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Expect snow tomorrow for NYC
December 28, 2012 | 5:00amThe rain and wind is behind us — and tomorrow, we can expect snow. It’s “pretty likely” the city will see the white stuff tomorrow, AccuWeather.com meteorologist Tom Kines said...
Snow after a brief wintermission
December 27, 2012 | 5:00amJust what we need — on Saturday there may be more snow. Still, “it’s too early to see if there will be any accumulation,’’ AccuWeather.com forecaster Tom Kines said yesterday...
It’s a rainy ‘season’ in Big Apple
December 25, 2012 | 5:00amHope Santa got you an umbrella — you’ll need it today and tomorrow. The Big Apple is expected to wake up to “maybe a little bit of rain,” but probably...
Bone-a Lisa
December 13, 2012 | 5:00amItalian art researchers are grinning from ear to ear — they believe they might solve the centuries-old mystery of who was behind “Mona Lisa’s’’ legendary smile. A team is exhuming...
Bad spell for sexy Hayden
December 12, 2012 | 5:00amShe looks like a gorgeous angel, but Hayden Panettiere says she’s having fun playing “the cold bitch of the century’’ in her role on ABC’s “Nashville” as a country star...
SEAL hero ID’d
December 11, 2012 | 5:00amThe heroic Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan during the rescue of an American doctor kidnapped by the Taliban was identified yesterday as a much-decorated 28-year-old from Pennsylvania. Nicolas Checque, of...
Today to be XXX-tra hot
December 11, 2012 | 5:00amToday’s not just for stiff upper lips. Dec. 11 is the year’s most fertile day, according to stats compiled by Lovehoney, a British online seller of sex toys. The most...
Presents tense for shoppers
December 8, 2012 | 5:00amSanta’s helpers are procrastinating — 66 million Americans haven’t started their holiday shopping yet. That’s according to a new Consumer Reports holiday poll that found 36 percent of Americans who...
Pearl Harbor remembered
December 7, 2012 | 5:00amA wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor 71 years ago will be held today at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.The annual event will take place...
PHOTO: NASA satellite image of Sandy making landfall over New Jersey
December 7, 2012 | 5:00amEven from 512 miles up, Sandy looks scary. NASA has released dazzling night images made by a satellite high over the Earth’s surface that provide a look of Frankenstorm Sandy...
Elisabeth Murdoch dies, 103
December 6, 2012 | 5:00amDame Elisabeth Murdoch, the mother of News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch and a woman renowned in Australia for her tireless philanthropy, died yesterday. She was 103. Dame Elisabeth,...
Building held in ‘highest’ regard
December 6, 2012 | 5:00amThis lower Manhattan residential tower is standing tall: It won an architecture prize as best new skyscraper of the year. The structure, 8 Spruce Street, a 76-story, 870-foot high building...
Missouri couple claim $294M share of Powerball lottery jackpot
December 1, 2012 | 5:00amThese Missouri high-school sweethearts know what it’s like to be out of work. But yesterday the parents of four became so Power-fully rich they’ll be able to make sure their...
Cleaners are tops in tips
November 29, 2012 | 5:00amHousecleaners are cleaning up — they get the biggest holiday tips.Consumer Reports asked 1,844 people whether they gave money or gifts, or nothing, to 10 types of service providers for...
105G in tix for my ex’s car: lawsuit
November 28, 2012 | 5:00amHe hit the road — and she got stuck with the tickets. An unemployed Chicago single mother is living a nightmare after her ex-boyfriend parked a 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo...
Black (& blue) Friday
November 24, 2012 | 5:00amThere were bargains and bloodshed. Long lines, short fuses and a frenzied quest for deals brought out the wild and reckless side of some Black Friday shoppers. An outing to...
Oh, Jesus! He’s older
November 22, 2012 | 5:00amHe should have remembered to carry the VI.Thanks to a math error by a sixth-century monk named Dennis the Small, Jesus may be as many as six years older than...
Botox poker face
November 21, 2012 | 5:00amCard players who don’t want to give themselves away and tip their hand can turn to a Manhattan doctor who says bet on him — and “Pokertox.”Dr. Jack Berdy, an...
Israeli strike a bull’s-eye
November 15, 2012 | 5:00amThe Middle East was plunged into turmoil yesterday when Israel launched fierce airstrikes in the Gaza Strip that killed Hamas’ military commander in his car and hammered other targets. Israel’s...
Mystery of ‘assault’ on soccer star Solo
November 15, 2012 | 5:00amFormer NFL tight end Jerramy Stevens spent Tuesday — which was to have been his wedding day — in court after being arrested in a Seattle suburb on suspicion that...