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Jan 16, 2009 3:01 AM CST

Speedy Rescue Team Saved Everyone

Commuter ferries, private boats helped save passengers

(Newser) - Swift action from a small army of volunteer and working rescuers is credited with saving the lives of everybody on board US Airways Flight 1549, the New York Times reports. Within minutes of the plane hitting the Hudson river, ferries, cruise boats and conventional rescue boats converged on the scene...

Both Pilots Did 'Superb'
Job With Little Training

analysis

Jan 15, 2009 9:55 PM CST

Both Pilots Did 'Superb' Job With Little Training

(Newser) - So how much training do pilots get on how to land on the water? Almost none, writes pilot Patrick Smith, who shelves his regular Salon column this week to offer insights on the Hudson crash-landing. Among them:

Pilots can read up on how to perform these so-called "ditchings,"

...

Pilot Emerges as Hudson Hero

Jan 15, 2009 7:15 PM CST

Pilot Emerges as Hudson Hero

(Newser) - A portrait of a hero is emerging from today's jet crash on the Hudson. The pilot, 57-year-old Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, is drawing praise not only for his "masterful" landing without engines but for his calm actions afterward to make sure his passengers were OK, the Daily News reports....

Rikers Island Geese Get
Early Blame for Crash

Jan 15, 2009 6:10 PM CST

Rikers Island Geese Get Early Blame for Crash

(Newser) - The FAA cautions that it's too early to pinpoint the cause of today's jet crash, but early reports have focused on a flock of geese. Such bird strikes—they get sucked into the engines—are an increasingly familiar problem for pilots, the Daily News reports. LaGuardia in particular is plagued...

Plane Down in
Hudson River;
All Are Safe

updated

Jan 15, 2009 3:26 PM CST

Plane Down in Hudson River; All Are Safe

(Newser) - All of the US Airways passengers aboard a jet that went down in the frigid waters of the Hudson River off Manhattan are reported to be safe, the New York Times reports. Flight 1549 apparently flew into a flock of geese, disabling at least one engine, according to MSNBC. Authorities...

Virgin Megastore to Close

Jan 14, 2009 9:37 AM CST

Virgin Megastore to Close

Iconic record store to become Forever 21

(Newser) - New York City’s iconic Virgin Megastore will close in April, Billboard reports. The Times Square fixture is the US’s highest volume music store, but the real estate company that acquired Virgin in 2007 is booting it for a higher-rent tenant. An exec told Reuters last year that Virgin...

Snitch: Gotti Had Neighbor Dissolved in Acid

Jan 8, 2009 10:21 AM CST

Snitch: Gotti Had Neighbor Dissolved in Acid

Gotti allegedly had neighbor killed as revenge for running over son

(Newser) - A mob informant says the body of John Gotti's neighbor was dissolved in a barrel of acid after he was shot on the crime kingpin's orders, the New York Daily News reports. John Favara disappeared after accidentally killing Gotti's 12-year-old son in a 1980 traffic accident. Police believe he was...

Katie Drops $14M in NYC

ANALYSIS

Jan 5, 2009 11:14 AM CST

Katie Drops $14M in NYC

Star racks up impressive bill in 6 months during Broadway stint, Post estimates

(Newser) - Katie Holmes is “Manhattan’s Most Valued Shopper” after spending more than $14 million during her 6 months in New York, the Post estimates. Dining at hot spots like Nobu accounts for more than $7,000, while dressing herself and Suri racked up at least $17,000. But the...

Rainbow Room Grill to Close

Jan 4, 2009 4:54 PM CST

Rainbow Room Grill to Close

In throes of recession, rent dispute, the Big Apple landmark will shutter its dining hall

(Newser) - New York’s vaunted Rainbow Room will shut down its dining hall next week amid the recession and a rent conflict, the New York Daily News reports. With the Rainbow Grill’s closure, the tourist hotspot at 30 Rockefeller Plaza will—temporarily or otherwise—be 40 employees lighter and limited...

Caroline Ducked $$$ Disclosure in Schools Job

Jan 4, 2009 11:18 AM CST

Caroline Ducked $$$ Disclosure in Schools Job

City exempt Kennedy, but isn't exactly sure why

(Newser) - Unlike other New York City employees—including billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg—Caroline Kennedy skirted the practice of disclosing her finances when working for the city, the New York Times reports. To reduce conflicts of interest, city regulations require high-level staff to file disclosures, and that would include Kennedy, who ran...

