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Makeover for a Star (the Twinkling Kind)

In New York, a world capital of makeovers, even the star that goes on the tree in Rockefeller Center has some work done every once in a while. But what happened this time was different from, say, liposuction, which usually leaves the patient a little ...

From JAMES BARRON, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Rockefeller Center, NY,  Johann Sebastian Bach

Police Say Suspect in Yale Murder Hid Bloody Tissues

The New Haven police said the laboratory technician they arrested in the killing of a Yale University graduate student in September tried to conceal blood-splattered tissues from university detectives investigating the student’s disappearance, ...

From JAMES BARRON, The New York Times,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Raymond Clark III,  Yale University,  Annie M. Le,  James Lewis (politician),  Suzanne Jovin

Oreo, Dog Thrown Off Roof but Rescued, Will Be Euthanized

Oreo, the pit bull mix who survived being thrown off a Brooklyn rooftop last summer, with a handler. Officials decided to euthanize her after determining she was impossible to control. Her owner was arrested on cruelty charges, and Oreo, a dark brown ...

From JAMES BARRON, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Vick

Young Veterans Form New Posts as Old Chapters Just Fade Away

Prisco De Angelis, 77, who earned a Purple Heart in the Korean War, remembers when Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2652 in Brooklyn had several hundred members and its own building. He also remembers when the rank and file began dying off, and how the ...

From JAMES BARRON, The New York Times,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Veterans of Foreign Wars,  National Guard

For This World Series, a ‘Human Yankee Cartwheel’ Spins No More

The Yankees are in the World Series, but something is missing. That sledgehammer of a voice, wielded in ways that never failed to get attention: a “Yo! Mr. Steinbrenner!” or a “Gatorade man! Move!” That exuberantly loyal look: a Yankee cap on game day, ...

From JAMES BARRON, The New York Times,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: New York Yankees,  George Steinbrenner,  Garrison Keillor,  Douglas Elliman,  Yogi Berra

Take a Look at the Latest Yankee Tradition

There has been a lot of talk about Yankee traditions as the team prepares for its 40th appearance in a World Series, traditions that tie the names on the current roster to legends like Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Mantle. But the Yankees have a newer and ...

From JAMES BARRON, The New York Times,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: A.J. Burnett,  New York Yankees,  Jim Bouton,  Robinson Cano,  Chicago White Sox

Win the Job. Then Get Rid of It.

David Casavis, the Republican running for Manhattan borough president, says he is a candidate with one overarching idea: Win the election, then abolish the job. It is a disarmingly simple strategy, one that sounds like burning a village to save it. ...

From JAMES BARRON, NYT: City Room,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Paris Hilton,  U.S. Democratic Party

A Statue for a Statue ... Sort of

Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times A copy of Michelangelo’s “Marble Boy,” at the French Embassy’s office for cultural services on the Upper East Side. The Michelangelo is back. Except that it’s not the Michelangelo. It only looks like the Michelangelo. ...

From JAMES BARRON, NYT: City Room,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Stanford White

Republicans on the Trail, Going It Mostly Alone

Consider the facts of life for the two Republican candidates in the election next month for public advocate and city comptroller. Get up-to-the minute news from City Room, The New York Times and around the Web, including Twitter, YouTube and local ...

From JAMES BARRON, The New York Times,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  John C Liu,  Michael Bloomberg,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Twitter Inc

Sensitivity Trainers’ Advice for Traffic Agents

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wants the city’s 2,795 traffic enforcement agents to undergo sensitivity training, and Paul Meshanko, the managing partner of a company that runs the Web site Respectfulworkplace.com, knows exactly what he would tell them. He ...

From JAMES BARRON, The New York Times,  1 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Internal Revenue Service

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