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Show # 14, Tony takes you to the Great White Way and shows you a typical afternoon in the Big Apple

Man Is Injured in Robbery at Midtown Starbucks

A man in his 60s was injured in an apparent robbery at 2:05 p.m.
today at a Starbucks coffee shop at 120 West 56th Street, between Sixth
and Seventh Avenues in Midtown, according to the New York City police.
Authorities initially said that the man appeared to have been shot, but
later corrected that account and said the man had probably been
pistol-whipped. The victim was taken with a head injury to
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and his
condition was not immediately known.

The police were interviewing the victim at the hospital as of 3 p.m. No arrest has been made.

A male employee who answered the phone at the Starbucks shop
referred questions about the matter to the company’s corporate
offices and then hung up. Valerie O’Neil, a spokeswoman for
Starbucks, did not immediately respond to phone and e-mail messages
requesting comment.

Italian Birthday at Home

What Italian do when they have a little get together, they get very excited and have lots of fun doing it

Leann's Organic Smoothies

how to eat good
Tony's health tip for the day !!

A-Rod clears air after exaggerating about number of drug tests

TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez sat in the Yankees dugout at Legends Field on Wednesday and answered every question thrown his way openly. Then he found a way to put his foot in his mouth.

New York's GM Building Could Fetch a Record Price

NEW YORK (AP)
-- A prestigious Fifth Avenue skyscraper is up for sale and could fetch
$3 billion or more, which would be a record price for a U.S. office
building.

The General Motors building, a 50-story tower built in 1968 at the
southeast corner of Central Park across from the Plaza Hotel, occupies
a full city block and is best known as the home of two retail tourist
attractions, the FAO Schwarz toy emporium and Apple's glass cube store.

General Motors Corp. sold the building in 1991 and the automaker now occupies only a few floors.

Real estate industry experts said its sale price would easily exceed
the previous record of $1.8 billion, which was set in 2006 by a
41-story building six blocks further south on Fifth Avenue.

One of the potential buyers for the tower is real-estate investor
Joseph Cayre, who told The Wall Street Journal that he and unidentified
Middle Eastern partners had put in a bid of at least $3 billion. Cayre
did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press.

iPhone and ITouch to get a price drop ?

This one's still just a bunch of whispers and coincidences, but we've been hearing that Apple may lower prices on the iPhone and iPod touch
in the next few months and drop the 8GB touch. Word is that falling
flash prices coupled with the desire to introduce the 3G iPhone at an
attractive price point will lead to the 16GB iPhone
falling to $399, along with similar touch price drops: 16GB for $299
and 32GB for $399. It's not clear what'll happen to the 8GB iPhone, but
everyone seems to agree that the 8GB touch is on the way out -- we
actually think a $199 8GB touch would fly off shelves, but that's
probably cutting margins razor-thin. We'll see when we see -- and if
flash prices are really falling that fast, it'll be interesting to see
what happens to iPod nano pricing as well.

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Queens Man Is Arrested in Killing of Therapist

A 39-year-old man who blamed a Manhattan psychiatrist for having him institutionalized 17 years ago was charged on Saturday with killing a female therapist in a furious knife attack and then slashing the psychiatrist when he tried to come to the woman’s aid, law enforcement officials said.
The man, David M. Tarloff, was picked up at his home in Queens at 7:20 a.m. and later made statements implicating himself in the killing of the therapist, Kathryn Faughey, 56, and the assault on the psychiatrist, Dr. Kent D. Shinbach, who is in his 70s, on Tuesday night inside the East 79th Street offices they shared, the police said.

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If Andy Pettitte falters, Yankees could regret passing on Johan Sanatana

TAMPA - Andy Pettitte's teammates believe he will have little
trouble handling the distractions that are sure to follow him this
season. Hank Steinbrenner hopes they're right, or his regret over not
dealing for Johan Santana will be even greater than it already seems to
be.

Steinbrenner doesn't think Pettitte will have any problems dealing
with the fallout from his HGH admission and his role in the Roger
Clemens-Brian McNamee saga, though he admitted there is "obviously some
concern" about the lefthander.

Distractions or not, the Yankees' senior vice president said
yesterday he expects Pettitte - who is due to throw a bullpen session
today in Houston before reporting to Tampa on Monday - to give the
Yankees the same production on the mound that he always has.

"I don't know him that well, but I know he's a tough kid. I think
he'll handle it fine," Steinbrenner said Friday in a telephone
interview with the Daily News. "Hopefully he'll have a good year. I
still expect what I expected from him before. I'm sure he does, too."

NYPD Offers New Details in Therapist Slay, Blames HIPPA

NEW YORK (AP/1010 WINS)
-- Police shed more light Friday on events leading up to the stabbing
of a psychologist in her office, saying the killer was in a waiting
room with another patient for nearly a half hour before the bloody
attack.