Long Way Down
for NYC, Boston
Home Prices

Dec 31, 2008 10:02 AM CST

Long Way Down for NYC, Boston Home Prices

Cities can't buck market forces forever

(Newser) - New York, Boston, and Charlotte, NC, are at the center of the financial industry, but so far those cities haven’t seen home prices plummet the way they have in the rest of the country. New York’s single-family-home prices are down from their 2006 highs, roughly half the decline...

All New York
Will Feel Wall Street's Pain

Dec 30, 2008 6:00 PM CST

All New York Will Feel Wall Street's Pain

Mayor rolls out plans to hike taxes, cut services and ax 20,000 city jobs

(Newser) - All American cities are facing budget shortfalls because of the recession, but Wall Street's meltdown has decimated New York City's tax base, Michael Bloomberg said yesterday in announcing plans to slash 20,000 city jobs, cut services and raise taxes. The aim is to reduce an expected $4 billion...

Broadway Bigwig's
Secret Struggle

APPRECIATION

Dec 24, 2008 10:34 AM CST

Broadway Bigwig's Secret Struggle

(Newser) - Just before he died last month, Broadway mogul Gerald Schoenfeld finished a memoir revealing a secret but devastating battle with depression, Jeremy Gerard writes on Bloomberg. “This will surprise many of the people who thought they knew the Shubert Organization chairman well. It did me.” The Great White...

Bloomberg Hires Clinton Flack

Dec 24, 2008 9:16 AM CST

Bloomberg Hires Clinton Flack

Wolfson to work on what's expected to be a tougher reelection bid than last time

(Newser) - Top Hillary Clinton campaign strategist Howard Wolfson is taking a job managing the media for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s re-reelection effort, reports the New York Times. Bloomberg can probably expect a tougher fight than last time, thanks to his successful attempt to extend his term limits and the...

What Did Caroline
Actually Do for Schools?

ANALYSIS

Dec 23, 2008 1:03 PM CST

What Did Caroline Actually Do for Schools?

Hard to pin down what, exactly, she brought to the Department of Education

(Newser) - Caroline Kennedy’s $1-a-year gig raising funds for the New York City public schools is being touted as evidence that she's qualified for the Senate. But that seems odd, writes Glenn Thrush in Politico, given the amount of vagueness about what, and how much, she actually did there. Says one...

Wife Shot Hubby for Being 'Self-Loathing' Cross Dresser

Dec 18, 2008 8:19 AM CST

Wife Shot Hubby for Being 'Self-Loathing' Cross Dresser

Violent ex-cop 'sexual deviant,' drove wife mad, attorney argues

(Newser) - A Queens woman is defending herself against charges she murdered her ex-cop husband by arguing that the violent, "self-loathing" cross dresser drove her mad, reports the New York Daily News. "Here was a person engaged in self-loathing, remorse, and an Irish sense of guilt," said the attorney...

Getting Drunk
Stumbles
Out of Style

OPINION

Dec 16, 2008 10:49 AM CST

Getting Drunk Stumbles Out of Style

In New York, fashion may "trump addiction"

(Newser) - Once upon a time, a New York party showcased plenty of drunken antics; now, in the city that produced Zelda Fitzgerald, people just don't get sloshed anymore because it’s not stylish, Susan Cheever posits in the New York Times. “If alcoholism is an addiction—which it is—how...

New Yorkers Fight
Crisis With Pills

Dec 15, 2008 8:24 AM CST

New Yorkers Fight Crisis With Pills

Prescriptions shoot up in Sept., Oct.

(Newser) - At least there's one market that's booming in New York—the market for pills for your sleeplessness, anxiety, and depression, Crain’s New York Business reports. The meltdown in the financial industry has caused a surge in prescriptions: In September, as Lehman Brothers was collapsing, and AIG and Merrill Lynch...

DC Sex Blogger
Ties the Knot

Dec 10, 2008 2:13 PM CST

DC Sex Blogger Ties the Knot

Washingtonienne made big name by dishing on her high-powered trysts

(Newser) - For the handful of political junkies who recognized her, it was a strange sight. Jessica Cutler—the Washingtonienne— married? Tied down to a legitimate, monogamous relationship? Strange but true, confirms the New York Observer, which dropped in on the former sex blogger’s wedding. It was a classy affair at...

New York Cops to Get Machine Gun Training

Dec 8, 2008 11:53 AM CST

New York Cops to Get Machine Gun Training

Academy recruits prepare for Mumbai copycat attacks

(Newser) - The New York Police Department is preparing for the possibility of a Mumbai-style terrorist attack on multiple targets by training all 1,000 of its latest recruits to use M4 automatic machine guns, the New York Post reports. The 2,000 officers in the Organized Crime Control Bureau will get...