New York

If you've ever been to New York City, or even seen a movie or television show that takes place in the big apple, you probably have an idea what a nightmare traffic and parking can be in that city. They have some restrictions that can be a real pain in the butt, like alternate side parking, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg says if the world ends tomorrow as some people believe, residents won't have to w

The New York City firehouse featured in the movie 'Ghostbusters' may soon be shut down due to budget cuts, according to the NY Post. Ladder No. 8 in TriBeCa is among 20 New York fire stations Mayor Mike Bloomberg has put on the chopping block.

We've seen our fair share of wacky marriage proposals, but this one might take the cake. UPI reports that New York-based couple Roger and Carolyn Mooyoung got the surprise of their life when they received a letter informing them that their Florida vacation home had been vandalized. According to the letter, someone had spray painted a marriage proposal on their garage, to which the recipient, named

Paul McCartney is reportedly engaged to girlfriend Nancy Shevell, sources tell PEOPLE magazine. "Nancy and Paul are getting married - ring and all. Very exciting," the source said. The couple, who appeared together Monday at the 2011 MET Costume Gala in New York, began dating in the Hamptons during the summer of 2007.

According to an article in this month's Vanity Fair, eccentric superstars Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando were in New York to see a concert performance by their good friend Michael Jackson when the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 occurred. Fearing more terrorism, Jackson moved his entire entourage, which included Taylor and Brando, to New Jersey the day after the World Trade Center towers fell. A

This week, a third grader sauntered home with a loaded Taurus 9mm gun in his backpack and showed it off to his mom. As it turns out, he bought the weapon from a classmate for $3 at their elementary school in Queens, NY.

The world was brought to a standstill late Sunday evening when President Barack Obama confirmed that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. operatives in Pakistan. Americans quickly gathered to celebrate outside the White House, and before you knew it, New Yorkers were gathering in Times Square and at Ground Zero, as well...

A Brooklyn woman called to serve jury duty in the death penalty trial of New York city mob boss Vincent Basciano may not have been being entirely honest when she wrote in her jury questionnaire that the people she least admired were "African-Americans, Hispanics and Haitians," and that police officers are "lazy." It isn't uncommon for potential jurors to put offensive stateme

A highly poisonous Egyptian cobra got loose this weekend at New York's Bronx Zoo, sending guests, zoo neighbors and zookeepers alike into a nervous tizzy. The 20 inch-long snake forced the zoo to shut down and stay closed through Sunday.