Bloody Mary Cocktail Turns 75
Dec 2nd, 2008 · New York City honored the iconic cocktail with a Times Square celebration Monday that included the granddaughter of the bartender who invented it. The Bloody Mary turned 75.
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Nurse From WW II Victory Day Photo To Be Honored
Nov 10th, 2008 · Remember that iconic World War II photo of the sailor kissing the nurse in Times Square on Victory Day? The nurse returns to the spotlight Tuesday. Edith Shain, now 90, will be honored at New York's Veteran's Day parade. She's pretty sure she's the nurse in the photo. The image doesn't show their faces. And the photographer never got their names. Shain says she didn't know the sailor's name either. He just grabbed her and kissed her.
Couch Potatoes: Beat Movie-Watching Record
Oct 8th, 2008 · Need an escape from the bad economic news? Try a movie! Or rather, 57 movies back-to-back. Guinness says it may have a new world record in movie-watching. The competition took place in a plexiglass house in New York's Times Square. Starting with "Iron Man" and ending with "Thelma and Louise." Susan Sarandon and Richard Simmons showed up to encourage contestants.
In Times Square, Debt Clock Running Out Of Space *
Oct 1st, 2008 · Since 1989 a large digital clock near Times Square has tallied the country's national debt. When the clock was built, it only had enough space to tally the debt up to $9.9 trillion. But now, the debt is on the verge of crossing over into the tens of trillions of dollars.
Is Fast Food Tasty When You Know the Caloric Toll?
Jul 18th, 2008 · Fast food restaurants in New York will start getting fined Friday if they don't post nutrition information. We talk to Times Square restaurant-goers about whether they still have an appetite for that five-piece fried chicken meal once they can see the calorie count.
New Year's Eve Ball Goes Green
Dec 31st, 2007 · The brightly lit crystal ball that descends in New York's Times Square in the moments before the New Year goes green just in time for its 100th anniversary. The famous New Year's Eve ball will have its lights replaced with more than 9,000 energy efficient bulbs.
Hailing the History of New York's Yellow Cabs ****
Jul 8th, 2007 · It's loud, pushy and always seeking tips, and it's as synonymous with New York City as Broadway and Times Square. The New York City yellow cab keeps the Big Apple's lifeblood flowing. Former cabdriver Graham Russell Gao Hodges traces its tumultuous history in his new book.
Charmin Treats New Yorkers to Clean Public Toilets ***
Nov 21st, 2006 · New public bathrooms have opened in Times Square, to the relief of New Yorkers and holiday tourists. They're free, they have waiting rooms with a TV and a fireplace and they have 30 workers on clean-up detail. The rest rooms are sponsored by the toilet-paper company Charmin and will stay open until New Year's Eve.
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