Yankee Stadium the Biggest Star on Display

All Star Send-Off
Slated
for extinction, Yankee Stadium gets perhaps its final moment in the
national spotlight, hosting the All-Star game Tuesday night as part of
its grand send-off. The All-Star festivities will kick off with a
parade on 6th Avenue at 1

Bobby Murcer Dies at 62

Beloved Yankee Passes
Bobby
Murcer died Saturday after a battle with brain cancer. The star
outfielder and broadcaster had been hospitalized after a
setback last week. He was 62.

A-Rod's Wife Files for Divorce

C-Rod Files for Divorce
The
wife of Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has filed for divorce. An
attorney filed papers in a Miami court on Monday on Cynthia Rodriguez's
behalf. There are no reports if A-Rod also has filed.

Pervert caught

'UPSKIRT' PERVERT CAUGHT
A
Long Island man has been arrested for allegedly videotaping women's
private body parts as they shopped at a dollar store. Police say Mario
Molina, 52, followed unsuspecting women around the store in Baldwin
Friday night and placed a camcorder under their clothing. One woman and
her two kids were followed for about 10 minutes, police said.

New Look Planned for Pier at South Street Seaport

Conceding the failure of the South Street Seaport pier as a
“festival marketplace” — these days, it is not much
more than a waterfront mall — its owners plan to replace it with
a mixed-use project including a 42-story, 495-foot apartment and hotel
tower, wrapped in a terra-cotta exoskeleton and rising from new pilings
in the East River.

Though other high-profile developments along the East River have foundered, most notably Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum and Santiago Calatrava’s
apartment tower of stacked cubes, the seaport plan speaks to the
undiminished allure of riverfront sites and of developers’ faith
that megaprojects can inject new life into, and create profit out of,
areas where other visions have failed.

NBC's Tim Russert Dead at 58

Russert Praised Across Nation
Tim
Russert, a political lifer who made a TV career of his passion with
unrelenting questioning of the powerful and influential, died suddenly
Friday in the midst of a presidential campaign he'd covered with
trademark intensity. Praise poured in from the biggest names in
politics, some recalling their own meltdown moments on his hot seat.