San Francisco, 1849. Alaska, 1897. New York City, 2011? Is there a new gold rush in the Big Apple?
There is for Queens native Raffi Stepanian, who literally struck gold after discovering he could make up to $300 a day by 'mining' the sidewalks in Manhattan's Diamond District for the tiny bits of gold, platinum and rare gems that fall from the clothes of workers when they leave their shops.
You've probably heard her speak many, many times before, but now's your chance to attach a face to the disembodied voice. CBS News recently profiled 63-year-old Carolyn Hopkins of Maine, who's lent her voice to automated public address systems at subway stops, train stations and more than 200 airports across the world.
Conan O'Brien continues his stay in New York City through tonight, and on last night's show he went to a New York City pizza place to learn how to make a good pizza.
Unfortunately, his time spent among the organic foodies of Los Angeles has given him an odd concept of what constitutes a good pizza topping.
A man wearing a pair of ear buds and a smile hung onto the exterior of a New York city subway car as it traveled between two stations.
Comic Mark Malkoff decided to rent out a cab (and a driver) for 14 hours and give people free rides all over New York City. Sure beats taking the subway!
Ah, New York City. The sights and smells are like nowhere on earth. Where else can you see the Statue of Liberty and take in the aroma of hot dogs? Or fish? Or, um, sewers?
Showcasing the Big Apple in all its olfactory glory is the goal of a new scratch-and-sniff book called 'New York, Phew York,' illustrated by artist Tim Probert and inspired by author Amber Jones' experiences in the city.
When it comes to walking across the country from California to New York, "for the heck of it" is as good a reason as any. In fact, in an age where publicity and profit seem to be much more common motives for this type of quest, 24-year-old Catherine Li's largely under-the-radar 3,000-mile trek stands out as a true exception.
If she could talk, this calico cat named Willow would have some stories to tell.
Five years ago, the feline left the Squire home in Broomfield, Colorado when a contractor neglected to close a door. After there were no responses to the “lost cat” posters the Squires put up around the neighborhood, the family figured their pet had been eaten by the coyotes that are prevalent in the area.
Then, yesterday, the Squires got a very surprising phone call. Calico, who was mircochipped as a kitten, had been brought to an animal rescue shelter in New York City after a man spotted her wandering a Manhattan street.
The CW has greenlit a new TV series based on 'Sex and the City' writer Candace Bushnell's 'The Carrie Diaries,' a series of young adult novels that follows protagonist Carrie Bradshaw from her senior year in a circa-1980s small town high school through the launch of her writing career in New York.
When the Twin Towers fell on 9/11, the surrounding streets were enshrouded in plumes of smoke and massive clouds of dust.
Artist Xu Bing collected much of this dust and ten years later has used it as material for an installation called Where Does the Dust Collect? Blowing the dust onto the floor of an exhibition space with a leaf blower, he then stenciled a zen poem into it.