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People.com: Posh Gives Her Boys a Post-Beach Treat: Gelato!updated: Fri Feb 05 2010 12:50:00

• She's a chill mom! After spending a day at the beach with her boys Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz, Victoria Beckham took her crew over to the Malibu Country Mart, where they stopped into the ChocolateBox Café. Dressed down in a black tank top, baseball cap, jeans and flip-flops, Posh treated her boys to some gelato to-go.

Brooklyn man faces charge in JFK security breachupdated: Sun Jan 17 2010 23:47:00

A Brooklyn man faces a trespassing charge after allegedly causing a security breach at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday.

Feds: 32 charged with Medicare fraudupdated: Tue Dec 15 2009 19:03:00

Federal agents Tuesday announced they have broken up five separate rings that allegedly filed $61 million in false claims with Medicare, and charged 32 people in Miami, Florida; Detroit, Michigan; and Brooklyn, New York, with a variety of schemes to defraud the health care system for the elderly and disabled.

CNNMoney: Fending off empty holiday shelvesupdated: Wed Nov 25 2009 15:02:00

With sales slow and credit tight, small merchants are scrambling to stock their shelves for the year's biggest shopping season.

FSB: The best places to launch a businessupdated: Tue Oct 13 2009 10:37:00

We've all heard the hype: In our wireless world, your company can thrive from a loft in Brooklyn or a houseboat in Hawaii. Where you are doesn't matter, because we're all on the same vast, virtual plane. Right?

Brooklyn family keeps Latino-Jewish traditions aliveupdated: Thu Sep 24 2009 14:34:00

Every Friday evening, the Nunez family sits down to a traditional religious dinner.

Brooklyn man faces terrorism chargesupdated: Thu Sep 24 2009 13:15:00

A Brooklyn resident was indicted on conspiracy charges for trying to join a terrorist group overseas and kill U.S. troops, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced Thursday.

Looking for Gadhafiupdated: Wed Sep 23 2009 19:27:00

A CNN crew heads to Bedford, New York, trying to find the tent of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

New York town wants Gadhafi's tent taken downupdated: Wed Sep 23 2009 19:27:00

The town of Bedford, New York, is not happy with a tent set up as part of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit to the United States for the United Nations General Assembly, a town attorney said Tuesday.

America's best flea marketsupdated: Tue Aug 25 2009 10:08:00

Some of my greatest travel memories are about exploring the local markets -- digging through the goods, chatting with vendors, feeling my way through the nuances of a spirited negotiation. Each time, I walk away with an earful of native lore and insider info -- on top of armfuls of awesome finds.

Brooklyn subway stop named for British bankupdated: Mon Jul 06 2009 17:37:00

The British are coming, the British are coming -- to Brooklyn? By subway?

Four-story building collapses in Brooklynupdated: Mon Jun 22 2009 11:38:00

A four-story residential building collapsed Sunday in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, and at least four people suffered minor injuries, according to the New York City Fire Department.

4-story building collapsesupdated: Mon Jun 22 2009 11:38:00

A four-story residential building collapsed Sunday in the Fort Green neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Becoming a dad -- lonely, funny and scaryupdated: Tue May 19 2009 15:20:00

It's nearly impossible to explain to the uninitiated the enormousness of parenthood, the all-encompassing giganticness of sharing your home with a baby.

FSB: Recession buster: $90 custom shirtsupdated: Thu May 14 2009 07:40:00

How can you avoid losing your shirt in this market? By paying less for it.

SI.com: John Rolfe: Great sports-themed album coversupdated: Thu Mar 12 2009 10:25:00

With cd sales tanking (by nearly 50 percent since 2000) along with the economy and record stores going under by the score, album artwork ought to be placed on the endangered species list. So let us give thanks for the modest revival of the vinyl LP record.

SI.com: Michael D'Antonio: The Wrong Manupdated: Tue Mar 03 2009 11:36:00

This article is adapted from Forever Blue by Michael D'Antonio, to be published by Riverhead Books. © 2009 by Michael D'Antonio.

Stage manager accused of theft from 'Lipstick Jungle'updated: Sun Jan 25 2009 01:28:00

A stage manager on production facilities for the NBC show "Lipstick Jungle" has been charged with stealing almost $30,000 in designer fashion from the show, the Brooklyn district attorney's office said.

