains of South America.

David Wells suspened 7 games for tantrum at ump.

boomer, originally uploaded by Boston Fan in Michigan.

Alex Rodriguez looking for 30million per year..

Alex Rodriguez Arod At Bat, originally uploaded by Joe_Butler.

After the NY Yankee said that they would break tradition and negotiate during the season with Arod on a contract extension, his agent Scott Boras wants 30 million per year

Are they crAZY.....THE market can't demand that much money now.

what do you think ?

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Analyst claims iPhone nano on track for fourth quarter

A researcher from JP Morgan believes that Apple is already on the verge of releasing a second, lower-cost iPhone model based on its most popular iPod.

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Transformers Movie Review

Or, as I like to call it, “GIANT ROBOTS TEARIN’ UP S**T!”

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Socrates Park...

a great place to go..in LIC, Queens

Jersey Beauty Queen Pushes Back after Blackmail Attempt

- Miss New Jersey says someone is threatening to make some personal photographs of her public if she does not give up her crown.

But Amy Polumbo is not just Miss New Jersey, she's also a Jersey girl, and says she has no intention of giving in.

"It would certainly be easier for me to simply succumb to these unlawful and immoral threats, and quietly disappear,'' Polumbo said Thursday at a news conference she called in Asbury Park.

Polumbo, a 22-year-old Howell resident and a senior at Wagner College on Staten Island, won the Miss New Jersey competition last month, giving her the right to compete in the next Miss America competition -- wherever and whenever it may be held. Her platform: Protecting children from online predators.

Polumbo's lawyer, Anthony Caruso, said that starting last week, Polumbo, her family and officials in the Miss New Jersey Education Foundation received packages with pictures of her and the demand that she resign by Friday.