The suspect slashed Kathryn Faughey 15 times with a meat cleaver and
a 9-inch knife in her Manhattan office Tuesday evening. A psychiatrist
who worked in the building, Dr. Kent Shinbach, came to Faughey's rescue
and was badly injured.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the slasher arrived at 8
p.m., telling the doorman he had an appointment with Shinbach, then sat
in the waiting room with another of Shinbach's patients until she went
into his office around 8:30 p.m.

Sometime
after that, the killer entered Faughey's office and attacked her.
Shinbach came to her aid, but was assaulted and robbed.

The killer then tried to force Shinbach's patient, who had been in
Shinbach's office during the attack, into a bathroom; she kicked at him
and he fled through a basement door, Kelly said.

It wasn't clear if the suspect was injured; blood was spattered on
the walls and pooled on the floor of Faughey's office. Blood also was
found on the basement door, police said.

Bloomberg: Cash Rebates are Like Booze for Alcoholics

NEW YORK (AP)
-- Mayor Michael Bloomberg ridiculed the federal government's rebate
checks as being ``like giving a drink to an alcoholic'' on Thursday,
and said the presidential candidates are looking for easy solutions to
complex economic problems.

The billionaire and potential independent presidential candidate
also said the nation ``has a balance sheet that's starting to look more
and more like a third-world country.''

President Bush signed legislation Wednesday that will result in cash
rebates ranging from $300 to $1,200 for more than 130 million people.
The federal checks are the centerpiece of the government's emergency
effort to stimulate the economy, under the theory that most people will
spend the money right away.

But Bloomberg does not believe it will do much good. And his harsh
words at a news conference Thursday reflect the view among some of his
associates that the country's economic woes present a unique
opportunity for him to launch a third-party bid for the White House.

The theory among those urging him to run for president is that a
businessman who rose from Wall Street to build his own financial
information empire might be particularly appealing as the fiscal crisis
worsens.

Publicly, Bloomberg says he is ``not a candidate,'' and explained
recently he is speaking out on national issues as part of an
``experiment'' to influence the dialogue in the race.

His tirade against the candidates and the economic stimulus package
on Thursday began when he was asked how that experiment is going.

In his answer, he praised Democrat Barack Obama for the plan the
Illinois senator outlined on Wednesday that would create a National
Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank to rebuild highways, bridges, airports
and other public projects. Obama projects it could generate nearly 2
million jobs.

Horse-Drawn Carriages

A Face-Off Over Horse-Drawn Carriages

By Sewell Chan

Opponents of the horse-drawn carriage industry, left, faced off against supporters of the industry in a pair of dueling Valentine’s Day protests on Central Park South. (Photo: Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times)

Even Cupid couldn’t bring these two together.

Valentine’s Day, like Christmas, is often associated with feelings of amity, reconciliation and goodwill toward others. But a rally by animal-rights activists seeking a ban on horse-drawn carriages in New York City resulted in police intervention this afternoon, after supporters of the industry held a noisy counter-protest. Police officers set up metal barricades to separate the two sides, which screamed and chanted at each other. Each group tried to drown the other out.

About 40 supporters of Friends of Animals, a nonprofit group that claims 15,000 members in New York City, gathered on Central Park South near Fifth Avenue around 1 p.m., seeking to draw attention to what they described as the neglect and mistreatment of the roughly 200 horses that are licensed by the city to carriages.

'Cupid Cab Driver' Plays Matchmaker

NEW YORK (AP)
-- Finding your better half this Valentine's Day could be as easy as
hailing a yellow cab, especially if Ahmed Ibrahim is in the driver's
seat.

The 53-year-old cupid cab driver, as he refers to himself, has spent
the past few years playing matchmaker to lonely heart New Yorkers,
setting up more than 70 dates, resulting in 19 relationships that
lasted more than a year.

Ibrahim planned to decorate his yellow cab with red and white hearts and roses for Thursday.

``I've organized so many dates, and it really makes me feel good about it,'' Ibrahim said. ``I've not had one complaint.''

Ibrahim said he offers his matchmaking services only to passengers
he evaluates by listening to conversations and asking them a few
questions. He then exchanges phone numbers and e-mail addresses with
them.

``I want to know if they're the real deal or just a player,'' the
Brooklyn resident said. ``If you're a player, then forget about it.

BlackBerry Service Out Intermittently Across N. America; AT&T Says All Carriers Affected

NEW YORK (AP) --
A major service outage afflicted users of the popular, addictive
BlackBerry smart phones across the United States and Canada on Monday.

Officials with AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless said BlackBerry
maker Research in Motion Ltd. told them customers of all wireless
carriers were affected.

It was not immediately clear how many of the 12 million worldwide
BlackBerry subscribers had problems, as some users reported being able
to access their service normally Monday afternoon.