Photographer: Inauguration like no moment I've ever witnessedupdated: Thu Jan 22 2009 10:51:00

On Sunday morning, I boarded a bus in Brooklyn with a group of approximately 40 citizens from New York, all African-American, each of whom would not have missed for almost anything the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Brooklyn hate-crime marchupdated: Mon Dec 15 2008 12:24:00

CNN's Susan Candiotti reports on a hate-crime march in Brooklyn following two suspected Latino attacks.

Slain immigrant's brother hopes for hate-crime legacyupdated: Mon Dec 15 2008 12:24:00

Mourning relatives say they hope a slain Latino immigrant can become a symbol against hate crimes.

3 biggest mistakes business travelers makeupdated: Mon Sep 15 2008 13:47:00

A lot of business travelers come off as know-it-alls, moving effortlessly from their towncars to their first-class lounges to the front of the plane, where they're served mimosas, as they recline in their ergonomic leather seats.

Elevator attack caught on tapeupdated: Thu Aug 21 2008 15:32:00

New York police seek a man caught on video attacking an 85-year-old woman in a Brooklyn elevator and stealing $900.

Elevator mugging may be tied to other attacks on elderlyupdated: Tue Aug 19 2008 16:15:00

New York City authorities are investigating whether a man shown mugging an elderly woman in a surveillance video is connected to a series of attacks on elderly people this summer.

Brooklyn's DUMBO takes flightupdated: Thu Jul 17 2008 08:20:00

Visitors to New York, lost in a cavern of skyscrapers, might forget they're in a coastal city. But across the East River from Manhattan, Brooklyn holds claim to memorable water views. From its shores, travelers witness the reflections of massive buildings and bridges wavering with the wind. In the distance, they see the Statue of Liberty hoisting her torch high above barges and ships crisscrossing the harbor.

Patient dies on hospital floorupdated: Wed Jul 02 2008 11:09:00

Authorities investigate why a patient at a Brooklyn hospital lay nearly an hour before getting medical attention.

Tape shows woman dying on waiting room floorupdated: Tue Jul 01 2008 22:44:00

A 49-year-old woman collapsed and died on the floor of a waiting room at a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital and lay there for more than an hour as employees ignored her, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which on Tuesday released surveillance camera video of the incident.

Time.com: NYC 'Waterfalls' to Turn on Thursdayupdated: Mon Jun 23 2008 13:00:00

When the spigots are turned on this Thursday, four mammoth waterfalls will spring into existence, freestanding cataracts roaring down into New York's East River

SI.com: Book Excerpt: Walkoffs, Last Licks and Final Outsupdated: Thu Jun 19 2008 10:06:00

Walkoffs, Last Licks and Final Outs: Baseball's Grand (and no-so-grand) Finales is a new book co-authored by Bill Chuck and former Sports Illustrated baseball writer Jim Kaplan that takes a look at the stories behind some of the most memorable and bizarre occurrences in baseball history. To order the book, go to actasports.com.

Time.com: NYC Hails Brooklyn Bridge at 125updated: Thu May 22 2008 12:00:00

Thousands of people are expected at the Brooklyn Bridge's 125th birthday celebration to honor the storied span which opened on May 24, 1883

SI.com: Kevin Armstrong: Brooklyn power comes up big at crowd-reduced MSGupdated: Mon Mar 17 2008 13:45:00

The lights were on, but fewer fans were in attendance.

Time.com: Chlorine Shown As Terror Hazardupdated: Wed Feb 13 2008 14:00:00

New York police secretly set up a fake company to demonstrate how easily and anonymously a terrorist could purchase chlorine on the Internet for a deadly chemical strike

People.com: Heath and Matilda Leave Footprints in Brooklynupdated: Wed Jan 23 2008 22:23:00

As friends, family and colleagues talk about the imprint Heath Ledger left on their lives, his neighbors said the 28-year-old actor left something even more permanent in Brooklyn – with a little help from his daughter Matilda.

People.com: Posh: Soccer Mom?updated: Wed Dec 26 2007 12:02:00

Sporty Spice, she ain't.

CNNMoney: Food prices soar in Americaupdated: Thu Dec 20 2007 12:21:00

John Norris' family is drinking a lot less milk these days. He said he considers the higher prices and has cut back on his kids' milk consumption. But between work and family obligations, he still drives almost as much as he used to.

Child was treated at hospital days before staph deathupdated: Mon Oct 29 2007 14:49:00

Just days before his death, the Brooklyn, New York, middle-school student who died from an antibiotic-resistant staph infection had visited a hospital with skin lesions and was treated with allergy medicine, according to the family's lawyer, Paul Weitz.

