A beautiful shot of the full moon above New York City.
New York and New Jersey are still reeling from Hurricane Sandy. As of Tuesday evening, there were 2.3 million New Yorkers without power. And as of Tuesday morning, there were 2.6 million households in New Jersey without power. The subway, NJ Transit, and PATH trains are still out of service, and a number of roads are blocked with debris and water.
J. David Goodman of the TakeAway, reporter for our partner, The New York Times, and freelance reporter Scott Gurian explain the latest on the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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Racquel Dwomoh, the personality behind QuellyRue Designs in New York, with one of her design creation. QuellyRue Designs is a collection of tote bags, African jewelry, contemporary jewelry and hair accessories.
In this September 30, 1936 photo a man hands a program to baseball legend Babe Ruth, centre, as he is joined by his second wife Clare, center left, and singer Kate Smith, front left, in the grandstand during Game 1 of the 1936 World Series at the Polo Grounds in New York. Picture: AP
Nas - Behind the Music
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Dwyane Wade converts a reverse layup during Sunday’s Heat-Knicks game. Wade scored 28 points and recorded nine rebounds as Miami clinched the Southeast Division with a 93-85 victory. (Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
JENKINS: Heat’s Big Three score 73 points in victory over Knicks
SB NATION: 2010 NBA Draft Class Report Card
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Synthetic Marijuana Banned in New York
Thursday (March 29)m New York State and New York City health departments banned the sale of synthetic marijuana.
full story: http://www.vibe.com/post/synthetic-marijuana-banned-new-york-131208
Carmelo: Linsanity, look who’s coming to town?
Jeremy Lin: It’s Mr. 3:16. He better be good, it ain’t easy in this town.
According to an exposé by the Associated Press, the NYPD has been monitoring Muslims not just in New York, but also across the Hudson river (and the state line) in Newark, New Jersey. It appears to have done so for no better reason than that its targets practise Islam.
(via theeconomist)
Who? - says Kobe Bryant when asked about Jeremy Lin, the former bench warmer, now starter, who has revived the New York Knicks.
Watch Lin’s fans and relatives in his native Taiwan, and Harvard highlights from Lin’s college years.