But Garth Turner, a member of the Canadian Parliament, said during a
caucus meeting that the incident's impact couldn't be overestimated.

``Everyone's in crisis because they're all picking away at their
BlackBerrys and nothing's happening,'' Turner said. ``It's almost like
cutting the phone cables or a total collapse in telegraph lines a
century ago. It just isolates people in a way that's quite phenomenal.''

An Analysis of the Career of Roger Clemens

By Hendricks Sports Management, LP | Randal A. Hendricks | Stephen L. Mann | Bret R. Larson-Hendricks

This report will evaluate the career of Roger Clemens, one of the most successful pitchers in major league history. It will examine both the quality and quantity of his pitching over the course of his 24-year career. As of the 2007 season, Clemens was one of the twenty-nine active major league players who were at least 40 years old. Of those twenty-nine, eighteen were pitchers, and twelve of those were starting pitchers.

Click here for report

Did Roger use steroids ????....i think he did

CANO'S $30M DEAL DONE

February 8, 2008 -- Robinson Cano Robinson Cano officially is a Yankee, as the team announced his new four-year contract yesterday.

Cano's deal, which has been reported previously, assures him of at
least $30 million over four years. He potentially can earn as much as
$57 million over six years, if the fifth- and sixth-year club options
are exercised.

The 25-year-old second baseman was first-time arbitration-eligible, so the Yankees New York Yankees
have bought out all three of his arbitration years and his first free
agency year, with the chance to keep him for two more free agency years
after that. Cano will get $3 million this year, followed by $6 million
in 2009, $9 million in 2010 and $10 million in 2011. He has a 2012 club
option for $14 million (with a $2 million buyout), and if that option
is picked up, he has a 2013 club option for $15 million with another $2
million buyout.

Mega Millions Jackpot Swells to $150 Million

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $150 million.

None of the tickets sold for Friday night's $125 million drawing
matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be
Tuesday night.

There were seven second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing,
matching five numbers to win $250,000. Another 58 players matched
four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those
tickets are each worth $10,000.

The winning numbers from Friday night's drawing were: 21, 30, 43, 46 and 50. The Mega Ball number was 18.

LOOK AT 'JETER'S' NEW HOUSE

February 8, 2008 -- The new Yankee Stadium will have party suites, a
members-only restaurant, a martini bar and a price tag to match all the
luxury - $1.3 billion, up from the original estimate of $1 billion.

"We tried to reflect a five-star hotel and put a ballfield in the middle," said Yankees New York Yankees chief operating officer Lonn Trost, who hosted a media tour yesterday.

PHOTO GALLERY: New Yankee Stadium

In Big Mob Sweep, Gambino Leaders Are Indicted

In the largest sweep in recent memory, federal and New York State
authorities on Thursday rounded up scores of accused organized crime
figures who were indicted on charges including murder, racketeering,
construction extortions and the looting of union benefit funds.More than 80 people — among them the entire Gambino
family hierarchy and reputed figures from the Genovese and Bonanno
families — are named in two indictments, along with union and
construction industry officials.




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Con Edison Contractor Electrocuted in Queens

NEW YORK (AP) -- A Consolidated Edison utility company contractor has been electrocuted while installing cable in a Queens substation.

A Con Ed spokeswoman says he came in contact with a live cable.

The contractor was rushed Thursday afternoon from the substation to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Con Ed says its thoughts and prayers are with the worker's family.

The utility company and fire and police department officials are investigating.

The contractor's death is the latest misfortune for the utility.

Last November, a woman died after a gas leak sparked an explosion in Queens.

In July, a steam pipe exploded in Manhattan. A woman fleeing the
scene died from a heart attack, and two other people were badly burned.

Yanks to keep Stadium's hallowed name

NEW YORK -- No one does the Yankees as well as the Yankees. No
professional sports franchise carries itself so consistently, so
majestically and, at the same time, so simply. The Yankees know their
place in the game, in the city and in the stylebooks. They understand
that putting names on the backs of their uniforms would constitute
heresy and would prompt scorn, that changing their color scheme would
provoke protest and to stage home games anywhere other than an arena
named Yankee Stadium -- 1974 and 1975 notwithstanding -- would be
counterfeit, disingenuous and, well ... spiritually wrong.

Maintaining their understated ways and protecting their image of
tradition often is a savings -- what expense can be incurred by not
changing their logo? The Yankees' steadfast sameness seldom is an
economic measure.
This time it is, though, and one of enormous fiscal consequence. The
location of Yankee Stadium is to change in 12 months, from one side of
161st Street to the other. Not so the identity of the arena in which
American sports' most storied franchise conducts its business. Fifty
million dollars per year would buy an Alex Rodriguez annually or a
Jorge Posada perennially. But the Yankees say they have purchased
perfection permanently by rejecting all naming right inquiries.

