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A new poll finds more than two-thirds of New Yorkers oppose a pay hike for state lawmakers and the governor.

Black farmers at North Elba, N.Y. Photographer unknown. Courtesy of The Adirondack Museum , Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y. Used with permission.

With Stephen Spielberg as executive producer and co-starring Oscar-winner Anjelica Huston and former Will & Grace star Debra Messing it's easy to see why.

NEW YORK - Super Bowl Sunday is reportedly the second highest food consumption day of the year, trailing only Thanksgiving.

SYRIANS were bracing for yet more violence overnight, fearful that the failure of a second UN resolution calling for tougher action against the regime of Bashar al-Assad would unleash another wave of terror across the country.

So many jobs are being added that the unemployment rate has dropped for five straight months.

About 9,000 families and individuals in the city who use to be homeless could end up back at city shelters after the Bloomberg administration abruptly canceled its housing assistance program, and now former beneficiaries hope the program can be funded once more.

The old saying "If at first you don't succeed try, try again" could have been tailor-made for the 1981 musical Merrily We Roll Along , which is set to be revived by New York City Center's Encores! series.

Led by Robert Battle in his inaugural season as Artistic Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to the Sony Centre For The Performing Arts stage, February 2-4, 2012 for four performances that will showcase the brilliant artistry and passionate spirit of Ailey's extraordinary dancers in a series of new works and new productions ... (more)

The Bearcats men's basketball team fell to 0-23, 0-11 in the America East Conference after a 68-53 loss to Boston University in the second game The Boston Unviersity women's basketball team remained undefeated in America East Conference play by defeating Binghamton University 62-49 in the Who: Binghamton Senators at Portland Pirates.What: ... (more)

A Many New Yorkers aren't happy with Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich after a comment he made about residents of the Big Apple earlier this week while stumping in Nevada.

The U.N. Security Council could vote Saturday on a draft resolution that would pressure the government to stop a sustained, bloody crackdown on dissidents.

Demonstrators have stormed five Syrian embassies in Europe and the Middle East after Syrian forces reportedly killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs.

Show business people in the Big Apple are remembering one of their own; the New York actor Ben Gazzara who died Friday, Feb.

Earlier today I went out of my way to agree with Newt Gingrich -saying he was right to take issue with Florida's unfair winner-take-all primary system.

A native New Yorker, the Emmy winner studied with drama guru Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio and became a Broadway stage sensation in the 1950s thanks to leading roles in plays like The film picked up seven Oscar nominations and shot Gazzara into the Hollywood spotlight - where he became a revered actor for 50 years.

After less than 90 minutes of rather uneventful debate on Wednesday night, the state senate in Washington voted 28-21 to approve a measure allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry there - making it the seventh US state to do so.

"Extremely Loud ...": Hanks, Bullock play minor roles in a film that focuses on a boy's loss of his father on 9/11 http://t.co/tNFa7lxz About 3 hours ago Those working to overturn New York City's ban on churches renting public school space as meeting places had a rough time at Thursday's hearing before the New York City Council.

Superbowl cheescakes line the counter at Junior's Restaurant in Brooklyn on Wednesday.