Student's death likely caused by staph infectionupdated: Fri Oct 26 2007 12:59:00

A middle school student from Brooklyn died Thursday, probably from the staph infection MRSA, according to the New York City Health Department.

Travel's inconvenient conveniencesupdated: Mon Sep 03 2007 01:29:00

The travel industry is sinking billions of dollars into technology like online booking tools, check-in kiosks and phone systems that recognize your voice, promising it will make you next trip easier than ever.

Fortune: Forget the raise, give me flexible hoursupdated: Wed Aug 22 2007 00:16:00

Dear Annie: I work for a company that is pretty generous with money for its top performers (I've gotten three big raises in three years), and I appreciate that. But as a single dad, what I could really use is more time to get my two kids to school in the morning, and occasionally a couple of hours off in the afternoons. I would be happy to make up the "lost" time by working later. My question is, would it be weird to ask my boss for flextime instead of another raise? -Palisades Papa

Severe weather in NYupdated: Wed Aug 08 2007 22:59:00

Severe weather in NY

Storms kill one, disrupt travel around New York Cityupdated: Wed Aug 08 2007 22:59:00

Strong winds and heavy rainstorms tore through the Big Apple early Wednesday, killing one person and wreaking havoc on the region's transit system and causing delays at two major airports.

Makeshift submarine foundupdated: Fri Aug 03 2007 04:40:00

Makeshift submarine found

New York 'submarine' near luxury ship yields 3 arrestsupdated: Fri Aug 03 2007 04:40:00

Authorities arrested three people Friday after detectives saw a replica of a Revolutionary War submarine floating near the dock of the Queen Mary II.

CNNMoney: New York sues Exxon over Brooklyn spillupdated: Tue Jul 17 2007 03:40:00

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Exxon Mobil Corp. to force the cleanup of a decades-old oil spill in New York City.

SI.com: Ready to ripupdated: Thu Feb 22 2007 15:09:00

Pretty soon I'll be on my sabbatical from Sports Illustrated, the six-months break to write my memoirs, as previously explained. These are the rules. I'll still do a mailbag column once every week or so, just to keep my hand in the game. And now, to kick off this installment, we have Sarah P. from Brooklyn, who submitted the following:

FSB: Holiday Giftsupdated: Tue Nov 28 2006 11:32:00

This year's holiday gifts include a corduroy-and-sherpa dog bed and chimes that play "Amazing Grace."

FSB: Unique gifts from small businessesupdated: Tue Nov 21 2006 06:59:00

These holiday presents, made by small companies, outshine the usual ties and socks.By Brandi Stewart

EW review: Charming 'Step Up'updated: Fri Aug 11 2006 08:14:00

In the world of the dance movie, life is stripped down to the honesty of bodies in motion and a rhythm-dictated intimacy that can't be denied. There's usually a class factor, a competitive element, a disapproving authority figure, or perhaps all three.

FSB: Stylish new home decorupdated: Mon Jun 12 2006 09:25:00

Today's successful entrepreneurs are keeping it close to home.

showbuzzupdated: Fri Mar 17 2006 12:03:00

A judge said she needs more information before ruling on a motion by US Weekly magazine to dismiss a $20 million libel lawsuit filed against it by Britney Spears.

Fortune: Letters to FORTUNEupdated: Wed Feb 08 2006 11:42:00

Ethanol vs. Gasoline

New York City Guideupdated: Fri Feb 03 2006 10:11:00

Check out our suggestions for the East Coast's hippest city and send us your own suggestions and comments below.

Your e-mails: Creative commutesupdated: Thu Dec 22 2005 10:45:00

Millions of New York City commuters found new ways around town amid a transit strike that brought the country's largest public transportation system to a grinding halt. CNN.com asked readers to e-mail their travel stories. Here are a few of their responses, some of which have been edited:

From Disneyland to the Great White Wayupdated: Fri May 20 2005 17:02:00

When singers and performers set out to sharpen their skills, some attend music conservatories, some go to a university with a strong performing arts program, and some take private lessons.

CNNMoney: Will Smith, Jay-Z back beauty lineupdated: Wed May 18 2005 07:40:00

Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and Jay-Z are among the big-name investors in a Brooklyn-based beauty line called "Carol's Daughter," according to the New York Post.