NY Oyster Bar Sells Giants Clam Chowder

Not only has the pride of New England been creamed by the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, so has the region's namesake chowder - at least at one city restaurant.

The Grand Central Oyster Bar is changing the name of its New England Clam Chowder to "Giants Clam Chowder" for the week.

The restaurant's owner, Mike Garvey, called it an "appropriate tribute."

The Giants beat the previously undefeated New England Patriots 17-14 on Sunday night to win their third Super Bowl title.

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Giant ..Parade of Champions

With a snowstorm of confetti and paper raining down from skyscrapers, thousands of jubilant New York Giants fans thronged the streets of Manhattan on Tuesday to cheer their improbable Super Bowl champions.

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Apple Adds New iPhone & iPod touch Models

CUPERTINO, California—February 5, 2008—Apple® today
added new models of the iPhone™ and iPod® touch which have
double the memory, doubling the amount of music, photos and videos that
customers can carry with them wherever they go. The revolutionary
iPhone now comes in a new 16GB model for $499, joining the 8GB model
for $399. iPod touch now comes in a 32GB model for $499, joining the
16GB model for $399 and the 8GB model for $299.

“For some users, there’s never enough memory,”
said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod and
iPhone Product Marketing. “Now people can enjoy even more of
their music, photos and videos on the most revolutionary mobile phone
and best Wi-Fi mobile device in the world.”

Both iPhone and iPod touch feature Apple’s revolutionary
Multi-Touch™ user interface and pioneering software that allows
users to find and enjoy all their music, videos, photos and more with
just a touch of their finger. All iPhone and iPod touch models include
the latest software enhancements announced last month including the
ability to automatically find your location using the new Maps
application*; create Web Clips for your favorite websites; customize
your home screen and watch movies from the new iTunes® Movie
Rentals. Both iPhone and iPod touch feature the world’s most
advanced mobile web browser in the world with Safari™ and great
mobile applications including Mail, Maps, Stocks, Weather and Notes.

Pricing & Availability
The new 16GB iPhone is available immediately for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com),
Apple’s retail stores and AT&T retail and online stores. The
32GB iPod touch is available worldwide immediately for a suggested
retail price of $499 (US) through the Apple Store (www.apple.com),
Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. iTunes
Movie Rentals are available in the US only. iPhone and iPod touch
require a Mac® with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS® X 10.4.10 or later
and iTunes 7.6; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista
or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2) or later and iTunes
7.6.

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Apple store is down: 16GB iPhone imminent?

Listen up pilgrims. It's Apple's favorite product launch day -- Tuesday
-- and we're once again sitting on a pile of rumors. So what's it going
to be? A 16GB bump to the iPhone, new MacBook Pros running Intel's latest mobile Penryn
processor with enhanced multi-touch touchpad, or maybe a few more
countries added to the iPhone rollout in Europe? Who knows. Really,
anyone know?

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PARADE FOR GIANTS: Tuesday at 11 AM

NEW YORK (AP/1010 WINS)
-- New York City plans to honor the Super Bowl champion New York Giants
with a ticker-tape parade that will end with a ceremony at City Hall
Plaza.



The parade is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Tuesday on Broadway at
Battery Place and is expected to follow a route north to Chambers Stree

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Giants Stun Patriots in Super Bowl XLII

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Giants
were not even supposed to be here this week, taking an unlikely playoff
path through the behemoths of their conference and regarded, once they
alighted on Super Bowl XLII, as little more than charming foils for the New England Patriots’s assault on immortality. But with their defense battering the National Football League’s most valuable player, Tom Brady, and Giants quarterback Eli Manning
playing more like Brady than Brady himself, the Giants, seemingly
enlivened for the postseason by a 3-point loss to these same Patriots
in the regular-season finale, crafted one of the greatest upsets in
Super Bowl history, beating the Patriots, 17-14.
It was the first championship for the Giants since the 1991 Super Bowl. Back then, Bill Belichick
was the Giants’ defensive coordinator. On Sunday, he was the
coach who had led the Patriots to the brink of an historic perfect
season, had survived a spying scandal that cost him money and his team
a first-round draft pick, had weathered whispers in recent days that a
previous title might be tainted, too, only to watch it all collapse
under the weight of the Giants’ ferocious pass rush. For another
year, the 1972 Miami Dolphins will stand alone with the only perfect season in N.F.L. history.

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SANTANA DEAL A HUGHES RELIEF

February 1, 2008 -- TAMPA - Phil Hughes Phil Hughes can relax. With Johan Santana headed to the Mets New York Mets , Hughes will remain with the Yankees New York Yankees .

"That's kind of been my goal the whole time, and to finally know that
it's somewhat intact, it's a good feeling," the 21-year-old
right-hander said yesterday at the Yankees' minor league complex.

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