New York City

LA to give every student an iPad; $30M order

NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles’ school system, the second largest in the country, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a […]

9 hours ago

Afternoon play in baseball

(AP) — For the first time since the 1981 World Series the Los Angeles Dodgers are visiting New York to play the Yankees. The last time they met in the Big Apple the Dodgers won […]

16 hours ago

18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda

NEW YORK (AP) — The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a […]

2013/06/18

NYC to offer free phone-charging stations in parks

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a message busy New Yorkers hate to get: the low-battery message on your cellphone when there’s no charger in sight. Now that could be a thing of the past. New […]

2013/06/18

Wake-up call: Starbucks to post calorie counts

NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards nationwide […]

2013/06/18

Elton John accepts award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame (AP Video)

Sting, Billy Joel, Elton John at Songwriters Hall

NEW YORK (AP) — Sting performed in honor of Elton John, Billy Joel sang snippets of Foreigner’s hits when introducing the band and Smokey Robinson debuted part of a new song he wrote about Berry […]

2013/06/14

Pa. girl’s double-lung transplant deemed success

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated underwent a successful double-lung transplant on Wednesday, the girl’s family said. Sarah Murnaghan, […]

2013/06/13

Rare Superman comic book sells for $175,000

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A rare copy of the comic book featuring Superman’s first appearance that went undiscovered for over 70 years in the insulation of a Minnesota house has been sold for $175,000. Stephen […]

2013/06/12

Andrea’s rain spawns flood warnings on East Coast

NEW YORK (AP) — Soaking rains that spawned numerous flood warnings pushed some streams and creeks over their banks throughout the Northeast, yet the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season sped up the […]

2013/06/08

Pa. girl gets on lung donor list; boy also sues

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A dying Pennsylvania girl has been placed on the adult waiting list for donated lungsamid a court fight over the nation’s transplant rules with help from a judge who granted another petition Thursday […]

2013/06/06

NY authorities: Self-help couple commits suicide

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a New York City couple who hosted a self-help radio show called “The Pursuit of Happiness” have taken their own lives. A medical examiner spokeswoman said Thursday that […]

2013/06/06

Rescue workers at site of building collapse, Philadelphia. (AP Photo)

Search goes on after Pa. building collapse; 6 dead

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As a bulldozer began to clear away the debris of a collapsed building that killed six people, city officials said a search for the dead and injured was nearly complete Thursday and […]

2013/06/06

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