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USS New York comes aboard

USS New York, built with steel salvaged from the fallen Twin Towers, officially went into active duty yesterday in a somber but spirited ceremony on the West Side. Families who lost loved ones in the World Trade Center attacks gathered at the Intrepid ...

From ANNIE KARNI, New York Post,  8 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Michael Bloomberg

'Straight' to the top

Sometimes you have to let the chips fall where they may. Former Bear Stearns honcho Steve Begleiter -- who helped engineer JPMorgan's takeover of his Wall Street investment firm last summer -- was devastated after the 2008 collapse of the only company ...

From ANNIE KARNI, New York Post,  1 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Phil Ivey

Geez, give me a smoke break

Students to college administrators: Butt out! Officials at Columbia and NYU are considering Draconian new rules that will effectively kick smokers' butts right off campus -- even if they light up outdoors. Columbia is mulling a total ban on smoking at ...

From ANNIE KARNI, New York Post,  1 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg

A 'mile high' firing suit vs. Oprah

When Oprah's jet's a- rockin', don't come a knockin'. If you do, you might find yourself in the mid dle of a turbulent lawsuit over who's doing the nasty on her posh private jet. A federal lawsuit claims the daytime diva canned one of her personal ...

From ANNIE KARNI, New York Post,  11 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Gayle King

BK15 barrels through Crown Hts., 10 hurt

An out-of-control city bus left a trail of destruction as it barreled through a busy Brooklyn intersection, slamming into six cars and injuring more than 10 people this morning. A 7-year-old boy had to be rescued from a burning black sedan that was ...

From JANON FISHER AND ANNIE KARNI, New York Post,  10 Oct 2009

Title bout: It's war over 'Tavern' name

The battle for Tavern on the Green is now hinging on what to call it. City officials, who are ousting the restaurant's leaseholder, Jennifer LeRoy, are so desperate to hang onto Tavern on the Green's famous name, they're going to fight for the rights ...

From ANNIE KARNI, New York Post,  4 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Tavern on the Green,  Robert Moses,  Warner LeRoy

Priceless

On the evening of July 10, 1989, lawyer Lloyd Constantine hosted a party at his Upper West Side apartment. Guests included the assistant attorneys general from 14 states, who together were filing a lawsuit against Visa and MasterCard for merging their ...

From ANNIE KARNI, New York Post,  3 Oct 2009
Related Topics: MasterCard

Eater of the free world

The knives are out at two Manhattan power restaurants trying to lure President Obama to their tables. For decades, sitting US presidents have dined at both the Four Seasons and the '21' Club in Midtown -- but the current commander-in-chief has yet to ...

From ANNIE KARNI, New York Post,  27 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Brian McGuire,  Franklin D. Roosevelt,  George W. Bush,  John F. Kennedy

Liberty on the rocks

Give us your tired, your poor, your addled masses. The National Park Service vendor who runs Liberty Island's restaurants, cafés and catering has applied for a license to serve beer, wine and hard booze at parties and special events in the shadow of ...

From ANNIE KARNI, New York Post,  20 Sep 2009

Condo's poker gamble

A Manhattan condo is flush with amenities -- as in royal flush. The city's newest legal underground card den is in a renovated condominium at 254 Park Ave. South, where a 1,400- square-foot poker room and lounge is being constructed in the basement of ...

From ANNIE KARNI, New York Post,  20 Sep 2009
Related Topics: In Style,  David Stern

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