Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Bridge to Somewhere: Queensboro Bridge Turning 100
- F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about it. Simon and Garfunkel sang about it. Now the Queensboro Bridge is turning 100.
Monday is the 100th anniversary of first day that cars crossed the 3,724-foot bridge between Queens and Manhattan.
Fitzgerald praised the view from the bridge in ``The Great Gatsby,'' and Paul Simon wrote about it in ``The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy).''
The steel and stone bridge was designed by architect Henry Hornbostel.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Whitestone Bridge Reopens after Sign Collapses onto Roadway
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The Whitestone Bridge reopened at around 7 p.m. Friday -- six hours after a construction truck crashed into an overhead road sign sending the sign crashing onto the roadway.
Shortly after 1 p.m., a boon truck driven by a MTA Bridges and Tunnels contractor struck an overhead sign on the Queensbound (southbound) plaza of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge near the Queens anchorage, according to the MTA.
The impact took down the sign and the gantry -- the metal system that supports signs -- blocking all five lanes (three southbound and two Bronx-bound lanes, and closing the bridge in both directions.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Penthouse, to close the money-losing magazine down
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Alex Rodriguez's Yankee steroids confession show
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Another Small Earthquake Rattles Central N.J.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) -- For the second time in two weeks, a small earthquake has rattled an area of central New Jersey.
But like the last quake in Morris County, no significant damage or injuries were reported.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
What's Facebook really worth?
What's Facebookreally worth? The fast-growing social network is adding to its 150
million users effortlessly. But revenues aren't growing as easily. And
that has Mark Zuckerberg's company tied up in legal and financial knots.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
A-Rod Reportedly Tested Positive for Steroids During His 2003 MVP Season
Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in his MVP season of 2003 with Texas, according to a report by Sports Illustrated.The New York Yankees star failed a drug test for two anabolic
steroids, four sources told the magazine in a story posted Saturday on
its Web site.
Friday, February 06, 2009
USA Swimming Suspends Phelps for 3 Months
USA Swimming Suspends PhelpsMichael
Phelps has been suspended from competition for three months by USA
Swimming, the latest fallout from a photo that showed the Olympic great
inhaling from a marijuana pipe.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
text size: TT Apple TV: Time to Get Serious
Ever since Apple TV hit store shelves in early 2007, company executives
have insisted on calling this curious little box-shaped gadget a
"hobby."
In 2007, Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs
used the label to describe this device, which lets users transfer to a
TV programming that has been downloaded onto a computer. Chief
Operating Officer Tim Cook,
who has been running Apple while Jobs takes a six-month leave of
absence, used the term as recently as Jan. 21, during a conference call
discussing fiscal first-quarter results.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Former Yankees manager Joe Torre isMonday, February 02, 2009
VEX AND THE CITY
Hey, oblivious, slow-walking sidewalk blocker - you've been named Public Enemy No. 1.
About 29 percent of 2,300 respondents to a survey by snarky
Brooklyn-based Web site People Who Deserve It agreed that it would be
"socially responsible" to "punch you in the face."