Fortune: DOLITTLE'S RAIDERSupdated: Mon May 02 2005 00:01:00

THERE'S A RAT LOOSE HERE at the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and it's coming right at me. Suddenly it veers and goes back the way it came. Then it loops around and darts toward me ag...

Ex-N.Y. cops plead not guilty to hit men chargesupdated: Fri Apr 22 2005 10:50:00

Two former New York City police detectives accused of being hit men for the Mafia more than 20 years ago pleaded not guilty at their Brooklyn federal court arraignment Thursday on charges that included murder, drug distribution and money laundering.

U2 surprises NYC with free concertupdated: Mon Nov 22 2004 20:22:00

On the eve of the release of its new album, the rock band U2 surprised fans Monday with performances throughout New York City, culminating in a 45-minute concert in Brooklyn in the late afternoon.

N.Y. police practice for convention protestsupdated: Thu Aug 19 2004 17:02:00

A mob of chanting "demonstrators" clashed with police Thursday in Brooklyn in a mock protest held to review arrest procedures ahead of the Republican National Convention.

Fortune: Inside Operation Boris It looked like a routine traffic accident on a wet Long Island highway. But it led investigators to a gigupdated: Mon Dec 08 2003 00:01:00

There was a shortage of regular guys on the road. At least that's how it seemed to six young Russians driving on the Southern State Parkway. They had left the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn--kn...

FSB: Earl Graves Black Enterprise I BUILT A MAGAZINE TO TEACH THE BLACK ENTREPRENEUR HOW TO TAP INTO THE BILLIONS OF updated: Mon Sep 01 2003 00:01:00

For many black kids growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, the color of money has often seemed very white. That didn't sit well with Earl G. Graves, who was raised in that t...

Fortune: Pop Culture Primerupdated: Mon Jul 07 2003 00:01:00

Cross Brad Pitt with Pele, and you'll know why England is atwitter over soccer star David Beckham and his ex-Spice Girl wife, Posh. With Becks off to Spain, the pair are spilling ink worldwide. Wha...

Fortune: One Man's Humble Opinionupdated: Mon Nov 25 2002 00:01:00

We were all set to review More Mirth of a Nation (Perennial), a terrific anthology of humor writing, but then we found this, about to be posted on Amazon.com...

Money Magazine: Rudy's NYC THE MAYOR TELLS WHY NEW YORK IS (STILL) THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD.updated: Sat Dec 01 2001 00:01:00

In August, I treated myself to a night on the town: mouth-watering Italian fare at Brooklyn's Coney Island followed by a Brooklyn Cyclones game at Keyspan Park, the picturesque stadium built for th...

Money Magazine: Slow And Steadyupdated: Tue Jun 01 1999 00:01:00

Beth Terrana is on her third fund at Fidelity, and she's batting three for three. At Fidelity Growth & Income, from 1985 to 1990, she produced a 15.7% annualized return, vs. 11.9% for the S&P 500. ...

Fortune: BEEF TIPS: THE BEST STEAKS IN (ANY) TOWN IN THIS AGE OF MANAGED INDULGENCE, A GOOD STEAK DINNER IS AN ALL TOO RARE TREAT. DON'T updated: Mon Jun 10 1996 00:01:00

Steak isn't good for you, but it's still really good. In business it remains the dinner of champions. Because a steak dinner is, more than ever, a special event ("Judge Fleabottom threw out the cha...

Fortune: HE ONLY BITES IN PRINTupdated: Mon Dec 11 1995 00:01:00

Bring on the presidential campaign. However serious, or silly, it may get, Fortune enters the fray particularly well armed this time, because of the brace of opinion columnists we've added to the f...

Fortune: Back to School With Qualityupdated: Mon Oct 17 1994 00:01:00

U.S. students returning to school this fall may run across a new acronym besides the three R's -- TQM. The trade magazine Quality Progress reports that 415 schools, colleges, and universities now u...

Money Magazine: THE MONEY INDEX updated: Sat May 01 1993 00:01:00

As a subscriber to MONEY for many years, I have always looked forward to your index of articles; I have not found one for 1992, however. Bernard Levine Brooklyn

Fortune: FILL 'ER UP WITH NATURALupdated: Mon Mar 22 1993 00:01:00

Six bright-yellow taxicabs powered by compressed natural gas are now bouncing through the potholes of New York City, the newest contestants in the great race to create alternative-fuel vehicles. Th...

Money Magazine: YOU WANT MORTGAGE DETAILS AND MORE TAX-FREE SAVINGS updated: Mon Feb 01 1993 00:01:00

I would like to see a law that requires all our financial institutions to send their mortgage loan customers a detailed monthly statement showing prior loan balance, last payment information and ho...

Money Magazine: THE HIGH PRICE OF PREJUDICE updated: Sun Sep 01 1991 00:01:00

Thanks for the fine piece you published in July about how a bigot disrupted the life of the Long family of Arizona. That piece and pieces like it are one reason I subscribe to MONEY. Many working A...

Money Magazine: MY CAR'S LIFE IN CRIME Our author discovers that sometimes one man's clunker is another man's getaway car.updated: Mon Jul 01 1991 00:01:00

On summer mornings in my gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood, the birdsong starts soon after daybreak. There's the cheerful chuk-chuk of the Seco-Larm 5100DL as it switches off in the Saab across the ...

Fortune: Meet this month's super athletes, chosen by the editors of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR KIDS. To learn more about these stars and to tupdated: Fri Feb 01 1991 00:01:00

230 BERNARD KING Forward, Washington Bullets Height: 6' 7'' Weight: 205 Born: 12/4/56, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Fortune: BARGAINS IN THE ENERGY SECTORupdated: Mon Oct 08 1990 00:01:00

If inflation and recession fears have you fretting over your investment portfolio, take heart! The stocks of natural gas distributors now offer sumptuous -- and safe -- dividends and enticing growt...

Money Magazine: RACE AND MONEY updated: Mon Jan 01 1990 00:01:00

Your article ''Race and Money'' in the December issue was superb. Social questions such as this should be given consideration in every issue. Joseph A.D. Sutton Brooklyn, N.Y.

Money Magazine: Your cost of living Adding It Up: The Life Style Factor TINKER? SAILOR? TRAVELER? HOTEL KEEPER? WHAT YOU updated: Wed Nov 08 1989 00:01:00

Retiring well can be the best revenge. Ask Leonard Shapiro, the dynamo depicted on the opposite page. After selling his health aids distribution business, he founded an investigative newsletter at ...

Fortune: THE CASE AGAINST EXPERT WITNESSES Want to win a lawsuit? Just call an all-purpose expert. For a fee, you can find one to ''proveupdated: Mon Sep 25 1989 00:01:00

WITHIN THE thriving business of suing people -- what you might call the disservice sector of the American economy -- expert witnesses occupy a fast- growing and controversial niche. Hardly a liabil...

Fortune: MY FRIENDS ARE KILLING EACH OTHER. I ACCEPT IT. updated: Mon Jul 04 1988 00:01:00

Joseph Cuthbert, 20, is a typical inner-city kid. He grew up with two sisters and a brother in a tough section of Brooklyn, where he was raised by his mother, a nurse's aide. He never knew his fath...

Fortune: Gas Stocks With Glowing Dividendsupdated: Mon Jun 20 1988 00:01:00

In a stock market notably lacking in energy, investors may warm up to the safety and high-dividend income of local gas company stocks. About 100 publicly traded companies take natural gas delivered...

Money Magazine: Money Tip How to get two checks a month updated: Wed Jun 01 1988 00:01:00

You can smooth out your cash flow by buying shares in half a dozen utilities and receiving a dividend check roughly every two weeks. Here is such a portfolio, recommended by analyst John Slatter at...

Fortune: RUSSIA'S NEWEST EXPORT: CAPITALISM Many of Marx's children turn into shrewd businessmen when they immigrate to the U.S. Several updated: Mon Dec 08 1986 00:01:00

Q. Can a refugee from Soviet Communism adapt to capitalist America? A. You bet. JUST LOOK at the record of the Russian emigres who began landing on U.S. shores 14 years ago. Though the best-known s...

Money Magazine: COST OF LIVING: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, AND FEW CAN AFFORD IT updated: Mon Dec 01 1986 00:01:00

On average, a premium Christmas tree costs the same as last year -- between $3 and $4 a foot in rural areas and roughly double that in urban locations. Otherwise, the price of the basic tree, depen...

Fortune: Betrayed by Fish, Up From Billygate, Greed at the Gas Station, and Other Matters. Underground Economyupdated: Mon May 26 1986 00:01:00

The Transit Authority will study the possibility of eliminating sections of 11 subway lines because of low ridership . . . The subway segments . . . are primarily in low-income neighborhoods of the...

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